Milwaukee’s Color-Coded Races

Milwaukee’s Color-Coded Races

In another nod to Milwaukee’ racial segregation, take the image from demographic researcher Dustin Cable’s “Racial Dot Map.” Taken as a whole, the dots blend together to form shades and color variations. But when you zoom in, you can see the segregation at a home-by-home basis. (Each dot represents one person.) Whole swathes of Milwaukee look uni-colored on the map: the Northwest Side, Shorewood and Walker’s Point. Yet other areas are a multi-colored mixture.  (h/t The Atlantic Cities)

In another nod to Milwaukee’ racial segregation, take the image from demographic researcher Dustin Cable’s “Racial Dot Map.” Taken as a whole, the dots blend together to form shades and color variations. But when you zoom in, you can see the segregation at a home-by-home basis. (Each dot represents one person.)

Whole swathes of Milwaukee look uni-colored on the map: the Northwest Side, Shorewood and Walker’s Point. Yet other areas are a multi-colored mixture.

 (h/t The Atlantic Cities)

Abby Callard was an assistant editor at Milwaukee Magazine from 2012-2014. Her journalistic pursuits have seen her covering the Hispanic community in mid-Missouri, politics in Washington, D.C., art and culture for Smithsonian magazine, the social enterprise space in India and health care in Chicago. Abby has a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.