Don't Judge People By Color (Atlanta, Dallas: 2014, movies, private school)

[robogeek]

Originally Posted by Madstudios30620

Atlanta is more diverse racially than most cities. Stay one step ahead of stupidity
and quit judging people based on what group they belong to or where they are from.

Also, could someone please fix the pothole on 85 Speedway North approaching
Pleasant Hill Rd. on the right side of the highway?!?

If we aren't going to fix it could we find a lawyer to file a lawsuit for car damages?

America is strong because we are diverse.

GDOT has a website where you can report issues like that...not sure anyone here works for GDOT.
[url]https://www.dot.ga.gov/misc/Pages/ContactUs.aspx[/url]

[robogeek]

Originally Posted by MathmanMathman

This would probably drive any English Composition teacher nuts.

A preposition is not usually something used to end a sentence with.

I would argue that America's strength has more to do with education, innovation, and our work ethic. If the source of our strength were diversity, this would imply that all the cultural, scientific, religious, cultural and military achievements that went into building America were performed by a racially diverse group of people--they were not. While, as a nation we may be more diverse since the founding fathers put pen to paper, this happened at best after America rose to be a global superpower. In any case, while there may be a correlation between America becoming stronger as it became more racially diverse--and it's up for argument whether we are, in fact stronger since a time like 1960 when America was at the peak of it's strength and the civil rights movement was just beginning--its a great logical leap to assume this all happened as a result of diversity (causation). This is not to cast judgement with respect to whether diversity is a good or bad thing, however the assertion is that America's strength is due to diversity is more opinion than fact.

[chuckshere]

Originally Posted by Tarzanman

Atlanta is also more segregated than most large cities

You've made an assertion that isn't factual. Google "most segregated cities". Here's a link to one of the articles.

https://ricochet.com/archives/top-10...-in-the-south/

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by Clayton white guy

Atlanta suburbs are among the most diverse in America. Some city neighborhoods are blindingly white though (Virginia Highlands, Morningside, Ansley Park, west of Peachtree Buckhead etc) The diverse intown neighborhoods seem to be the "up and coming ones: Kirkwood, Grant Park, East Atlanta, Woodland Hills etc.)

I don't for a second believe that these neighborhoods are blindingly white because the white folks keep out the non-white folks. (I know that is not what you said.) I think they are white because non-whites choose not to live there. If that is the case, I'm not sure what there is to criticize.

[ATLTJL]

I'm really glad someone wrote an article proving what I've noticed anecdotally for a long time now: Cities like Philadelphia, Chicago, and yes, even New York, are way more segregated than Atlanta. We are a model of integration.

[robogeek]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

I'm really glad someone wrote an article proving what I've noticed anecdotally for a long time now: Cities like Philadelphia, Chicago, and yes, even New York, are way more segregated than Atlanta. We are a model of integration.

I'm not sure we are talking about the same Atlanta--just because Atlanta is not on the 'top ten' list does not mean it's not very segregated.

There was a study done where the population mappings of color were done in color. Visually this makes things much clearer.

[url=http://demographics.coopercenter.org/DotMap/index.html]The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S.[/url]

[chuckshere]

Originally Posted by robogeek

I'm not sure we are talking about the same Atlanta--just because Atlanta is not on the 'top ten' list does not mean it's not very segregated.

There was a study done where the population mappings of color were done in color. Visually this makes things much clearer.

The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S.

BTW, Atlanta is not in the 'top 25' list either.

[ATLTJL]

Definitely there are almost 100% black areas of the metro. I don't regard that as a problem because there are virtually zero 100% white areas, maybe here and there in East Cobb. But those are extreme examples. Loom at the colors in Gwinnett count and in town Atlanta and you can easily see that our integration is strong.

[Tarzanman]

Originally Posted by chuckshere

You've made an assertion that isn't factual. Google "most segregated cities". Here's a link to one of the articles.

https://ricochet.com/archives/top-10...-in-the-south/

I take your meaning, but I will stand by my statement, even if I have to amend it. Atlanta is #9 of the top 10 metropolitan areas in the USA and large cities have a reputation of being melting pots. Even though large cities pockets and areas with a large concentration of a given ethnicity/cultural group (Chinatown, etc), you do not have large, extensive swaths where diversity is basically absent.

This is very much the case in Atlanta in a way that Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas, etc aren't... and this reality is clearly visible on the racial dot map. Washington D.C. comes close, but that area is infamous for its economic, racial, and political depression and segregation.

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

Definitely there are almost 100% black areas of the metro. I don't regard that as a problem because there are virtually zero 100% white areas, maybe here and there in East Cobb. But those are extreme examples. Loom at the colors in Gwinnett count and in town Atlanta and you can easily see that our integration is strong.

I wouldn't call it strong at all. This is just for the CoA - Demographics of Atlanta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Out of about 26 different neighborhoods, only 5 of them are what i would consider very diverse (meaning that no one group comprises more than 75% of the population there.

[glovenyc]

I find Atlanta to be much less racially segregated than the New York City I grew up in. Cities like NY & DC may seem a little less segregated now due to the current era of gentrification, but once that cycle matures the lines will be drawn once again. Now Atlanta is definitely economically segregated, but that's everywhere.