Obama and Clinton preach diversity, buy homes in towns that are 88% white

[Jimbo302]

Originally Posted by Biker53

Not really. My kids went to one of those boarding schools that costs more than most people make. I use to live in kind of a snobby neighborhood and my not fully accepting what I considered the shallow values of some of my neighbors helped make my decision to head to the rural countryside all the easier. Now my neighbors might be rich, they might be poor, or anything in-between. I find the economic diversity much more real and the people far more down to earth.

I absolutely agree with this.
The new understood definition of diversity, as meaning "less white". Is disconcerting.

[saturno_v]

Originally Posted by lovecrowds

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/ta...,3611950078,00

I guess both Obama and Clinton don't enjoy buying homes in the diverse neighborhoods that they preach are good for everyone.

I guess limosine liberals like the Obama's and Clinton's love diversity as long as they don't live around it.

Michelle Obama loves giving speeches about the "richness of diversity" but it seems like she had no objection to buying a house in a city that is 88% white.

If diversity is so rich to Michelle Obama why does she like to buy homes in 88% white areas. I guess despite her emotional, emmy-award winning speeches she likes to ignore her own words and then buy a house in some of the least diverse places in the country.


Michelle Obama Speaks on the Richness of Diversity in Final Commencement Address as First Lady

Disingenuous thread...trust me I'm the first one to complain about politician hypocrisy (left and right) and I'm definitely not a Democrat voter but this has nothing to do with preaching diversity and everything to do with wealth.

The Obamas and especially the Clintons are wealthy families (the Clintons VERY wealthy) so they will buy homes in nice wealthy areas which tend to be mostly white....this is the reality.

You may attack their hypocrisy about preaching to stand for the working man and then deciding to live in high end neighborhoods but that is a different angle that has nothing to do with diversity.

[Biker53]

Originally Posted by Jimbo302

I absolutely agree with this.
The new understood definition of diversity, as meaning "less white". Is disconcerting.

Yes, economic diversity is real diversity, more than racial diversity is. Where I live is 100% white, nothing to do with my town in particular but rather because I live in VT which has virtually no racial diversity. Where I live is very economically diverse however. There aren't any rich neighborhoods or poor neighborhoods, just neighborhoods that cover the full economic spectrum as that is the norm here. I go to a party at a rich friend's place up the road and the guy that mows the lawn is there as a guest as is the woman that cleans the house who lives a few houses down the road in a trailer. I go to a cookout at friends who live in a trailer and the guests include a neighbor for whom their home is a 3rd home for them. Someone else is there who we all can see on TV every night and as far as everyone is concerned he is just another friend of the folks who live in the trailer. This is diversity in action.

Where my daughter lives in an upscale suburban setting has some racial diversity but it isn't real diversity to me as those black families are just as affluent as everyone else living there. You can be assured that the black families would be just as up in arms as the white families were there to be a proposal to put "affordable" housing or Section 8 housing in that community.

[wanderlust76]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

Given a choice, why would most U.S. citizens want to live in an area with high amounts of Mexican immigrants?

What advantage is there in doing that?

Originally Posted by David Aguilar

Mexican food. Mexican girls. Sweet abuelitas. Cheap labor. The list goes on.

Well you got me there I'm fine with a couple hundred of those moving in to my neighborhood. I'd prefer Asian but I won't complain.