<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Memphians hope river can bridge racial divide]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by JMG http://www.grist.org/article/along-the-mississippi-a-uniter-not-a-divider/ Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:59:05 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/along-the-mississippi-a-uniter-not-a-divider/1 Ummm - was that first in Tennessee?

"Tom Jones of Smart City Consulting (and not "It's Not Unusual") told us that Memphis will be in the next few years the first majority African-American metro area -- a fact that, he says, Memphians are slow to embrace."

(Detroit and DC are a couple that spring to mind that might be surprised to learn that they are not majority African-American metro areas.)

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]]> Ummm - was that first in Tennessee?

"Tom Jones of Smart City Consulting (and not "It's Not Unusual") told us that Memphis will be in the next few years the first majority African-American metro area -- a fact that, he says, Memphians are slow to embrace."

(Detroit and DC are a couple that spring to mind that might be surprised to learn that they are not majority African-American metro areas.)

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]]> Comment #2 by David Roberts http://www.grist.org/article/along-the-mississippi-a-uniter-not-a-divider/ Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:37:59 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/along-the-mississippi-a-uniter-not-a-divider/2 Hm

It seems wrong to me, too, JMG. What about, e.g, Baltimore? But it's repeated here. Also see here, particularly the bottom part. Maybe something hinges on the definition of "major metropolitan area"? Or maybe the other cities are majority minority but not majority black?

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It seems wrong to me, too, JMG. What about, e.g, Baltimore? But it's repeated here. Also see here, particularly the bottom part. Maybe something hinges on the definition of "major metropolitan area"? Or maybe the other cities are majority minority but not majority black?

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]]> Comment #3 by JMG http://www.grist.org/article/along-the-mississippi-a-uniter-not-a-divider/ Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:35:00 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/along-the-mississippi-a-uniter-not-a-divider/3 Hmmm

Assuming that we are discussing Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) then the second table on this page suggest that Jackson MS tops Memphis.  However, it says it is based on 2000 Census data -- possibly something has changed (although it wouldn't surprise me to find that data has been updated inconsistently.)  The size of the shift required for Memphis to overtake Jackson and become the first majority African-American MSA seems hard to account for.

http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-u-s-cities-with-larg ...

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Assuming that we are discussing Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) then the second table on this page suggest that Jackson MS tops Memphis.  However, it says it is based on 2000 Census data -- possibly something has changed (although it wouldn't surprise me to find that data has been updated inconsistently.)  The size of the shift required for Memphis to overtake Jackson and become the first majority African-American MSA seems hard to account for.

http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-u-s-cities-with-larg ...

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