20 years after riots, Crown Heights is now a mixed racial havenPosted in Articles, Census/Demographics, Judaism, Media Archive, United States on 2011-08-21 04:59Z by Steven |
20 years after riots, Crown Heights is now a mixed racial haven
New York Daily News
2011-08-14
Simone Weichselbaum, Staff Writer
Crown Heights has become a mixed race mecca.
The Brooklyn neighborhood infamous for the 1991 riot between blacks and Jews has the second-most residents who identify as being both black and white, the latest Census figures show.
Crown Heights had 635 people in 2010 who said they were born to one black parent and one white. Harlem led the city with 776.
The neighborhood’s new population includes mixed race hipsters and young biracial families moving from pricier neighborhoods. Others identify as Jewish with a black parent who want a multi-cultural area to call home…
Read the entire article here.