2016 Postmortem
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CNN Recently Called Alaska the Most Diverse Place in America. Today When Bernie Sanders Won Alaska, CNN Called the State Largely WhiteAccording to CNN in January, Alaskas diversity may surprise folks from the Lower 48 who picture Alaska as a largely homogenous and snowy American extremity. But Alaskans are quite proud of their distinctive demographics.
Theres no white part of town. No Aleut village. Or Chinatown.
We all live together. Even white people like me. Think how it would be if the whole country had been organized like this. It does people good to break out of their comfort zone and mix with neighbors who are different.
What a difference a month (and Bernie Sanders) makes!
Last week, Alaska was the Most Diverse Place in America.
This week, Bernie Sanders won the Alaska Caucuses, and the state suddenly became Largely White and Rural.
http://vetsforbernie.org/2016/03/cnn-bernie-sanders-alaska-diverse-win/
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Fairview and Mountainview, Spenard. Some parts of the city? No.
malletgirl02
(1,523 posts)There are large parts of the south which Hillary won that are also very rural. Sparta GA for example still looks like it does when "In the Heat of the Night" was filmed there.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Did not say something was wrong. It is what it is.
malletgirl02
(1,523 posts)My dad is from Dublin, GA I spent many summers during my childhood there. I grew up in rural parts of KS and MO.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Got to fly in. Remote and rural. Biggest state, barely any people. You cannot drive to our Capital. You have to fly in. No roads.
jfern
(5,204 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)is full of nothing but white males.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)I spent some time up there in the military. Very beautiful people and scenery.Should be on everyone's bucket list.
Edit: I'm not agreeing that it's the most diverse place in America. That's actually where I live and a proven fact BTW. Just that it's a very diverse place.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,702 posts)They'll gyrate any direction possible to diminish Senator Sander's win.
They have their orders, after all.
amborin
(16,631 posts)Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)Jenny_92808
(1,342 posts)evils are doing! It is so obvious and wrong!
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)The article in question talks about one area, not the entire state http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/12/us/most-diverse-place-in-america/index.html?sr=tw061215akmostdiverse11pStoryGallPhoto
According to the Census, Alaska is 66% White, which isn't as white as some other states Sanders has carried but it is nonetheless majority white.
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)Is America a diverse country? Does Alaska reflect the non-whiteness of the USA?
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)The bottom line is that Alaska is hardly evidence of Sanders winning a more diverse environment than Clinton did.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)The OP and the article made out as if Alaska is the most diverse state in the union and that simply is not true. The actual CNN article was about one area of Alaska, not the whole state.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)There are a very low percentage of blacks, though...and to some (particularly bullshit "journalists " with an agenda), only blacks seem to count as "minorities." Maybe Latinos.
Alaska, however is over 14% Native American and 5.5% Asian. Who apparently don't count...
Aerows
(39,961 posts)We are going to hear that Hawaii is full of nothing but white males.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)jfern
(5,204 posts)Bernie just got 82% of the vote in a state that is less non Hispanic white than nationwide.
And word is that he'll be winning the least white state in the country, Hawaii.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Fortunately, I think we agree that the point is the same: he's doing well in diverse states. People are mistakenly lumping all POC into a big "minority" catch-all category, when it's obvious there are very different voting patterns between minority demographic groups. Saying "Bernie fails with minorities" is really saying "Bernie fails with blacks." And even that's not entirely true. A lot of African Americans have voted for him, and he does very well with young black voters.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)DU search OK 'homogeneous' and you find it was repeated over and over again. OK is less lily white than the US, than Texas, than Illinois. They also say OK is 'sparsely populated and homogeneous' when OK is just about in the middle range of populations. Not all that sparse, not all that white. But the Native Americans do not count.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)There is pre-pipeline and post-pipeline.
The Alaska prior the the huge influx of pipeline workers was a different place.
Red-neck, bible thumping ReThugs coming from Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas changed everything. (and not for the better) This true?
senseandsensibility
(17,130 posts)Marr
(20,317 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)You almost made me take out another keyboard!
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)"Guy's only competitive in non-diverse/diverse states..."
It's like a switch going on/off at corporate command.