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May 14, 2011 in City
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Tony Stewart says 2010 Census data show progress in expanding region’s diversity
Retired North Idaho College political science instructor and human rights advocate Tony Stewart speaks at a meeting where he explained how census data show minorities in Idaho have grown.
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For white supremacists who have made North Idaho home over the years hoping the region would one day become a white homeland, Tony Stewart has this message: Sorry, but just the opposite is happening.
When Idaho’s most recent U.S. Census numbers came out, Stewart, a retired North Idaho College political science instructor, crunched the numbers dating back to 1990. He came up with results that bolster his greatest passion – human rights. The co-founder of the 30-year-old Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations says his results show the increasing diversification of one of the country’s whitest regions.
“I realized that the numbers confirmed that the Aryan Nations and other white supremacists’ attempt to establish an all-white homeland in the Inland Northwest has totally failed,” Stewart said in a noon address to the Kootenai County Democrats club Friday. “I stand here 38 years after Richard Butler and the Aryan Nations arrived in northern Idaho to present to you the overwhelming evidence that diversity and a multiculture society is prevailing over the advocates of a whites-only land.”
Stewart studied Spokane County, along with Kootenai, Bonner, Latah and Nez Perce counties in Idaho. He eliminated Boundary, Benewah and Shoshone counties, he said, because the population numbers were too small to be statistically significant. He also looked at Idaho’s total population.
From 2000 to 2010, Stewart found that:
• The nonwhite or multirace population grew from 7,045 to 12,918 in Kootenai County; from 154,662 to 251,339 in Idaho; and from 36,006 to 50,946 in Spokane County.
• The white population in the five counties Stewart studied grew by 11.7 percent, compared to a 44.2 percent growth rate for the nonwhite and multirace population.
• Statewide, in Idaho, the white population grew by 15.5 percent, compared with growth rates of 73 percent for Hispanics; 81.5 percent for African-Americans; 59.2 percent for Asian Americans and 46.7 percent for people of two or more races.
From 1990 to 2010, the nonwhite and multirace population grew from 10.8 percent to 16 percent of Idaho’s total population; from 3.4 percent to 9.3 percent of Kootenai County’s population; and from 7.3 percent to 10.8 percent of Spokane County’s population.
Stewart said the statistics don’t prove that diversity has been achieved but that progress has been made. He cited recent examples of racism, including the bomb placed at Spokane’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day march, neo-Nazis protesting at Coeur d’Alene taco stands and the portrayal of President Barack Obama as an African witch doctor at political rallies all show “the challenges we still face in establishing a just and fair society.”
However, he said, the good news is that white supremacists have not succeeded in turning the Inland Northwest into a whites-only homeland. “We are becoming a region with an ever-growing diverse population representing many cultures,” Stewart said.
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Jimmy on May 14 at 9:02 a.m.
Right on!
Bruce (aka thatoneguy) on May 14 at 9:52 a.m.
Sweet!
liberal_in_right_wing_land on May 14 at 9:57 a.m.
Proof the the republican party is a dying breed.
JohnMcBride on May 14 at 11:23 a.m.
When professor Stewart makes a wrong turn and finds himself in one of Idaho’s new “Diverse sections,” does he lock his doors?
I’d bet a hundred Bernanke Bucks he does, yet he tells us it is a wonderful thing.
If only Boise could become another Camden or Detroit, the good professor would no doubt be happy as a clam.
mdriftmeyer on May 14 at 12:00 p.m.
Sorry but the Netherlands are not more crowded than Japan. The Netherlands is ranked 60th in land mass while Japan is ranked 61 in land mass. The Netherlands are nearly 17 million people compared to Japan at nearly 127 million. Japan is over 7.5 times more crowded than the Netherlands.
JohnMcBride on May 14 at 12:11 p.m.
Sorry back at you mdriftmeyer, but hyou are wrong! If you go to the CIA World Factbook and do the math, you will find that the Netherlands has 497 people per square km of land area, while Japan has only 349. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
You are entitled to your own opinions, but not to your own facts.
JohnMcBride on May 14 at 12:32 p.m.
The professor says:”Stewart said the statistics don’t prove that diversity has been achieved but that progress has been made.” I have never seen a liberal say when enough diversity is achieved. They never complain that Gary, Indiana or Detroit, Michigan lack diversity, even though each is more than 80% Black. does the lack of criticism of these cities mean that liberals think 80 to 85% Black is the right amount of “Diversity?”
