"Race relations"
  by tersan  
written: 11 July 2000
last time there: July 2000
Washington DC is still a segregated town. Sure, there are no regulations about separate drinking fountains or restaurants for blacks and whites, but, but there is an undeniable cultural partition between both races boiling just below the surface. This is mostly accomplished through geography and economics. It's simple, really: the nice rich parts comprise 1/6 of the city, and it's mostly white. The rest of city neighborhoods range from homey to damgerous, and it's mostly black. Service jobs are mostly black or hispanic, professional jobs often white. White people whisper about neighborhoods such as Anacostia, U-Street and east of North Capital St., as if they were like Lebanon in sniper season. Blacks seem to hide their resentment just subrosa. Coming from an all-white, largely tolerant state, this kind of quiet discomfort is a new experience.
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