Communities
As America’s mixed-race population grows, the demographic is emerging in diverse communities across the country. While many U.S. cities with high mixed-race populations are concentrated in the West, East Coast cities are also attracting multiracial residents. Suburbs seem to have a special draw. Columbia, Md., and the Philadelphia neighborhood of Mt. Airy offered two case studies of communities with traditions of racial diversity and a high percentage of mixed-race residents.
Columbia's Ideals in Question
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Diversity a Draw for Mixed-race Families in Mt. AiryWhen Lori Tharps and her family left Brooklyn four years ago, they feared they would be unable to find a place to live as diverse and tolerant as the New York neighborhood they were leaving. Then they discovered Mt. Airy. » Read More
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