Race and my Community

My name is ****** and I am a 33 year old white woman. I live in a very small city called *******, we are located just outside of the *** *****, ** city limits. Our city has a population of 4,660, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. Although our city is only one square mile, we have many diverse groups of people that live here. While we may not be a large city by any means, we are rich in culture. Our racial break up is listed as such: 71.82% White, 6.09% African American, 0.22% Native American, 15.72%Asian, 11.46% Hispanic, 3.24% from other races, and 2.81% from two or more races. 0.10% Pacific Islander. While the majority of the community is white, we do celebrate other cultures. We as a community try and make sure that we stay as diverse as possible. I have lived here most of my life, and have never had any kind of racial issues. Even in the high school that I went to, which was mostly Hispanic and African American, I cannot recall ever having a racial issue with anyone else. In my community we have a mayor, and a city council. As of today, all of the members on the city council are white males. Our race might be the only thing that we have in common. While I do not agree with a lot of the things that our city council is doing right now, I plan on trying to change some of that by running for council myself. I am going to attempt to get myself on the ballot for 2013. I would like to see some of the other minority people in our community step up and try and take a little initiative and maybe join the city council also. While I do not consider myself a minority in the fact that I am white, I do consider myself a minority because I am a single, white, mother. Not many people like me would be willing to take on something like being on a city council. I am sure that it is going to be an amazing adventure, just like my 9-5 job. Being as