I see by the article that Spokane County is now 10.85 “Minority.” in some cases this is enough to get the full benefits of diversity. Hennepin County, Minnesota, has a black population of 10.95, and look at this: http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/portal/site/HennepinUS/menuitem.b1ab75471750e40fa01dfb47ccf06498/?vgnextoid=d3556a43e7333210VgnVCM10000049114689RCRD
kkrimmer on May 14 at 1:10 p.m.
LMAO white supremacists can’t even spell supremacists… . the funny thing is according to science all of humanity migrated out of Africa… so we’re all genetically “black”… lmao
misjustice on May 14 at 1:16 p.m.
Ahhh, the racists come to post their bile on a public forum; glad I moved from Ideeho years ago, you people are scary! Especially Mr. Sh!tHead.
gailandmarshall on May 14 at 1:42 p.m.
Ms J, where in ID did you live? I live in CDA and I grew up since I was 5 in Hayden Lake and I’ve never encountered anyone like the losers posting on this forum today.
And Liberal in RW states that all Republicans are racist.
It’s funny how people can talk all day long about how generalizing groups of people based on stereotypes is wrong when it comes to race, but if someone just happens to be happily living with their family in Idaho, you have no problem grouping them all as rednecks and racists. Classy.
liberal_in_right_wing_land on May 14 at 3:02 p.m.
gailandmarshall - I never said all republicans are racists and I don’t think all republicans are racist….HOWEVER, I will say ALL racists ARE republican though.
We have hateful racist bigots posting on this forum and you pick my comment to attack….thats classy also.
gailandmarshall on May 14 at 3:22 p.m.
Liberal - You assume that the only people capable of racism are white people.
Also, there are people I consider worth responding to, and some I don’t. Ignorant idiots like Paleobug and the other guy whose posts must have been deleted are not worth it. What would I say? “Nuh-uh!”? Responding to them is a worthless waste of time because they close their ears to anyone who disagrees with them, much like responding to you. I really would rather hear from Ms J.
JohnMcBride on May 14 at 4:36 p.m.
liberal_in_right_wing_land: Why is it that every time someone dissents from ortodox liberalism, no matter how civil, self-styled “Liberals” start calling them name, and never, ever address the facts. The Professor says that Spokane County has 10% minorities, but it still has not reached “Diversity.” My question is: If 10% non-Whites are not enough to qualify as “Diversity,” then what is the required percentage.
Is it 20%? 30%? 50%? or is it Detroit’s 85%? Or is it possible that the Professor will not have enough diversity until the non-
White figure is 100%?
Surely at least one of the liberals posting here know what it is that he seeks so fervently, and damns fellow Whites who disagree so vehemently. The question, which Ii have never had a liberal answer in a decade of trying is simply, “What percentage of non-Whites must an area have to have “Diversity?”
xcalifornian on May 14 at 4:52 p.m.
Mr. Stewart, like so many others, repeatedly presents “diversity” and “multiculturalism’ as unquestionably good things. Apparently the approach is to continually repeat these words in a positive context until they are accepted without question. If culture is the shared beliefs, values, activities and ideas of a society, it seems to me that multiculturalism is an oxymoron. With regard to recent immigrants the emphasis should be on assimilation not accomodation. And certainly it should not include bending our values and laws to make those parts of their failed cultures appear to be viable, much less “valuable”.
Paleobug on May 14 at 6:48 p.m.
Is there a reason why so-called “anti-racists want to create a “blended humanity” out of every White country on the planet?
If I wanted to create a “blended humanity” out of every Black country on the planet, how long would it take for people to accuse me of hating Black people?
This whole immigration program is racism and genocide wrapped up in political correctness.
Note that the first poster to cheer was “jimmy”, who uses a communist clenched fist as an avatar.
gailandmarshall on May 14 at 7:12 p.m.
nslopeofw - :)
I am really bothered when someone calls me/my family/friends/etc. who live in Idaho racists or rednecks because this area is known to have people like that.
I suppose I’m bothered in the same way black people/latino people/etc. are bothered when someone judges them based on what they look like. No one empathizes with me if I am bothered by that. That’s fine, I’ve never asked for empathy.
