1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgEric de Placehttps://www.sightline.org/profile/eric-de-place/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="yuDYPiz4j7"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2010/10/27/the-northwests-racial-diversity/">The Northwest’s Racial Diversity</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2010/10/27/the-northwests-racial-diversity/embed/#?secret=yuDYPiz4j7" width="600" height="338" title="“The Northwest’s Racial Diversity” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="yuDYPiz4j7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> I’m calming my pre-Election Day jitters by downloading new Census data. I’ve been curious about the racial composition of the Northwest, so I crunched the numbers for the largest cities and towns in the region. Turns out, the most racially diverse places are not the biggest cities, but rather suburbs (particularly in the Puget Sound […]http://www.sightline.org/wp-content/images/legacy/race_white-d60889a4fce1958fe9def9c885858366-large.gif