History behind DC area racial differences

[Anonymous]

A lot of the historic difference is religious. Northern Virginia was strongly Protestant. Montgomery County was historically home to more diverse groups: Quakers, Adventists, Catholics, Jews, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you familiar with the Civil War and which state was a member of the confederacy?

Uhh.. PG county schools didn’t desegregate until the 1970s

I went to PG schools in the 70’s and they were absolutely NOT segregated. I would get beat up by my black classmates every couple weeks for being white.

Wrong. The federal courts imposed forced bussing to desegregate PG Schools in 1972. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/pg/magnets/prince0902.htm

[Anonymous]

MD was/is more liberal and tolerant. VA is more conservative. A derivative of that is government supports - minimum wage laws, free stuff provided by the county, ability to get a drivers license for an undocumented (illegal) migrants - all of these in MD, but less so in VA. Based on this, MD taxes are higher, VA lower.

Groups self-select along the lines of their values. Not perfectly, but overall I think it fits. I've lived in this area for 30 years, and I think this is what it boils down to.

Some of the groups that have been here for 3 generations or more might have historical underlying reasons, but I am less familiar with those.

[Anonymous]

It was deeded in homes not to sell to Blacks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was deeded in homes not to sell to Blacks.

False

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you familiar with the Civil War and which state was a member of the confederacy?

Uhh.. PG county schools didn’t desegregate until the 1970s

I went to PG schools in the 70’s and they were absolutely NOT segregated. I would get beat up by my black classmates every couple weeks for being white.

Wrong. The federal courts imposed forced bussing to desegregate PG Schools in 1972. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/pg/magnets/prince0902.htm

DP but do you know a decade is 10 years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virginia was deep south. Read up on your history going back to the Civil War (or as it is known in Virginia....the War of Northern Aggression.)

It is not known as the war of northern aggression in va! Still the civil war!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was deeded in homes not to sell to Blacks.

False

Huh? Tons of homes in Nova had racial covenants that said they couldn’t be sold to blacks or Jews.

https://marymount.edu/blog/researchers-unveil-findings-on-history-of-housing-discrimination-in-northern-virginia/



To be fair, the same thing was happening in parts of DC and MD too. My house in DC had racial covenants placed on it by the developer when it was originally built and sold in the 1920s.

[Anonymous]

Some of you should catch the "Undesign the Red Line" exhibit that is at the Cleveland Park library for another week or so.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if the different colonial underpinnings matter - e.g. MD was Catholic from the start; VA was a royal colony with a lot of loyalist 2nd sons who wouldn't inherit land in England.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you familiar with the Civil War and which state was a member of the confederacy?

Uhh.. PG county schools didn’t desegregate until the 1970s

I went to PG schools in the 70’s and they were absolutely NOT segregated. I would get beat up by my black classmates every couple weeks for being white.

Wrong. The federal courts imposed forced bussing to desegregate PG Schools in 1972. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/pg/magnets/prince0902.htm

Someone who can’t do basic math shouldn’t be smug.

PP says there was racial conflict in their PG school in “the 70s.” Did you know — and I hope you’re sitting down — “the 70s” includes seven whole years ! after the desegregation rule you cite.

Meaning PP may have been involved in school fights in, sat, 1977. Which is part of “the 70s.”

— NP who was bussed across a Midwestern city from 1976-1978, following a desegregation ruling in the early “70s”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think that it’s a mystery why Black and Jewish people with the means to choose in the second half of the 20th century would chose Maryland over Virginia. I think it’s just about politics at the state level and the neighborhood level.

The Asian population came in relatively recent waves.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jewish community in Rollingwood and Chevy Chase DC was due to the rest of the surrounding area having racial covenants.

+1

And the Jewish community in Silver Spring was due to Bethesda and Chevy Chase, Maryland having racial covenants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay, well as a 30 year resident but non-native…. I have never heard a plausible explanation for the reason Rockville is the actual Chinatown, but Koreans and Vietnamese immigrants favored Fairfax County. Initially I mean.

I've always wondered about this too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was deeded in homes not to sell to Blacks.

False

Huh? Tons of homes in Nova had racial covenants that said they couldn’t be sold to blacks or Jews.

https://marymount.edu/blog/researchers-unveil-findings-on-history-of-housing-discrimination-in-northern-virginia/



To be fair, the same thing was happening in parts of DC and MD too. My house in DC had racial covenants placed on it by the developer when it was originally built and sold in the 1920s.

That’s not exactly “tons” and doesn’t explain why it was 90%+ white just a couple decades ago.