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Who cares? Fact is, Boston has a bad reputation (real or imagined) throughout black America as a hostile place toward blacks. Boston may have the largest black population, but Denver & Seattle do not have such reputations.
To be hostile towards a group, that group must first exist there. Which is why Seattle and Denvr are never called racist.
Seattle is Diverse with a strong Asian and Hispanic population. Diversity goes further then just black and white
Sorry to break it to u, but Seattle is one of the least diverse, and whitest cities in America. 70% white is not diverse ...not even close. Seattle is almost as white as Wichita, Kansas lol.
Dude that info is from 13 years ago ...That zip code isn't even on the list anymore. I'm from Florin, in Sacramento which is the 4th most diverse place in the U.S. according to the 2010 census. Here are the updated stats on places and cities: http://www.s4.brown.edu/us2010/Data/...rt08292012.pdf
Nevermind the fact that the city is 23% African American non Hispanic and 27% Black when including Latinos...
There also is a long history of Famous African Americans from the area:
Donna Summer-Bobby Brown-New Edition-Benzino-Louis Farrakhan-Malcolm X-Nerlens Noel-Michael Beach-Marion 'Pooch' Hall-Shar Jackson-Michael Carter Williams-Ed OG-Deval Patrick-Noel Gourdine
and so many more, I was just trying to name some recent ones
Really its just not even at all by any way close unless youre looving at the MSA. Boston ~7% black, Denver ~5% black, Seattle ~4% black. But in Metro Boston, (not Greater Boston) the inner core of Boston, including Cambridge, Brookline, Newton, Boston, Revere, Chelsea, Milton, Malden, Somerville, Everett, Lynn (furthest north), Melrose, Saugus, Stoughton, Canton, Randolph, Avon (furthest South) Dedham, Westwood, Norwood, Quincy, etc. You're probably looking at a healthy 10-12%+ black population in an area of about 2 million people. All those places are easily accessible to Boston in 20 minutes driving, without having to get on a a major highway for more than an exit or two. Route 1a North and Route 28 to the south.
20 miles south of Boston is Brockton MA which has a high school of 4,000+ kids and its is 55-60% African American. Also when I went to the Renaissance School in Boston, an elementary school then located downtown, we had ~1,500 students of which 85% were black.
Yes, I'm sure it does and both groups make up a large portion of the Black population in the Boston area. Quite a few Jamaicans, Bajans and even those with roots in the Canadian Maritimes.
What about Brazilians, or in the case of this thread, Afro-Brazilians?
Nevermind the fact that the city is 23% African American non Hispanic and 27% Black when including Latinos...
There also is a long history of Famous African Americans from the area:
Donna Summer-Bobby Brown-New Edition-Benzino-Louis Farrakhan-Malcolm X-Nerlens Noel-Michael Beach-Marion 'Pooch' Hall-Shar Jackson-Michael Carter Williams-Ed OG-Deval Patrick-Noel Gourdine and so many more, I was just trying to name some recent ones
Really its just not even at all by any way close unless youre looving at the MSA. Boston ~7% black, Denver ~5% black, Seattle ~4% black. But in Metro Boston, (not Greater Boston) the inner core of Boston, including Cambridge, Brookline, Newton, Boston, Revere, Chelsea, Milton, Malden, Somerville, Everett, Lynn (furthest north), Melrose, Saugus, Stoughton, Canton, Randolph, Avon (furthest South) Dedham, Westwood, Norwood, Quincy, etc. You're probably looking at a healthy 10-12%+ black population in an area of about 2 million people. All those places are easily accessible to Boston in 20 minutes driving, without having to get on a a major highway for more than an exit or two. Route 1a North and Route 28 to the south.
20 miles south of Boston is Brockton MA which has a high school of 4,000+ kids and its is 55-60% African American. Also when I went to the Renaissance School in Boston, an elementary school then located downtown, we had ~1,500 students of which 85% were black.
"Diversity" is not just black and white. Denver comes rather close to the national average, though the AA/ black population has decreased, in 20 years it's still more representative then one might think at first glance.
Interestingly all three of them have a somewhat muted black cultural presence and especially compared to their neighbors (Oakland, LA, New York, Philly, etc). That being said, Boston definitely has a bigger black presence than Seattle. I've never been to Denver so I don't know from experience but I'm assuming Boston probably has the bigger black presence.
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Seattle is NOT diverse
...That zip code isn't even on the list anymore. I'm from Florin, in Sacramento which is the 4th most diverse place in the U.S. according to the 2010 census. Here are the updated stats on places and cities:
