Racial Bars Ease in a Part of Suburbia
Survey of new apt complexes, usually for singles and young marrieds, that have sprung up in US suburbs shows that most projects are integrated and are paving way to further integration in suburbs; reasons for lowering of racial barriers are stale of economy, growing awareness of ct rulings against housing discrimination and improved econ status of some of young blacks; recent Census Bur repts show that young black coll grads have achieved income parity with their white counterparts; spot checks of new apt complexes show that suburban apts are havens for black professionals who want to get away from problems of city, that blacks still do not feel comfortable participating in planned social activities in the apts and that all apt mgrs denied there was any discrimination; most black residents of suburban apts said there were no real problems but some said they felt unwelcome in suburban shopping centers; blacks say discrimination is still widespread and that black applicants are treated differently from whites (L)
