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Javier Auyero, Caitlyn Collins, and Katherine Jensen

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Exposing the Underbelly of Austin’s Economic Segregation

June 24, 2015 by Javier Auyero, Caitlyn Collins, and Katherine Jensen

Austin conjures two parallel images in America’s popular imagination: Glowing descriptions of a “cool,” fast-growing city for the “young and creative” known for internationally famous musical events and Formula One racing compete with portrayals of increasing socioeconomic inequality and residential class, racial and ethnic segregation. But like many U.S. cities and metropolitan areas, wealth and […]

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