So, how ethnically diverse is your neighborhood?

[Ed Anger]

Do the Hispanics wear the dark eye make up like they do on Tv?

I think it makes them look like raccoons.

I know a couple who do, yeah

Tell 'em to stop. I get the giggles when I see them like that.

[garbon]

Yeah, g, I remember when you posted that before;  it's a lot of fun to mess around with, too.

I do like how in Manhattan, in many parts you get a sense of how on top of each other we all are. 20% of households making under 30,000 and 20% making over 200,000k in same zip.

Also, I was right, NYC has overall only 45% white people from the census, so I do indeed live in an area "overpopulated" by white people.

[PDH]

Wyoming doesn't do diverse.

[Scipio]

To the tune of the theme from The Magnificent Seven:

White, white white white,
White, white, white white white,
White, white white white,
White, white, white white white,
NEGROES!  THERE'S A NEGRO!
White, white white white,
White, white, white white white,
No wait that guy's just really tanned!
White, white white white,
White, white, white white white....

In other hilariously racist news, my Greek-American (by way of Texas) co-religionist, who is getting divorced from his psychiatrist-adulteress wife, had this experience: the attorneys (all white- one for my friend, and two for his wife- the two for his wife are old-money Mississippi lawyers) went in to conference with the judge before a temporary hearing.  The judge was the first African-American city judge of Hattiesburg.  The senior old-money lawyer's first words were, "Judge, this fella's not one of us."

[merithyn]

Here's that map I posted before of 2010 census data (actually has a lot of nifty overlays).

http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/explorer

I live in one of the whitest parts of Manhattan with 80-90% of the pop being white. Though you'd never know it with all the people milling around (visitors/service workers).

If you check my zip code (61820), you get a wonderful idea of just how segregated Champaign, IL, still is. I've never lived somewhere that is so obviously segregated. The really sad thing is that there are those who refer to the black neighborhoods as "the 'hood" when they're lovely neighborhoods with well-kept houses and yards. The people who live there are obviously not poor, nor are they in any shape slovenly or unkempt. But, "the blacks" live there, so obviously, that means they're the 'hood. 

I like this town in general, but I really, really hate the racism that is still screamingly accepted.

[Liep]

I live very close to Istedgade, a street known in Denmark for all kinds of diversity.

[Caliga]

According to the 2000 census, my town/county (they are coterminous) is 97.5% white, 1.13% African-American, 0.22% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.79% 'other', and 1.12% Hispanic.

Of the folks deemed 'white', most are probably of Scots-Irish, German, or English origin.

[derspiess]

According to the 2000 census, my town/county (they are coterminous) is 97.5% white, 1.13% African-American, 0.22% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.79% 'other', and 1.12% Hispanic.

Of the folks deemed 'white', most are probably of Scots-Irish, German, or English origin.

  You out-whited me.

Anyway like 70 or 80% (I'm exaggerating but only slightly) of the whites here have German surnames-- and 90% of those are Catholic.  People usually assume I'm Catholic 

[CountDeMoney]

Anyway, here's my little demo breakdown for my slice of heaven.

The racial makeup of the CDP was:
34.3% White
51.0% African American

I looked up the 2000 data, and the percentages practically flip-flopped between 2000 and 2010.  I totally missed the White Flight Express.

[Josquius]

The other foreigner in my building moved out a few weeks ago.
Nearby....I think there's maybe 4 other white guys and a Korean girl. Oh, and I saw an Indian coming out of a house once, maybe it was his.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

For just my ZIP code:

Total Population: 59,551
White: 27,015 (45.36%)
Black: 20,207 (33.93%)
Hispanic: 8,585 (14.42%)
Asian: 5,831 (9.79%)
Hawaiian: 42 (0.01%)
Indian (American): 232 (0.39%)

"Asian" in this case is mostly Vietnamese, with some Chinese, Korean and people from the general vicinity of the Indian subcontinent.  A smattering of Arabs, too.  My actual neighborhood is mostly white, Hispanic, and Asian people, with a noticeable number of black people.

I'm fine with the area, with the exception of a few apartment complexes that are serious problems best dealt with by a BUFF sortie from Barksdale.  My wife is biding her time until we can engage in white flight.

[Caliga]

The funny thing about my neighborhood is that, despite the stats I posted, one of my neighbors is black (married to a white chick) and I think the folks on the other side of the creek from me may be black too (have never seen them up close).

[Tonitrus]

As i am a nomad, I'll go off my home... 

The neighborhood I grew up in, a well-off part of a major suburb of Seattle, which I remember being predominantly white when I was growing up.  Now?

Based of the 2012 enrollment data for my old elementary school....

- African-American = 1%
- Hispanic = 1%
- Multi-ethnic = 8%
- White = 30%
- Asian = 60%

And the neighborhood is still very upper/upper-middle class, so we're not talking Hmong refugees.

[Ed Anger]

Math scores in Toni's school were through the roof.

[CountDeMoney]

Math scores in Toni's school were through the roof.

Yeah...when he graduated.  NYUK NYUK *DOINK* DO MATH