Cultural Diversity and My Community: Coeur D'Alene, Idaho
Cultural Diversity and My Community: Coeur d 'Alene, Idaho
S. Arellano
ETH125/Cultural Diversity
October 10, 2010
Juliet Meade
Cultural Diversity and My Community: Coeur d 'Alene, Idaho
Today when you look at the City of Coeur d’Alene you might see a beautiful city that appears to be a culturally diverse and place where everyone is welcome. However that has not always been the case in this community. The City of Coeur d’Alene has a history of being a plagued by a white supremacist group known as the Aryan Nations. This group has labeled the City as a racist community. Today we will look into Coeur d’Alene’s past and see how the City of Coeur d’Alene is working to overcome it and become a culturally diverse city where everyone is truly welcomed. The cultural makeup of my community is not very diverse at all. According to the 2000 Census the cultural make up of my community was primarily white, at 95.9%. The remaining 3.1% of residents was made up of multiple ethnic groups. At the time of the 2000 Census the Aryan Nation still had a very large presence my community. Today, my community is a little more diverse than it was in 2000; however it is still primarily a white community. It will be very interesting to see the results of the 2010 Census to see how my community has grown in its cultural diversity.
In the early 1970’s Richard G. Butler moved to North Idaho where he founded the Aryan Nations – a white supremacist group that has haunted this northern resort community for years. For decades the Aryan Nations plagued the community giving the region an appearance of being racist and unwelcoming to people who were not white. In September 2000 the Aryan Nation fell when Butler was forced into bankruptcy over a lawsuit against him and the Aryan Nations. The lawsuit that forced him into bankruptcy was brought on by the assault of Victoria and Jason Keenan. In 1998, the mother and son stopped in front of the Butler’s compound in Hayden Lake Idaho. The
S. Arellano
ETH125/Cultural Diversity
October 10, 2010
Juliet Meade
Cultural Diversity and My Community: Coeur d 'Alene, Idaho
Today when you look at the City of Coeur d’Alene you might see a beautiful city that appears to be a culturally diverse and place where everyone is welcome. However that has not always been the case in this community. The City of Coeur d’Alene has a history of being a plagued by a white supremacist group known as the Aryan Nations. This group has labeled the City as a racist community. Today we will look into Coeur d’Alene’s past and see how the City of Coeur d’Alene is working to overcome it and become a culturally diverse city where everyone is truly welcomed. The cultural makeup of my community is not very diverse at all. According to the 2000 Census the cultural make up of my community was primarily white, at 95.9%. The remaining 3.1% of residents was made up of multiple ethnic groups. At the time of the 2000 Census the Aryan Nation still had a very large presence my community. Today, my community is a little more diverse than it was in 2000; however it is still primarily a white community. It will be very interesting to see the results of the 2010 Census to see how my community has grown in its cultural diversity.
In the early 1970’s Richard G. Butler moved to North Idaho where he founded the Aryan Nations – a white supremacist group that has haunted this northern resort community for years. For decades the Aryan Nations plagued the community giving the region an appearance of being racist and unwelcoming to people who were not white. In September 2000 the Aryan Nation fell when Butler was forced into bankruptcy over a lawsuit against him and the Aryan Nations. The lawsuit that forced him into bankruptcy was brought on by the assault of Victoria and Jason Keenan. In 1998, the mother and son stopped in front of the Butler’s compound in Hayden Lake Idaho. The
References: Anti-Defamation League. (2005). Extremism in America: Richard Butler. Retrieved from http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/butler.asp?xpicked=2&item=butler Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations. (2010, August). Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations. Retrieved from http://www.idahohumanrights.org/index.html US Census Bureau. (2000). American FactFinder. Retrieved from https://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=83814&_cityTown=83814&_state=04000US16&_zip=83814&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y