HBO Poll: Living In ‘Whitopia’

Benjamin classifies a Whitopia as whiter than the nation, with at least 6 percent population growth since 2000, and at least 90 percent of that growth from white migrants. “And a Whitopia has a je ne sais quoi — an ineffable social charisma, a pleasant look and feel,” he writes. Benjamin spent four months in 2007 living in a rented split-level cabin on Hayden Lake. He hosted dinner parties, fished, bowled and played golf. In each of the Whitopias he visited, Benjamin took the pulse of the white dominant culture by immersing himself in it/ Maureen Dolan , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here .