How mixed-race neighborhoods quietly became the norm in the U.S. [washingtonpost.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 11/8/229:00 AM

By Ted Mellnik and Andrew Van Dam, Photo: Joshua Lott/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, November 4, 2022

Deep in the bowels of the nation’s 2020 Census lurks a quiet milestone: For the first time in modern American history, most White people live in mixed-race neighborhoods.

This marks a tectonic shift from just a generation ago.

Back in 1990, 78 percent of White people lived in predominantly White neighborhoods, where at least 4 of every 5 people were also White. In the 2020 Census, that’s plunged to 44 percent.

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