While the article is interesting and informative, the first two paragraphs:
America's neighborhoods took large strides toward racial integration in the last decade as blacks and whites chose to live near each other at the highest levels in a century.
Still, segregation in many parts of the U.S. persisted, with Hispanics in particular turning away from whites.
have some very loaded language that kind of turned me off to the whole article. First of all, I don't think people "chose" to live near each other as though they're making housing choices based on their neighbors. It's really just an odd first paragraph. Secondly, the whole second "paragraph" is just very poorly worded and very politically loaded. If you're going to say something ridiculous likes "Hispanics are turning away from whites" you better back it up with some data, but they didn't.
Additionally: since Republicans are supposed to have the better economic policies, why is it that it "red" states tend to have much higher poverty levels? (See the graphic on the left of the article.) Not really trying to start a debate or anything- economics is NOT my thing (which is why I tend to stay out of the taxes and other money-related threads) and I was wondering if anyone would want to comment on it.
