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[quote=Anonymous]http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/24/in-2014-latinos-will-surpass-whites-as-largest-racialethnic-group-in-california/

One of the more interesting facts reflected in the Pew Research link is that African Americans make up 12.3% of population of the United States, but make up only 5.8% (and declining) of the population of California.

Why is this the case in the state that is far-and-away the most welcoming and accepting of its minority population, and so otherwise very diverse in every way?  Perhaps the issue is not UCLA in particular, but rather California in general.

Is the United States experiencing a self-segregating pattern or period of migration that is creating or reinforcing new racial and ethnic enclaves in different parts of the country?

(Attached link to Washington Post article on African migration. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/african-immigrant-population-doubling-each-decade-washington-area-among-highest/2014/10/01/efbada70-498f-11e4-891d-713f052086a0_story.html).

Are new immigrants to the United States bringing with them little-understood (within the U.S.) cultural biases or discrimination from other countries that are latently affecting the decisions of our existing population?

I do not know the answer to these and other questions that arise when considering the issues of race and migration patterns, but the issues are certainly interesting and I would like to read more research on the subject.

(My spouse's great, great-grandparents came to United States from Russia, through New York.  When they arrived, they were encouraged not to follow their countrymen's settlement patterns in New York, but to instead seek to fill much-needed labor needs by moving out West - which they did.)[/quote]

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