I think it's racist to think that there are only "blacks and whites" in the Midwest, and even if that were true, that it would count against the diversity. Especially considering some of those "blacks" are actually Somalian, people from Africa with different beliefs and values who were fleeing their country's brutal civil war. Lumping them in with African Americans does a massive disservice to both Somalians and African Americans, especially coming from someone who said "Asian is too broad of a category".
It's incredibly ignorant to say Midwest cities don't have people of other ethnic backgrounds, it belittles everything those Midwesterners have worked for in this country.
It's incredibly ignorant to say Midwest cities don't have people of other ethnic backgrounds, it belittles everything those Midwesterners have worked for in this country.