By: Caio

Caio — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:42:30 +0000

Hm, I didn’t read your post carefully. I deinfe diversity as a place being full of people of all different colors, religions, sexual orientation, income levels, etc. So, for example, The Bronx would NOT be diverse to me. It’s mostly black. How can a place be diverse if the bulk of the people are all from one background, regardless of what that background is? If the Bronx were a city in itself, it would be a segregated place; when you lump it with the rest of NYC, it makes the whole of NYC look diverse, which it’s really not, since ethnic groups tend to cluster there as they do anywhere else in the world. Similarly, the Village would not be diverse to me because it’s all white.The other thing I would mention is where people live. Chelsea might have meditation centers with non-white people, but do those non-white attendees live in Chelsea? Do they even live in Manhattan, or do they just work/play there? Or are they coming from a different part of the city, or even a suburb in NY or NJ? I guess my point is that we should look at resident profiles to get a better sense of whether a place is diverse.

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