[2] He was the chair of the Sociology department, and the director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies,[2][3] where he was succeeded by history professor Kelly Lytle Hernandez.
In a review for Contemporary Sociology, professor S. Craig Watkins of the University of Texas at Austin called it "a highly original, insightful, and essential piece of research.
"[6] However, in a review for the Revue française de sociologie, Julien Damon regretted that Hunt did not look at the way Koreans were impacted by the riots; he added that other axes of subjectivity than race like "age, sex, profession and income levels" would have made the analysis more comprehensive.
[8] Reviewing it for The Journal of African American History, John H. Barnhill praised the book, writing "Scholarly excellence characterizes many of the articles."
He concluded, "the volume provides a great deal of direction for those seeking to understand the background to and current state of the African American urban experience in the 21st century.