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There is a long arguement that Atlanta is not Diverse in the entire metro. People seem too think that Atlanta is only black and white because we dont have chinatowns like the old northeastern citys and this is from people that dont even live day to day in Atlanta No we dont have those kinda things But does that make Atlanta not diverse??/ We have ethnic corridors here. I just want everyones opinion on this topic. I also found and article I want you guys to read and look at too concern diversity and ethnic areas in ATLANTA!!! THANKS
There is a long arguement that Atlanta is not Diverse in the entire metro. People seem too think that Atlanta is only black and white because we dont have chinatowns like the old northeastern citys and this is from people that dont even live day to day in Atlanta No we dont have those kinda things But does that make Atlanta not diverse??/ We have ethnic corridors here. I just want everyones opinion on this topic. I also found and article I want you guys to read and look at too concern diversity and ethnic areas in ATLANTA!!! THANKS
Atlanta is probably about as diverse as one would expect a metro of its size to be. It's definitely below New York and Los Angeles (and Houston), but I don't think it's appropriate to call Atlanta "black and white".
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I think that anyone who thinks that any major city is composed of only one or two ethnic backgrounds really needs to take a trip around the country.
You are right. There isn't any major city in the country where it's just one particular group of people and don't have a diverse set of persons from other cultures/countries/ethnicities.
Too often people get caught up in raw numerical numbers and places like a "Chinatown" to prove how diverse a place is. Attention people: That's not what makes a city diverse.
If you want to see a non-diverse city, go to any major city in Asia, Africa (outside South Africa) or eastern Europe. Now that is non-diverse
You know when people say things like that, it's like they don't expect to go to cities and find people of different nationalities and ethnicities. There are plenty of cities that have more diversity on a larger scale, but that doesn't mean that other cities are slouching.
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Then explain why 94.5% of their city population is black or white. It only leaves 5.5% open to all other ethnicities.
Again, you are looking just at the city. This is the real deal from the 2003 census estimate (WOEFULLY out of date):
ACS: 2003 ACS Tabular Profile for Atlanta, GA MSA -- Table 1 (http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Profiles/Single/2003/ACS/Tabular/380/38000US05201.htm - broken link)
RACE
One race
4,341,636
White
2,759,037
Black or African American
1,283,613
American Indian and Alaska Native
9,947
Asian
169,272
Asian Indian
55,100
Chinese (except Taiwanese)
29,897
Filipino
12,716
Japanese
5,303
Korean
33,663
Vietnamese
41,018
Other Asian
32,444
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
15,171
Some other race
155,451
Two or more races
60,700
Two races including Some other race
12,254
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races
51,535
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
347,768
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
534,937
Europe
71,792
Asia
144,643
Africa
50,697
Oceania
2,602
Latin America
276,378
Northern America
12,301
^ The city of Atlanta is 94.5% black and white. What is hard for people to understand about it?
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