Groveland in particular, as highlighted by Pattillo (2013), is still lacking in resources. One way to combat disorganization within black middle-class communities would be to create more equitable opportunities for youth in these communities. This could come in the form of more recreational spaces and providing young people with quality higher education within their own neighborhood. However, one of the most middle-class education solutions is the hotly contested affirmative action policies (Pattillo 2013). Pattillo (2013) also concluded that one way to better alleviate the woes of middle-class black communities might be to pour resources into poorer black communities. Note in particular that: In addition to the continued need for affirmative action, attention must be paid to reducing racial segregation and improving the condition of poor blacks. Without residential segregation – and the social segregation it engenders – African American communities would not bear, as they now do, nearly the full burden of disproportionate black poverty…[Poor blacks] would have access to suburban jobs, better schools, and more safe. roads]. (Pattillo, 217,