REPORTING LIVE OUTSIDE THE
CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE CBS TWO
NEWS.
BACK TO YOU.
INSIDERS TAKING LOOK AT A
SENSITIVE SUBJECT, RACE AND
SIGRIST STATION IN CHICAGO.
THERE ARE STRIKING PATTERNS
INVOLVING WHO LIVES WHERE AND
WHY.
WE GO ON A TOUR.
TRAVEL WITH US THROUGH THREE
CHICAGO 77 NEIGHBORHOODS.
A BAKERY IN HUMBOLDT PARK.
WE HELP EACH OTHER, IT'S
JUST BEAUTIFUL.
GROCERIES IN EDISON PARK.
IT'S HOME TO ME.
A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT COME
TOGETHER.
Reporter: NEWER BUSINESS IN
CHINA.
I LOVE THE BUSINESSES IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
I GET TO MEET FRIENDLY FACES.
THESE IMPRESSIONS ARE VOICED
IN THE CITY THAT STRUGGLES WITH
SEGREGATION.
CHICAGO'S OVERALL POPULATION IS
VERY EVENLY DIVIDED AMONG
BLACK, WHITE, AND HISPANIC.
SO PROFOUNDLY, ALL ASPECTS
OF YOUR LIFE.
Reporter: NEIGHBORHOOD BY
NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S A DIFFERENT
STORY.
97% AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERE AND
HERE 4% WHITE WELL HUMBOLDT
PARK IS A BIT MORE DIVERSE WITH
54% OF ITS RESIDENTS HISPANIC.
BECAUSE OF THE SEGREGATION,
THE VIRTUE OF WANTING TO LIVE
BY YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL
CAUSE SEGREGATION.
Reporter: THERE 18 CHICAGO
NEIGHBORHOODS.
MORE THAN 90% OF RESIDENTS ARE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
MOST IMPORTANT THING TO
UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE
SEGREGATION IS WE CREATED.
WE ENGINEERED SEGREGATION.
Reporter: THE PROFESSOR HAS
SAID OUTLAWED LENDING PRACTICES
KEPT MINORITIES OUT OF WHITE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUSINESSES AND JOBS LEFT,
CUTIES BECAME BLIGHTED AND
CRIME ROSE.
WE SET UP AND THIS INVESTED
IN THE COMMITTEES.
YOU REALLY BELIEVE THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD?
DON'T YOU?
Reporter: WE TOOK A WALK
THROUGH HER NATIVE ENGLEWOOD, A
STRONG COMMUNITY WITH 96% OF
HER NEIGHBORS OF AFRICAN-
AMERICAN.
WE TALK ABOUT SEGREGATION
HERE YOU'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT
SEGREGATION OF INVESTMENT.
Reporter: BUTLER, A
DEVELOPER HAS CHOSEN TO REMAIN
HERE AND WORK TO CREATE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WILL
HOPEFULLY AFFECT CHICAGOANS OF
ALL BACKGROUNDS.
COMING UP BE HERE WITH THE
CHANGE HAPPENS BUT I JUST WANT
TO KNOW THAT AT LEAST HE CAN
EVENTUALLY SPROUT THE SEED.
