Race and Your Community Andrea Dennis-Hart Michael Giuliano October 24, 2008 I moved around a lot as a child. Most of the places I have lived have had very few groups of minorities. It was not until I moved out on my own that I lived around or near any other race besides my own. It was a sort of a shock to see so many different ethnic families; but also interesting seeing the way different races and cultures live. I live in a small town in Colorado called Grand Junction. There are roughly 45,300 residents and the majority of them are white like me. There is a very small percentage of African Americans, Hispanics and American Indians along with a few other races. According to Grand Junction Population and Demographics there are approximately 92 percent white, 10 percent Hispanic, .94 percent American Indian, .06 percent African American, and the rest is various mixed races. Most in the area that I live in are home owners and first time buyers. If you go up and down the street in my neighborhood every house is a white family. Except for across the street there is an African American women her three children and their grandmother. Another interesting fact I found out was 59 percent of the homes are a family household and 46 percent are married, I believe this shows for the most part it is a family oriented community. And the majority of homes 63 percent are owned not rented. Grand Junction use to be known as a “retirement community” but over the past few years with the college Mesa State growing it is becoming a “college community” also. There are 20 wineries in Grand Junction so some call it Wine country. Grand Junction has tripled in size and with that the population has gone up. The leaders of my community are all white. There are not many minorities here so if they are in need they can get looked over. As far as I can tell they do follow the majority of what the community and I believe in and want. I am white like the majority but I am also disabled. With...