This interactive map is amazing. It is comprehensive, color-coded map of racial distribution across the United States. Blue dots: White; green dots: Black; red dots: Asian; orange dots: Latino; brown dots: all other races. Click on it and you can zoom in to any location in the country - down to individual neighborhoods - and see who lives where. It was created by Dustin Cable at University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
This interactive map is amazing. It is comprehensive, color-coded map of racial distribution across the United States. Blue dots: White; green dots: Black; red dots: Asian; orange dots: Latino; brown dots: all other races. Click on it and you can zoom in to any location in the country - down to individual neighborhoods - and see who lives where. It was created by Dustin Cable at University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
A quick look should give comfort to white people who are worried we are losing our dominant position in the United States. We pretty much have have the country covered. And a closer look at specific cities should give pause to those who say that we are living in any sort of post racial society. Our cities look a lot more like the Balkans then even a vaguely multicultural landscape. Some key cities:
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Patrick
3/22/2015 04:12:33 am
"You're safe"
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Carlie
4/1/2015 08:20:10 am
This is incredible. I've never been to Detroit, so I guess I thought the whole "8-Mile Road" thing was just a myth. But you can clearly see it is an actual line between the city and the races. So fascinating.
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Whitney
4/1/2015 11:32:26 am
Thanks Carlie, I found the map mesmerizing, and thanks for the kind words about the project. It is still a work in progress that I am trying to get right.
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