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http://www.npr.org/2013/01/08/167471106/2-pi-rhymes-and-radii?ft=3&f=111787346&sc=nl&cc=es-20130113

An example, perhaps, of the integrated classrooms that we're to believe are commonplace at Blair and in Takoma schools? No this is fairly typical of the "diversity" folks in Takoma are peddling.

So what if the parade route is diverse. That says nothing about the classrooms, where I still maintain you'll find a classroom of 90 percent white kids right next to one that's nearly 100 percent black and hispanic. (See above.)

Sure, the overall diversity numbers look great. Just drill down at the classroom level, though. Take a stroll along Maple, Willow -- or most any block that doesn't border the Maple Avenue apartments or head toward Langley Park.

With the exception of a small handful of interracial couples, as white as the driven snow. And with very, very few exceptions, these neighborhoods are 100 percent black and brown.

Yes indeed, back where I come from, we call that segregation.

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Actually, as of the 2000 census, these were the stats for Takoma Park - compare that to 85% white Bethesda:

As of the census[19] of 2000, there were 17,299 people, 6,893 households, and 3,949 families residing in the city. The population density was 8,152.4 inhabitants per square mile (3,147.7 /km2). There were 7,187 housing units at an average density of 3,387.0 per square mile (1,307.7 /km2). The racial makeup of the city was 48.79% White, 33.97% African American, 0.44% Native American, 4.36% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 7.44% from other races, and 4.97% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.42% of the population.[/quote]

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