NPR calls Washington 'Chocolate City': Report focusing on racial make-up leaves bitter

wnd ^ | 2/16/11 | Joe Kovacs

[Nachum]

In the days following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin came under fire for publicly saying he wanted to rebuild his city as a "Chocolate New Orleans."

Now, a report by National Public Radio is using similar terminology, calling the nation's capital "chocolate," but noting a change in its flavor.

The article, titled, "D.C., Long 'Chocolate City,' Becoming More Vanilla," by Alex Kellogg, opens by stating: "For decades Washington, D.C., was known affectionately as 'Chocolate City' to many black Americans, because it was predominantly African-American.

"Most big U.S. cities are getting browner as more blacks, Hispanics and Asians move in. Washington, by contrast, fell to just 53 percent black in 2009, down from a peak of 71 percent in 1970. That's partly because D.C. has quickly become one of the most expensive cities in America, and one of the only cities in the U.S. where property values continue to rise despite the economic downturn."

[dennisw]

Hope you don’t think having a white homosexual majority is going to be an improvement.

I'll bet 10-15% of all DC area Federal workers are gay and lesbian. Congressional staffs both Democrat and Republican are full of gays

[muawiyah]

Lobbyists and the restaurant racket lead the way. The federal agencies not so much.

[stylin19a]

thanks...I remember the chocolate speech, I just don’t remember a hullabaloo over it. I must have been in a coma...sheesh !

[WilliamHouston]

NPR would be screaming “racism” if someone had made the reverse observation.

[Hardraade]

affectionately

Hmmm...