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Topic subjectI'll take a crack
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12802094, I'll take a crack
Posted by John Forte, Mon May-11-15 04:06 PM
>as an individual and terms of your racial group.

I have a multi-racial family so, yes.


>second Q, since many of the posters in here seem to be
>upwardly mobile people of color, do you live in a neighborhood
>with your own racial group or are you the brown face in the
>white area?

There aren't a lot of black people in my neighborhood, BUT it borders a predominantly Black neighborhood so I see black people all the time. My daughter is in a black dance school. I walk 4 blocks to my black barbershop. Our neighborhood is actually 30% Asian. We walk my daughter to the Korean church where she takes Korean class on Saturdays. She plays with kids of all races at the playground

>third Q, when you are looking for a place to live apartment or
>house, what do you value most in the area you are looking to
>stay?

Walkability, amenities. There is nothing I need that I can't get on foot.

https://www.walkscore.com/PA/Pittsburgh/Shadyside

If you were to enter my exact address, the walkscore would go up to 93.


>I ask because these are def structural and systemic
>inequalities that shape and map these communities, but on a
>personal level you value or desire intergration

I do value integration, but I need to ability to retreat into blackness.