Comments on: D.C. Census: Black population down, white population up

By: Blanonymouse Male

Blanonymouse Male — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:05:00 +0000

Ms. Izadi writes, “Take note of the nifty Census map below to see how big of a change we’ve seen in just the past 10 years: the white population increased by 31.4 percent while the black population decreased by 11.1 percent. But we’re still Chocolate City — just barely.”

Do you consider being a “choclate city” a good or bad thing? Isn’t DC being a “diverse city” with a wide range of colors from dark brown to pale pink more in line with NPR’s diversity and multicultural agenda?

Seems you are sending mixed messages here.

By: Blanonymouse Male

Blanonymouse Male — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:03:00 +0000

Ytprabhu, gentrification is good because it means DIVERSITY.

Diversity is good because it means multicultural. Haven’t you gotten the memo yet?

By: Ytprabhu

Ytprabhu — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:49:00 +0000

Another side to the story: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/40564/confessions-of-a-black-dc-gentrifier/page1/

By: Razib Khan

Razib Khan — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:46:00 +0000

so i guess DC will be non-absolute majority choc in the next ACS. but from what little exp. i have with DC, this is irrelevant because of the extreme segregation.

By: Ytprabhu

Ytprabhu — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:33:00 +0000

Can we say GENTRIFICATION! And I must say I don’t know how I feel about that! I would have ask anyone who thinks it’s a good thing: Why?

By: Elahe Izadi

Elahe Izadi — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:27:00 +0000

thanks for the catch, by the way.

By: Elahe Izadi

Elahe Izadi — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:25:00 +0000

eek!! I’ll change it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:23:00 +0000

The headline should be reversed. It should be D.C. Census: Black population Down, white population Up