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Racial Composition

Scope Note: 
Proportional representation of racial groups within an institutional or spatial entity, e.g., school, town, district, etc. (Note: Do not confuse with "Racial Distribution," the dispersal of groups among entities -- prior to Mar80, the use of this term was not restricted by a Scope Note)
Category: Human Geography
Broader Terms
Demography
Narrower Terms
N/A
Use this term instead of
Racial Balance (2004)
Racial Imbalance
Related Terms
Affirmative Action
Busing
Disproportionate Representation
Neighborhood Integration
Population Distribution
Race
Racial Distribution
Racial Factors
Racial Integration
Racial Relations
Residential Patterns
School Desegregation
Tokenism
Added to ERIC: 7/1/1966