One other note, I am uncomfortable using the term "mixed race." It doesn't seem accurate. My grandsons are half Antiguan of African descent and half American of English/Irish/Scottish/Native American descent.

I also want to reword the following: They live in an area with what the officials term a majority of minorities...African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and all kinds of mixes.

They live in an area in which minorities are in the majority.