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Originally Posted by BajanYankee
Atlanta and DC are the co-capitals of Black America, which makes it odd that there are tons of places you can visit in their urban cores and see almost no Black people.
I was in the Union Market area yesterday, there were numerous black people around.
Yeah, of course you're going to say that, but we know that that's not really the case. There is a very distinct absence of young Black professionals in urban cores from the Bay Area to Northwest Brooklyn. It's not just a DC thing. In the most in-demand, amenity rich parts of these cities, young White professionals easily outnumber young Black professionals 12:1.
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Originally Posted by BajanYankee
Yeah, of course you're going to say that, but we know that that's not really the case. There is a very distinct absence of young Black professionals in urban cores from the Bay Area to Northwest Brooklyn. It's not just a DC thing. In the most in-demand, amenity rich parts of these cities, young White professionals easily outnumber young Black professionals 12:1.
I get that, I really do. But I was literally there yesterday and Blacks were present. Not the "Black professional" crowd necessarily, but not a bunch of homeless folks either.
Atlanta is smaller and has a lower rate of educational attainment overall. But yes, younger Blacks with college degrees make up a larger share of younger people with college degrees overall.
What is also ironic about the Harlem article is that Brooklyn still has the biggest predominantly black urban concentration in NYC.
If not in the country between much of Central, Eastern, NE and some adjacent parts of South(Flatlands) and even NW(parts of Clinton Hill and Fort Greene that run concurrently) Brooklyn.
Atlanta and DC are the co-capitals of Black America, which makes it odd that there are tons of places you can visit in their urban cores and see almost no Black people.
Not sure about Atlanta, but there are very few, if any, places in DC where there are almost no black people.
That's obviously not true. There's a whole swath of Northwest DC that has extremely few Black people. Just quickly adding up the zip codes containing Georgetown, Foxhall, Palisades, Woodley Park, Kalorama, Glover Park, Cleveland Park, Tenleytown, AU Park and Chevy Chase, we get a total population that's only 6.6% Black or African American. It's not hard to imagine sitting down at a place like 2 Amys and not seeing a single Black person there.
There are also establishments you can visit in the more central parts of the city where you might not see a single Black person. The 20009 zip code, for example, which contains U Street, is 18% Black overall, but Blacks with a college degree are literally outnumbered by a ratio of 15:1 by their White counterparts.
College Degree in the 20009 Zip Code
White - 15,047
Hispanic - 1,535
Black - 1,514
Asian - 1,020
And this is important because it's high-earning professionals who are spending money on Tapas and expensive caffeinated beverages, not DC locals.
That's obviously not true. There's a whole swath of Northwest DC that has extremely few Black people. Just quickly adding up the zip codes containing Georgetown, Foxhall, Palisades, Woodley Park, Kalorama, Glover Park, Cleveland Park, Tenleytown, AU Park and Chevy Chase, we get a total population that's only 6.6% Black or African American. It's not hard to imagine sitting down at a place like 2 Amys and not seeing a single Black person there.
There are also establishments you can visit in the more central parts of the city where you might not see a single Black person. The 20009 zip code, for example, which contains U Street, is 18% Black overall, but Blacks with a college degree are literally outnumbered by a ratio of 15:1 by their White counterparts.
College Degree in the 20009 Zip Code
White - 15,047
Hispanic - 1,535
Black - 1,514
Asian - 1,020
And this is important because it's high-earning professionals who are spending money on Tapas and expensive caffeinated beverages, not DC locals.
Just because someone does not live in a certain neighborhood does not preclude them from visiting, traveling through, going to school, or working there.
Saying one does not see black people in Georgetown, for example, is a blatant lie. Saying one would not see black people near UDC, or Howard Law, or visiting or working at the stores/restaurants along Connecticut Ave would also be a lie. Residential percentages will not capture that. Again, there are very few places in DC where black people are not visible.
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