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Originally Posted by Stockerzzz
According to CMAP, [URL="http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/documents/10180/126764/Lake+View.pdf"]
According to you, it "bothers you" that one racial group makes up 79.6% of the population of a neighborhood. Does Little Village "bother you" that the majority racial group is 85.1% of the total?
Or is it this just another illogical double standard that's only applied to one group?
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I mean, you've phrased this like you're making a very penetrating or insightful point, but... whew.
Obviously when we speak of "diversity" the implied question is "diverse compared to what?" That doesn't need to be spelled out unless the discussion is extremely sophomoric.
"White" is the dominant cultural and ethnic demographic in the U.S. So going to Chinatown is fun, because it's different, and going to Whitetown isn't. Doesn't mean whiteness is bad. It's just typical. That doesn't need to be spelled out for most people. Also, when people are in a minority, they tend to cluster together to take advantage of shared traditions that might not be valuable in matrix that is dominated by some other group. There are several bars and restaurants full of white expats in Seoul, even though there aren't that many white westerners there. For the same reason, Latino immigrants clustering in Chicago makes sense because there wouldn't be as many Latino-focused groceries or quincinera retailers without that concentrated presence. Whereas white folks in the U.S. are going to be able to find a Bass Pro Shop anyplace they turn, whether or not they live clustered in an all-white enclave. White folks in the U.S. don't get much benefit from clustering, so when they do it, it seems a little weird to most thoughtful people. And in fact when we look at those all-white enclaves we find that the people there are more likely to be regressive, intolerant and uncontentious, which isn't very appealing.