Racial Diversity??

[Antlered Chamataka]

Originally Posted by livecontent

Stop posting this nonsense. You are starting to sound like a broken record with constantly repeating this old data. The information you are posting is from 2006-2006 with the article date of 2007. Information about Demographics is dynamic and changing. You should check your data first before posting.

Today the population of whites in Denver has increased with the movement of young professionals and empty nesters into the city. The most current data estimates from 2008 gives "White persons not Hispanic" percent in 2008 as 50.9% from the census bureau
Denver County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

These are just estimates but the data you are quoting as .1% difference is not statistically significant to say that the majority is not white---and now it is old data---so forget about it now.

I agree with the previous poster TheCaliforniaBear "Denver is a very white city for sure" I do not need statistics to tell me that. In addition, he is correct about people checking the wrong box with mixed heritages.

Livecontent

I was told the Denver Post's a major newspaper in Colorado

[livecontent]

Originally Posted by Antlered Chamataka

I was told the Denver Post's a major newspaper in Colorado

It is nonsense because it is old out of date information, not necessarily because that "crack team" at the Denver Post published it.

Livecontent

[cory81]

Originally Posted by James9283

Spent the past week in the "Mile High City" and was shocked to see a lack of racial diversity. I am used to more African-Americans I only saw three, is there a reasoning behind this or did I not just look hard enough. Not to sound like I have a preference but it was very different than were I am from in the Michigan. Any insight?....

I noticed this too when I moved here from the DC area. I am a white guy and ironically, I actually felt like a minority among SO MANY white people. I have friends and acquaintances who are of all different ethnicities and that's normal to me. It makes you wonder if there's an underlying ignorance of different cultures and races among Denverites. I haven't personally seen any racism in Denver, but how can you live your entire life in areas that are 90% white and not think that anything less than that would be uncomfortable? I can't imagine how a Denver native would handle a major metropolitan east coast city, LOL!

[TheCaliforniaBear]

I'm white and my roomate in Denver was black. And a lot of people acted shocked and surprised that I had a black roomate. People actually made an issue out of it and said stuff like "I would have never pictured that to be your roomate." Not in a mean or racist way, just ignorant and backwards.

Denver is not exactly racist. But it can be very narrow-minded. A lot of Denver people just havn't been around diversity much at all so they just don't understand it. And they don't even know that they don't understand it.......

But this is the same story with most of Middle-America. I can't really isolate Denver on this.

[DenverAztec]

Originally Posted by cory81

I noticed this too when I moved here from the DC area. I am a white guy and ironically, I actually felt like a minority among SO MANY white people. I have friends and acquaintances who are of all different ethnicities and that's normal to me. It makes you wonder if there's an underlying ignorance of different cultures and races among Denverites. I haven't personally seen any racism in Denver, but how can you live your entire life in areas that are 90% white and not think that anything less than that would be uncomfortable? I can't imagine how a Denver native would handle a major metropolitan east coast city, LOL!

Since you don't know, speaking as a native, we handle major metropolitan east coast cities just fine. You are acting like we are uncultured and hick like. Being white makes you feel like a minority? Odd, were you treated like a person of color here in Denver? Doubt it! Being Hispanic and growing up in the westside of Denver, I find it hard for a white person to roam a street in Denver and feel treated like a person of color. Bizzare statement to make. For the record, I travel to NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, and Houston and I handle all with ease. Racism exists in every city and in every culture but to insinuate that we have an ignorance of different cultures without fact or statistics is idiotic commentary.

[DenverAztec]

Originally Posted by TheCaliforniaBear

I'm white and my roomate in Denver was black. And a lot of people acted shocked and surprised that I had a black roomate. People actually made an issue out of it and said stuff like "I would have never pictured that to be your roomate." Not in a mean or racist way, just ignorant and backwards.

Denver is not exactly racist. But it can be very narrow-minded. A lot of Denver people just havn't been around diversity much at all so they just don't understand it. And they don't even know that they don't understand it.......

But this is the same story with most of Middle-America. I can't really isolate Denver on this.

