Residential segregation is when different groups of people live in different neighborhoods, often based on level of income or race. There are a few causes contributing to this problem, which result in consequences. There is also the question of opportunity. Some black people will never have the opportunity to move out of black neighborhoods and into multi-racial neighborhoods because of the difference in quality of education, healthcare and the problem of crime (Pappas, 2012). In this section, we will be discussing the residential segregation associated with race and the various factors contributing to the cause of this separation to help us answer our problem formulation. Self-segregation is the disassociation of an ethnic or possibly religious group with the rest of society and controlled by the group itself. This results in social exclusion and does not necessarily enable interactions with people who do not fall within that certain area or group. Black self-segregation may happen because people feel comfortable living around and close to those of their own race, thus, they move to majority-black areas. “Using U.S. Census data, the researchers were able to track the demographics of neighborhoods moved to and from. They found that people tended to move within limited circles. About 44 percent of black families moved to black neighborhoods, and only 5 percent moved to white neighborhoods.” (Pappas, 2012) As a result of these areas becoming majority-black, businesses