That's the other side of being in the driver's seat.
[...] We are about to become the first large metropolitan area with a majority African-American population. That hasn't happened ever in America before.
If we become the model of a well-managed, safe and prosperous city, then we, and the nation, won't be talking about race in the way that we have so often spoken about it in the past.
| That's the end of Memphis Commercial Appeal editor Chris Peck's "An opportunity for black success"
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I was under the impression that the Detroit metro area was majority Black. Am I in error on this point? Also, I wonder how the opportunities available in a majority Black metro area will differ from the opportunities available in the NY metro area, that has more Black people than any other metro area in the U.S., even though it is not majority Black.
Great Blog.
— AJ, January 13, 2007 2:00 PM
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