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The entire country. We are reminded of it everyday
The entire country is only 41% White as of 2017, the percentage is most likely way lower now in 2024. You can't be reminded of "whiteness" when there's not that many cities left with a majority white population to begin with
The entire country is only 41% White as of 2017, the percentage is most likely way lower now in 2024. You can't be reminded of "whiteness" when there's not that many cities left with a majority white population to begin with
this has to do with the fact that the American standard is that when white is mixed with something else, that something else is their race. For example, Steph Curry is seen as a black man rather than a white man although he clearly pulls from both.
The entire country is only 41% White as of 2017, the percentage is most likely way lower now in 2024. You can't be reminded of "whiteness" when there's not that many cities left with a majority white population to begin with
this has to do with the fact that the American standard is that when white is mixed with something else, that something else is their race. For example, Steph Curry is seen as a black man rather than a white man although he clearly pulls from both.
Both of Curry's parents are black, and his four grandparents are black.
It's unfair to compare a city of 700,000 to a city of barely 200,000 though, of course if you compare Denver to SLC, Denver is going to look more diverse. Comparing Colorado and Denver to a similar sized state and city would make more sense, like Washington and Seattle. It's worth noting that the Denver area is now officially Whiter than the Seattle area by a good margin, despite Seattle's reputation as "the whitest big city in America". Colorado is also Whiter than Washington state as a whole.
If we're just using your metric – which is city limits – Denver is 8.9% Black, and Seattle is 6.7% Black. You'll probably move the goal posts and throw in Tacoma, but, even then, Seattle + Tacoma < Denver + Aurora. Seattle is overall more diverse because of the large Asian population, but Seattle is not more Black than Denver.
FWIW, Denver is 53.9% NHW to Seattle's 61.2% thanks in large part to Denver's significant Hispanic population.
Colorado is 4.7% Black to Washington's 4.6%, but we can't really compare the two because Washington has about 40% more people. Not a fair comparison - according to you.
To be a capital you have to be a place with a large population base, that also influences the country at large. Some place like Boise or Salt Lake are very white but can't be viewed as "capitals"...
I'm of the opinion that the United States is too large and US culture too layered for their to be one capital of anything. This isn't Canada or Mexico or England where one city exudes cultural dominance over the entire nation..
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh in the Northeast. Nashville, Atlanta, and Austin in the South. Chicago in the Midwest. Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle out west. These are cities I'd say have historically shaped the "white culture" of America in some form or fashion, exuding regional influence that had some national prominence...
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Both of Curry's parents are black, and his four grandparents are black.
