Today, for many Americans, the word “ghetto” conjures images of run-down and crime-ridden African American segregated areas—“inner cities,” in a common euphemism. This connotation is relatively recent ...

Students of Hennepin Elementary School pose for a photo. The vast majority of the student body at Hennepin Elementary School, a charter school in Minneapolis, could be classified as African-American.

Designed by researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Race and Poverty, this definition of segregation includes schools where the share of blacks, Hispanics or Asian students exceeds ...

Learn how segregation protects client investments in the securities industry by keeping assets separate. Explore its definition, examples, and implications for investors.