For decades, Oakland was what George Clinton would refer to as a “chocolate city” — one with a majority-black population.

However, “State of Blacks in the Bay,” a recent study by Urban Strategies analyzing the Bay Area’s overall diversity, as well as the state of its African American residents, confirms what many have suspected: Oakland is no longer a chocolate city.

Perhaps too many Americans are forgetting or have forgotten the wrong thing.  Recall that before American education writers adopted the term “multicultural” (in the 1980’s); before “diversity” became a buzzword (in the early 1990’s); and before schools were referred to as “inclusive” (in the m