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Jim__

(14,045 posts)
1. White: blue dots; African American: green dots; Asian: red; Latino: orange; all others: brown
Mon Aug 31, 2015, 08:24 PM
Aug 2015

I didn't really get the maps without that legend.

longship

(40,416 posts)
2. Third one is Detroit, where I grew up.
Mon Aug 31, 2015, 09:46 PM
Aug 2015

Yes, within the city. Proud 1966 graduate of Cooley High School, on Hubbel just south of Fenkell. Born and raised within the city.

The red area south of Eight Mile Road is the city of Hamtramck, which in my youth was almost 100% Polish and home to Shield's Bar that had the best pizza in town.

1939

(1,683 posts)
6. Hamtramck
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 09:21 AM
Sep 2015

Back around 1950, the city boasted a Polish language weekly newspaper and a Polish language AM radio station (as in polka music interrupted by commercials).

1939

(1,683 posts)
8. I grew up in the German section of Detroit (far east side)
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 09:41 AM
Sep 2015

Although my family is not German, most of our neighbors and my classmates at school had names like Bernhardt, Krause, Salzwadel, Schmidt, Stefan, Wetzelburg, etc.

gollygee

(22,336 posts)
5. Here's a map of Milwaukee from a different source, with different color coding
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 08:58 AM
Sep 2015

If you follow this link, you'll get a ranking, and Milwaukee has a map you can see.

http://www.businessinsider.com/most-segregated-cities-census-maps-2013-4?op=1

I've read that it depends on how it's measured, but either Milwaukee or Detroit ranks as #1, depending on specifically what is looked at. This link has Detroit listed as #1, but I've seen others that have Milwaukee listed as #1.

MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
10. Detroit (Map #3) has always been one of the most segregated cities in this country
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 09:54 AM
Sep 2015

WE all had to navigate that political landscape in our youth and we all live with it's legacy today.

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