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I was surprised by the numbers of black folks I saw in ND. Didn't expect to see that in ND at all. Are these African immigrants or American blacks mostly? What is bringing them to ND?
I know there are other rural parts of the US like Portland ME (not traditionally a very diverse area) where NGO's bought in large numbers of Somalians and placed them there (some folks in the state were not huge fans of the program). I really wonder how this all works out.
Majority are African immigrants....majority from war torn countries such as Somalia. In ND the majority are placed here by Lutheran Social Services with Grand Forks and Fargo seeing the bulk of them in ND.
I can’t speak for anyone else -I’m about to be new to area, but i can say with much confidence that I’d definitely welcome you!
(White female w Hispanic last name)
This is the most ridculous post I have read yet. Have you ever been here? I checked you on your other messages and said "I am from Massachusetts and have a mini farm in Vermont". For someone who lives here, your description is offbase and incorrect. People here are very welcoming of anyone.
Dan
Thanks, great post Dan. I've been to plenty of those "diversity" and "sensitivity" training sessions. You'd have to be an idiot to think they benefit anyone except the agencies that profit from putting them on. They're guilt-trip manipulation sessions.
I wouldn't expect someone who's enthusiastic about being from Taxxachusetts to understand any of that.
Should bring in all the refugees from Somalia. Then you'll have your ethnic diversity.
Yeah, "Refugees". The only thing they're fleeing from is themselves.
But as soon as all those "charities" bring them over, it's we who need to flee from them.
There's a reason s-hole countries are s-holes: it's the people. Nothing but chaotic, backward, and dysfunctional cultures that produce very little.
By the way, your and my taxpayer dollars go toward funding a lot of the "charities" that work to bring people over and help them apply for welfare programs, Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services in particular, and they operate all over the country.
My family lived in Bismarck during the mid 70s. My family and paternal uncle's family were one of the few Asian families there. Not sure how many Asians live there now. It was an interesting time. I never saw a black or hispanic person there until my family moved to Texas in 1979. We were treated well in Bismarck back then. No issues at all, but then again, i was young to really notice. All the white kids treated me well.
In the Spring of 2020, there are still few Asian Americans in North Dakota, but certainly more than in the mid 70's.
Most Asians in ND are either affiliated with the local university or work in health care.
Minneapolis-St. Paul has large populations of Hmong refugees from Laos and Karen refugees from Myanmar. The Twin Cities also has the biggest community of Tibetans in the United States.
Across the international border, Winnipeg has the largest Filipino population, per-capita, in Canada, Regina has a sizable Filipino community as well.
I worked a week in Jamestown, SD just before Christmas maybe 14 years ago. And I had to be outside one morning in -33 degree F. It was so sunny, and the sky was an incredible color of blue.
But within 5 minutes, my hands were burning and I was miserable. I found out quickly that so many area farmers not raising cattle spend their winters in Florida. Farms were often 10+ miles apart, and the countryside is sparse with people. I locked my rental car keys in the car idling, and fortunately the only locksmith for 50 miles was across the street.
At the time, the only cellphone signals were on the Interstate highways and in the larger cities.
I quickly figured out no place that far north would I care to live in due to poor weather.
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