I just don’t understand how people on this website feel it’s totally ok to generalize a group of people and label them “redneck” (for example) because of where they live, but if someone even hints that they have a problem with darker skinned people because of what they look like, they are scum.
I happen to believe people who judge others based on nothing other than stereotypes/ethnicity/gender/location/etc. are the lowest form of society…. unfortunately, on this website, we have several people who are very passionate about the wrongness of racism, but are total hypocrits about judging other people themselves based on other things.
JohnMcBride on May 14 at 7:46 p.m.
Oh, well, some things never change. Liberals will never discuss the issues. Name calling is easier, I guess. Since no one will enlighten us on what percentage of non-Whites it takes to make an area sufficiently “Diverse,” I’ll try another query that they never answer:
What have liberal anti-racists got against black, brown and yellow people? Why do they think it is ok to deprive them of the blessings of “Diversity?” Japan is 98+% Japanese, Korea is 99+% Korean, Most sub-Saharan African countries are 99+% Negro, yet no one claims they need “Diversity.” If diversity is such a blessing, why deprive 3/4 of the world’s people of its blessings?
Even our Southern neighbor, Mexico is 90+% Mestizo-Amerindian, and none of our liberals are calling for them to have the benefits of diversity.
Do liberals hate these people? Or is there some other explanation of the lack of effort on their part to bring the benefits of diversity to those nations? ??
greenlibertarian on May 14 at 8:18 p.m.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/04/disturbing_polls
I’ll bet 50 Liberty Dollars the polling result would be the same in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, especially if you excluded polling current college students and college graduates.
Beware the hoards, the darker-skinned, the mongrels, and the differently(read failed)-cultured, they’re worse than zombies and similarly unreal.
gailandmarshall on May 14 at 8:32 p.m.
John, you could try and find a mostly white country in Europe I suppose. Probably Scandinavia would be your best bet. If you want to live in a country that isn’t a “melting pot”, you are in the worng place. America the country was founded on a believe that everyone is entitled to freedom (including the freedom to choose where they want to live). This country welcomed foreigners who sought a better life. What is your issue with the percentage? There is no magic number. I don’t need to write an essay explaining why diversity is good, because I’m sure you don’t agree.
greenlibertarian on May 14 at 8:47 p.m.
Even our Southern neighbor, Mexico is 90+% Mestizo-Amerindian
That statement makes no sense.
Mexico, as in the US, had and has today a distinct social and economic structure.
Cruillos, light skinned Mexicans of pure Spanish descent represent about 15 percent of the population and sit atop the economic and governmental seats of power.
Mestizos, mixed-race folk of both Spanish and Amerindian blood, occupy the center of the strata, and are about 75% of the population.
“Pure” (or mostly) Amerindians (very dark skinned) are at the bottom of the economic/social strata, and are about 10% of the population.
Anyone who thinks Mexico doesn’t have similar “white on top” socio-economic strata is ignorant.
Paleobug on May 14 at 9:50 p.m.
gailandmarshall:
Maybe you should find out what is happening to Europe. It is looking the same as America. Europeans are being dispossessed of their lands through the madness of immigration.
This is genocide as defined by the UN,as it is deliberately causing damage to the White ethnic group. Look it up.
Move where? Idaho is a White area, but so-called anti-racists will do eveything they can to bring in others. Europe is the same way. Immigration and “assimilation” is for EVERY White area on the planet, and ONLY White areas.
Anti-racist is code-word for anti-White.
nslopeofw on May 14 at 10:05 p.m.
I come from a VERY diverse state, and it also happens to have the most racists ive ever been around. Funny thing, the worst racists i’ve ever seen are indigenous to the state. That state is Alaska.
Sometimes, in an effort to overcome the wrongs our for-fathers made, we encourage racism.
Racism and bigotry are not just for white folk. We just happen to be the ones who have to pay for the sins of the past. The racists of today have no excuse. And, the greatest majority of racists are not white.
JohnMcBride on May 14 at 10:15 p.m.
gailandmarshall: How can I know whether or not I agree, if you won’t define your terms? Why won’t liberals answer simple questions about what they are doing? The professor makes the statement that the 10.8% diverse population of Spokane does not mean that diversity has been achieved. I am simply asking what percentage is necessary before he and his ilk would be satisfied that the full benefits of diversity have been achieved. I don’t understand why you won’t tell us. ou won’t even tell us if you consider Detroit’s and Gary’s 80+% black populations to be enough for you to declare them to be sufficiently diverse.
