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My neighborhood is ethnically, but not rracially diverse- mostly black and hispanic, but ALL KINDS of black and hispanic.
We have people from all of the islands (thank the Lord! What would I do without my haitian callaloo, Puerto Rican rice and beans and my Trinidadian roti I don't know), a growing number of Africans, and a fair amount of Black Americans too. I think the fastest growing pop. is probably Chicanos though, which is adding an interesting dynamic. There are a couple of whites, and a growing number of Asians as well.
I love my neighborhood- it can get dicey sometimes, but its really just a diverse, blue collar suburb of sorts, lol. As suburban as you get in NYC anyway, without going to Queens!
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