{"id":6165,"date":"2016-02-03T21:41:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T04:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6165"},"modified":"2016-02-03T21:41:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T04:41:57","slug":"cab-diversity-report-west-and-east-stapleton-to-change-names-to-black-and-white-stapleton-respectively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6165","title":{"rendered":"CAB Diversity Report: West and East Stapleton to Change Names to \u201cBlack\u201d and \u201cWhite\u201d Stapleton, Respectively"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"black<\/a>Some information from the CAB diversity report was recently released in the Front Porch<\/a>, and much of the information confirmed what Stapleton residents probably already knew. When compared to the city of Denver<\/a>, Stapleton has a higher percentage of homeowners, a higher home value, and a higher median income. This information was hardly a revelation to Stapleton residents. \u201cI don\u2019t think it takes an actuarial scientist<\/a> to figure that out,\u201d said resident Scott Youde. \u201cYou can drive around Stapleton for five minutes and discern that.\u201d\n\nThere was, however, some interesting information included in the report. The report divided Stapleton into \u201cEast\u201d and \u201cWest\u201d sides, using Central Park Boulevard<\/a> as the dividing line. The statistics show \u201cWest\u201d Stapleton as being much more diverse than \u201cEast\u201d Stapleton. What the study is showing is that as Stapleton has continued to develop, it has become much less diverse<\/a>. In fact, according to the statistics, \u201cWest\u201d Stapleton has twice the percentage of black residents (18%) as does the city of Denver (9%). \u201cEast\u201d Stapleton lags well behind with only 4% of its residents comprised of black residents. \u201cThis is really news to me,\u201d said resident Karl Shelton. \u201cI had no idea there were that many black people in \u201cWest\u201d Stapleton. I guess that\u2019s a start. We can build on that.\u201d Shelton feels one thing the community needs to focus on is getting some of the black residents in \u201cWest\u201d Stapleton to move to \u201cEast\u201d Stapleton. \u201cIt seems like a fairly simple fix,\u201d said Shelton. \u2018West\u2019 Stapleton is overrepresented with back residents when comparing it to the city of Denver, and \u2018East\u2019 Stapleton is underrepresented. How can we begin to make this happen?\u201d\nOther residents feel the challenge may be greater than moving some families from West to East. \u201cWithout going into the social injustice of uprooting people from their current residences simply to balance out the overall diversity of Stapleton, we are overlooking the main issue,\u201d said resident Pat Hruska. \u201cThe study is showing that the community, builders, and developers, and somewhat the City of Denver itself, are ignoring the issue, and it is becoming systemic. Stapleton needs to make a push to create a more diverse population, especially as they continue to build out.\u201d\nIn lieu of the new information, SUN and the MCA have decided to use Central Park Blvd. as a point of demarcation for the West and East sides. Furthermore, the organizations have decided to call \u201cWest\u201d Stapleton \u201cBlack\u201d Stapleton and \u201cEast\u201d Stapleton \u201cWhite\u201d Stapleton. \u201cWe decided it actually sounds less racist than East and West,\u201d said SUN President Mike Victoria. \u201cSo, if you are going to see a friend in Classic Stapleton<\/a> you can just tell people you are heading to \u201cBlack\u201d Stapleton. And if people are headed to Eastbridge<\/a>, they can say they are headed to \u201cWhite\u201d Stapleton. It has a good ring to it, don\u2019t you think?\u201d\n*Editor\u2019s note: Although I understand the reason we report these numbers, it\u2019s what the numbers don\u2019t show that is troublesome. How many of the black residents included in this study are actually engaged with the community? Attending block captain meetings, holding block parties, taking their kids to Stapleton parks, eating at Stapleton restaurants? The Stapleton community needs to figure out a way to engage our current black residents, while also trying to welcome new ones into our community\u2014whether that be the affordable housing or simply making sure African Americans looking for a place to purchase a home aren\u2019t turned off by Stapleton. Whether the black population in Stapleton comprises 40% or 1% doesn\u2019t matter if they aren\u2019t engaged in the community. <\/em>]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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