You must have learned American History in a modern integrated classroom. America was founded by men who owned Negroes and shot Indians on sight. They allowed only free White men who owned property to vote. In their very first Congress they passed an immigration law which restricted entry to Whites only.
Jefferson wrote:Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people [Negroes] are to be free. Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them.
Liberals carved the first sentence of that passage in stone inside his Memorial. but they left out what followed. typical.
Abraham Lincoln said in 1858, in the fourth debate with Douglas, only two years before he was elected President: “I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races, [applause]–that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people;”
So which country and which set of founders are you referring to in your post?
JohnMcBride on May 14 at 10:23 p.m.
greenlibertarian; You say that my statement, “Even our Southern neighbor, Mexico is 90+% Mestizo-Amerindian” makes no sense. If you would go to the CIA World Factbook, click on “Mexico,” then click on “People,” then scroll down to “Ethnic groups” and perform some simple addition, then it should make sense to you.
greenlibertarian on May 14 at 10:35 p.m.
Racists miss the point, as always. Their bigotry clouds the logic and compassion of Christ, as well as those learned in the Age of Reason.
One can be sorry for them, or laugh at their ignorance.
ChefGus/ John Olsen on May 15 at 6:18 a.m.
Christ would not be allowed even yet into many country clubs and social settings. He is allowed and found and welcome every day of the week in our homeless shelters and county congregate meal programs. If you want to talk to “Christ” face to face and hear his story come on down to breakfast or lunch some day at House Of Charity. You don’t know what you don’t know until you “know christ”… “epiphany” awaits… over coffee and donuts j
Paleobug on May 15 at 8:33 a.m.
People here are twisting bible quotes to justify the immigration and “assimilation” (intermarrying) of peoples, destroying the diversity that God created.
Shame,shame.
Acts 17:26 (King James Version)
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
Matthew 12:25-32 (King James Version)
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand
John 10:1 (King James Version)
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
misjustice on May 15 at 11:00 a.m.
@ gail, my post was aimed at those posting their racist screeds not everyone living in Idaho. And to answer your question, I lived in the Silver Valley and in Coeur d’ Alene; hardly what I would describe as hot beds of diversity, not only in regards to race but also intellect. But hey, that’s just my opinion…
; )
Heimdallr on May 15 at 12:41 p.m.
And when it is no longer safe for women and children to go outdoors, WHAT will Tony Stewart have to say THEN about his greatest passion – “the increasing diversification of one of the country’s whitest regions” ???
OH! …
WAIT! …
He’ll be DEAD then! …
Nicely manicured lawns and safe streets… or burned out ghettos with sirens wailing day and night… Children playing in parks flying kites and playing ball… or baggy pants loiterers drinking ‘tall-boys’ on the corner… Take your pick America!
misjustice on May 15 at 1:19 p.m.
Yup, Heir Heimdallr because we all know that white folks never commit crimes; all of those in prison in Ideeho are persons of color. Right?
misjustice on May 15 at 7:00 p.m.
Funny screen name there Heir Heimdallr: Heimdallr is described as “the whitest of the gods”, at least according to Wikipedia.
And Mr. Williams the “Black by popular demand” guy, the sometimes stand in for Rush Limpballs? Libertarian and strident advocate of lassez-faire capitalism? That dude? Yeah, now there’s an objective voice of reason!
greenlibertarian on May 15 at 8:35 p.m.
Shorter Heildallr:
Be afraid, very afraid.
Amazing that racists still migrate from Stormfront to mainstream media outlets.
Cowards, all.
Paleobug on May 16 at 8:16 a.m.
If “tolerance and diversity” in ALL white countries and ONLY white countries is leading to the destruction of an entire race of people, it is genocide and we have a moral duty to oppose it.
Racist is a word anti-whites use to bully any white person who stands up for themselves, their people,or their community.
By the way,what are the “anti-racists” doing about the ethnic cleansing of the White South African farmers?
Are anti-racists holding vigils for the 10 million victims of the Ukrainan genocide?
Of course not ! These are White victims.
Anti-racist is code-word for anti-White.