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Old 10-30-2018, 06:28 PM
 
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Originally Posted by MarshaBrady1968 View Post
My family is multi-racial. I haven't seen much of that here, and while I haven't encountered any issues, I'd classify most as self-segregating. Very different than the West Coast in that regard. Again though, we've had no issues. This is a major metro. Just different.



I must respectfully disagree with that. My family is bi-racial/multi-racial, and that is ALL you see in my area (Richardson), as well as in a lot of DFW and other large Texas cities. I lived in the PNW for 2 years. While I found the Seattle area to be more diverse than the Portland area by an exponential amount, neither was as diverse as Texas, especially black/white. My husband had to travel pretty far to find a black barber shop in Portland.That would never be the case here.

The Latino (we say Hispanic here, albeit a bit antiquated) population goes without saying. In both my daughters' yearbooks, the name Nguyen (Vietnamese) took up 2 full pages, with Korean names very close to that. I am one of only 2 non-Muslim households on my street. My daughter's group of friends are all half black/half white, except one Hispanic girl and one Muslim girl.

I remember after about 2 weeks in Portland my co-worker said "how do you like it so far?" My response was: "It's beautiful, but all the white people scare the hell out of me' (tongue-in-cheek, but honestly, I just wasn't used to it).
My comment noted the West Coast in general not just WA in reference to the OP's mention of being an interracial couple. True, the population of blacks and Latinos are higher here, however, you don't see as many interracial couples here as you do on the West Coast. We're a Latino, black and white household with roots in Los Angeles and Seattle. I would notice more couples like ours here. Instead, I notice more self segregation. I haven't been to Richardson, so I can't agree or disagree.
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Old 10-30-2018, 07:30 PM
 
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Oops, forgot one; typing too fast. Our household is Latino, white, black, and Asian; specifically: Mexican, white, black, and Japanese. Again, just something I saw more on the West Coast. To reiterate OP, we've had no issues in DFW.
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