Yet another white person saying Denver is 'very narrow-minded' and 'A lot of Denver people just haven't been around diversity'. Would love for you to back up your comments with some numbers, statistics, ANYTHING other then a few experiences. We have so many people here from the East Coast, Texas and California that it is hard to even find a true native. Acting like we don't have cable, the internet or heck the ability to read and eat spicy food is just hilarious. Drive Leetsdale, Federal, Colfax and you will see folks of color. Yes, we have a huge population of educated white folks moving in, who are cultured by the way, but purely looking at Denverites does not mean that we belong to the Beverly Hillbilly Clan.

[denverian]

Originally Posted by cory81

I noticed this too when I moved here from the DC area. I am a white guy and ironically, I actually felt like a minority among SO MANY white people. I have friends and acquaintances who are of all different ethnicities and that's normal to me. It makes you wonder if there's an underlying ignorance of different cultures and races among Denverites. I haven't personally seen any racism in Denver, but how can you live your entire life in areas that are 90% white and not think that anything less than that would be uncomfortable? I can't imagine how a Denver native would handle a major metropolitan east coast city, LOL!

To think Denver is 90% white is laughable. I don't know where these "all white" neighborhoods are, but I spend all my time between downtown Denver/Aurora/Thornton, and there are plenty of non-white people. The Cherry Creek Mall is about the only place I notice a lack of minorities.

[denverian]

Originally Posted by DenverAztec

Since you don't know, speaking as a native, we handle major metropolitan east coast cities just fine. You are acting like we are uncultured and hick like. Being white makes you feel like a minority? Odd, were you treated like a person of color here in Denver? Doubt it! Being Hispanic and growing up in the westside of Denver, I find it hard for a white person to roam a street in Denver and feel treated like a person of color. Bizzare statement to make. For the record, I travel to NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, and Houston and I handle all with ease. Racism exists in every city and in every culture but to insinuate that we have an ignorance of different cultures without fact or statistics is idiotic commentary.

We went to the Taste of CO last weekend and if that was your first experience in Denver, you'd have noticed there are many Hispanic people here. Oh, and we saw a drag queen and a transvestite too!

And coming up on 9-17 is the Mexican Independence Day festival - I forget where it is exactly, but we've been to it before. Somewhere down on Santa Fe maybe? Great food and music.

[wanttomoveeast]

Personally I do see a lot of all white areas. My commute, is definitely 90% white. Sometimes all white. With one or two ethnicities. Not counting myself. My work is probably 90% white. I think there are a handful of blacks overall, and I can only think of 1 asian out of 800 people I work with everyday.

That said, that's my day to day life. I went to Boulder just this last Mon., Labor Day, and saw TONS of Indians (Eastern), Asians, Latinos/Hispanics, and a few blacks. On Sat. I was in Parker, and noticed a lot of interracial couples. In my little complex of townhomes, we live next to Mexican nationals, across the way is an interracial couple with children, and then yes, a majority of whites.

I've always thought that Denver can be very patchy and at times mixed up, depending on where you are. There are plenty of very white areas, take Loveland for example. I was just up there a a month or so ago at a BBQ festival. I saw almost all white, older folks. Seems like a retirement community is up there. Some of Denver is very mixed, some is very white. Just patchy. But that's a good thing. I just wish there were more people to fill in the blank areas, but then we'd be a big city and lots of people here don't want that.

[wanttomoveeast]

Originally Posted by cory81

I can't imagine how a Denver native would handle a major metropolitan east coast city, LOL!

I found this comment pretty insulting. As I read others posts here I realize I'm not the only one. It sounds like you believe Denver natives are hicks and spend their whole lives living in little Denver. Obviously not so as I'm a native and have traveled to more foreign countries than many people have ever left their home state. And that includes big cities.

Another thing, there are big cities out west too, and plenty of Denverites get to those places as it's easier and less costly. So it's not like Denverites don't understand big cities. Like DenverAztec said, there seem to be more transplants here than natives anyway, and they are the ones who came from the big metropolitan east coast cities!! Being a native is kind of a novelty here, these days.