do you live in a diverse neighboorhood? - Page 2

BLUTANG · #16 07-03-2002, 03:25 PM

My neighborhood (and county, for that matter) is majority African American. The DC suburb in which i live is reportedly the richest concentration of african americans in the country.

I remember when i attended the local public elementary school, there was one white girl (my best friend) who rode the bus with us... all the other white families in my immediate neighborhood sent their children to parochial school. However, there was a fair mix of white and black children at the public school.

I went to a magnet/ science & tech high school out side of my neighborhood (yes, i'm a product of bussing) where we had a good mix of whites, blacks, and asians (mainly fillipino). there were very few latinos/hispanics or people of arabic/middle eastern ancestry.

Peaches-n-Cream · #17 07-03-2002, 03:30 PM

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Originally posted by lifesaver

Kind of interesting, but in the south, especially in Texas, no one ever identifys themselvs as italian, Russian, etc. Yore either white, black, asian, hispanic, etc. You'll never hear, so whats your race? "Oh Im irish." I did hear that tho a few times when I was in NYC.

NYC is a huge city of great diversity including white ethnic minorities. Apparently there are over 140 different ethnicities and cultures in NYC. Due to immigration, certain areas became Irish, Italian, Greek, or Russian neighborhoods even though the people who live there are not exclusively those ethnicities. For example when I tell people where I live, they automatically ask if I am Greek because it's known as a Greek neighborhood. This resulted in a lot of confusion in college.

Tom Earp · #18 07-03-2002, 05:25 PM

Well being the Grand Statesman, My Localatity is white, and Black!

The Gentleman retired Navy is a greeter at Wally World! A Gentleman from the get go!

My Business, is 48 % and 48% Bl and Wh. Other 10 % is Asian or Spanish!

I do not care as long as I can understand what they are saying!

I have no say in who moves in or comes into my shop! I try to welcome all!

2 of my Reps are Black, 1 Asian, 1 white, and 1 Cubano!

What a pot of life we live in?

DA!

italianaxo · #19 07-04-2002, 05:46 PM

thanks for all the replies, its interesting

librasoul22 · #20 07-05-2002, 12:41 AM

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Originally posted by lifesaver
Kind of interesting, but in the south, especially in Texas, no one ever identifys themselvs as italian, Russian, etc. Yore either white, black, asian, hispanic, etc. You'll never hear, so whats your race? "Oh Im irish." I did hear that tho a few times when I was in NYC.

THAT is interesting to me. Where I am, you are asked, not if you are black, white Hispanic, etc, but if you are AMERICAN. I live in a college town, so it is VERY diverse (at least the college-aged folks). In my neighborhood (on my BLOCK), there are people from Trinidad, Jamaica, England, Germany, Puerto Rico (yay, my roommate, lol), and more that I am forgetting.

I am from Atlanta though, which is REALLY diverse. My neighborhood up there was about 50/50 whites-to-blacks.

Tom Earp, not sure if 48 + 48 + 10 = 100...lol. Just messing with ya!

FuzzieAlum · #21 07-08-2002, 01:10 PM

I moved around a lot growing up. Until I was 10 or so, I lived in almost all-white small towns. Then we moved to NC. My neighborhood was white, although my school was mostly black. But for the first time I knew a fair number of Jewish kids. Then we moved to Oregon ... almost all white where I was at (it used to be a sundown town) except for a growing Hispanic population. But there was only one Asian girl, no black kids, and no Jewish kids at my high school. Off to college in Cleveland, which was relatively diverse ... now I'm here in Seattle. My neighborhood is very diverse - I live next door to the high school and it is full of kids of all colors.

But still ... I go to work and my office is almost all white. Now, there are a lot of Asians and Hispanics in particular working here, but they are not in the office.

However, one thing I do have to say about Seattle; there is a lot more interracial dating here than anywhere else I've lived. I'm sure we have a very long way to go in regards to race relations, but Seattle is better than anywhere else I've lived. NC was diverse, but we didn't mingle.

FHwku · #22 07-10-2002, 04:54 AM

my hometown neighborhood is Conservative, Old, White Southerners. but they're very nice, and my high school was diverse. western kentucky region.

however, our fraternity house is in the middle of a ghetto. we are surrounded by shady people and stuff. However, FarmHouse is comprised mostly of caucasion males from strong, traditional Southern upbringings. We find that it doesn't matter, though. The golden rule is the same, now, as when we were in kindegarden. Our crackhead and crazy neighbors often join us and Beer.

Dionysus · #23 07-10-2002, 10:31 AM

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Originally posted by FHwku
my hometown neighborhood is Conservative, Old, White Southerners. but they're very nice, and my high school was diverse. western kentucky region.

however, our fraternity house is in the middle of a ghetto. we are surrounded by shady people and stuff. However, FarmHouse is comprised mostly of caucasion males from strong, traditional Southern upbringings. We find that it doesn't matter, though. The golden rule is the same, now, as when we were in kindegarden. Our crackhead and crazy neighbors often join us and Beer.

I don't know how I am supposed to take that.

Halo79RN · #24 07-10-2002, 10:39 AM

I live in a very diverse area! Which is weird since I'm originally from Biloxi, Mississippi. I'm now in NY. Cornell Univ. brings SO MANY different people to Central NY. I've met so many people from all over the world! It's amazing to hear about they're hometowns; a great cultural experience!

PotentialPledge · #25 08-22-2002, 09:58 PM

I live on Capitol Hill in Washington DC and it is very diverse. I feel that has made me more open with people, and I feel comfortable talking with anyone and I do. I think I wouldnt want to raise my children in a homogenous environment because the world is filled with tons of people that are all unique in their own way.

Dionysus · #26 08-22-2002, 10:16 PM

I moved into this town when I was 9, then it was like 98% white. Now, our town is becoming like a salad bowl, not only more blacks moved, but Arabs, Mexicans, Koreans, etc. are quickly populating. It's pretty interesting.

Kevin · #27 08-22-2002, 11:59 PM

My community aside from the University (which is actually VERY diverse) is overwhelmingly white.. Edmond is essentially a yuppie town.

AePhi6782 · #28 08-23-2002, 04:13 AM

This is not my opinion...i learned it in sociology class...but the reason for all white neighborhoods is all about property value. Statistics show that when a minority moves in to an all white neighborhood, the property value on that block goes down...other white people won't want to live there. It sounds very racist, but people like to live around others that they can relate to and that are similar to them...like i said..this isnt my opinion ...just something i learned in college

SoTrue1920 · #29 08-23-2002, 08:38 AM

The neighborhood I grew up in back home in Atlanta was overwhelmingly African-American. Something like 98% black. I later moved to an area where the makeup was something like 85% African American, 14% White, and 1% "other" (divided between Asians and Latinos).

Here in Vancouver, I really got to find out what diversity really means.

Blacks make up only 0.6% of the population here, and I don't think I'd be wrong if I said that Vancouver is mostly a Eurasian city, with large European and Asian (and South Asian) influences.

lionlove · #30 08-23-2002, 08:49 AM

Unfortunatly my hometown is very white and very upper middle class. I would love to have a large minority group move in and shake things up.

The place where I intern in Boston, I work with a Russian, a Japanese, 3 Palestinians, an Israeli, a French, a Morrocan and a Columbian. I think I am the token American in the group. I love it there!