The information you want is here.
censusscope.org
Information about the Social Science Data Analysis Network:
"SSDAN activities have been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE), the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Public Data Queries, Inc., and the U.S. Census Bureau."
ssdan.net
You are correct, the Portland metro (probably a liberal city, btw) has very few African Americans. Now I don't know what the percentage African Americans, make up in Oregon; but I believe that the west coast, has lower percentages than the Northeast or the South (in the far west, Indians, Hispanics, and Asians probably faced the greatest discrimination). I guess what the data suggests, is that those African Americans that live in Portland, are not living in as highly segregated neighborhoods as: New York, Detroit or Chicago (or is a reflection, of just how bad the rest of the country is). Maybe we should ask Ken or Moenmac.
re:"We all know that segregation, as a fact, is still very very common in the south and is a central issue to southern culture. "
But data would suggest, that the South has made enough progress, that the urban Northeast, and the industrial Midwest are now more segregated than the South. Don't tell me you have never heard of the term "redlining". |
