August 4, 2006

Small Indiana town singing tune of racial, ethnic harmony

George Galster, Wayne State professor of urban affairs, commented in this story about the national push for diversity in neighborhoods. At the local levels of government, he said council members will have to define what they mean by inclusive. Those debates "will discourage some," Galster says. "I can imagine the hearings at city council. They have to confront issues not only about immigration and illegal immigration, but about sexual preference. Then it's a firestorm."

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