The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S. • Hacker News Board

Re: The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S.

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Post by tedunangst » Thu, Sep 11, 2014, 4:20 PM UTC

pessimizer wrote: post #45

sp332 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I mean, they're still of European descent, why not call them white? I know, race is fuzzy. Edit: For the US Census, Hispanic people are of "Spanish culture or origin regardless of race."

Black Americans are also largely of European descent, so why not call everyone white?

Really? I would expect people of largely European and partially African descent to be quite a bit lighter than the typical "black" person.

Re: The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S.

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Post by dpweb » Thu, Sep 11, 2014, 4:21 PM UTC

Our goal should be a society without racial distinction.

Re: The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S.

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Post by malloreon » Thu, Sep 11, 2014, 4:26 PM UTC

I never know where "Indian" fits in these breakdowns.

Re: The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 11, 2014, 4:27 PM UTC

crescentfresh wrote: post #53

Panning around randomly I stumbled on this curious little area: http://i.imgur.com/42VLDN4.png I thought whoa that's cool, a dense little community of minorities. Turns out: https://www.google.ca/maps/@39.6908437,-86.4131159,15z Damn it.

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Re: The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S.

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Post by Padding » Thu, Sep 11, 2014, 4:28 PM UTC

crescentfresh wrote: post #53

Panning around randomly I stumbled on this curious little area: http://i.imgur.com/42VLDN4.png I thought whoa that's cool, a dense little community of minorities. Turns out: https://www.google.ca/maps/@39.6908437,-86.4131159,15z Damn it.

That's mean :P

Re: The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S.

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Post by dj-wonk » Thu, Sep 11, 2014, 4:30 PM UTC

oftenwrong wrote: post #58

C7E0F338E42448 wrote: post #27

man I am so tired of races. divided and labeled in every possible context. what the hell is white anyway. a mixture of millions of unknown origins, only you happen to come out with a pale skin.

It is the "floating signifier" after all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRk9MZvOd2c (NSFW)

Part 1 of 7 (linked above) is 10 minutes long and worth watching. It is NSFW only because of the intro clip from Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing. The series of videos contains an introduction by kruger97 (his Youtube name; I don't know his real name), then an interview with Stuart Hall, then a speech by Hall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Hall_(cultural_theorist... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_signifier

Re: The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S.

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Post by viewer5 » Thu, Sep 11, 2014, 4:37 PM UTC

malloreon wrote: post #63

I never know where "Indian" fits in these breakdowns.

Looking at my university's campus, I'm pretty positive this map files them under the "Asian" category.

Re: The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S.

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Post by lotharbot » Thu, Sep 11, 2014, 4:38 PM UTC

stevenhubertron wrote: post #3

Very cool looking. Now I can show my NY friends how diverse Denver really is and why there is a great multicultural food scene.

It's interesting to note: in the late 1960s Denver was quite segregated. A 1974 Supreme Court decision led to students being forced to ride the bus across town to mix with students of other races (I rode from southwest Denver to Five Points for a few years in elementary school.) One of the major results was white families moving out of the Denver city limits. They ended forced busing in 1995.

Denver now has one of the most diverse populations in the US, though it's often hurt by measurements that treat "white hispanic" (22%) and "non-hispanic white" (50%) as both just white. Denver is home to the largest Mongolian population in the US, one of the largest Native American Pow-Wows in the US, plus significant African American, Chinese, Japanese, Jewish, Russian, Polish, Ethiopian, and Lebanese groups. While there are some enclaves, there are a lot of very mixed neighborhoods as well.

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/17/us/court-says-denver-can-e...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Denver

Re: The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S.

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Post by kpennell » Thu, Sep 11, 2014, 4:39 PM UTC

crescentfresh wrote: post #53

Panning around randomly I stumbled on this curious little area: http://i.imgur.com/42VLDN4.png I thought whoa that's cool, a dense little community of minorities. Turns out: https://www.google.ca/maps/@39.6908437,-86.4131159,15z Damn it.

Nice find. Interesting to see an effect of the drug war manifested on a map.

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Post by hyperpape » Thu, Sep 11, 2014, 4:44 PM UTC

pessimizer wrote: post #45

sp332 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I mean, they're still of European descent, why not call them white? I know, race is fuzzy. Edit: For the US Census, Hispanic people are of "Spanish culture or origin regardless of race."

Black Americans are also largely of European descent, so why not call everyone white?

This is not accurate, to the best of my knowledge. I've consistently read roughly 20% European ancestry as the average for African-Americans. One source: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/05/genetic-varia...

Of course, in general, legal racial categories may not map to anything genetic.