The above map illustrates the distribution of the predominant ethnicity by census tract within the City of Buffalo. I am content with the map, overall. It is, in my mind, well-balanced. I did find some areas of improvement starting with the title. Even in the original I avoided using the word race (I am an anthropologist, so technically, there are no "races."), but using the word dominant in describing ethnicity sound a little creepy. The correct word is predominant. I also removed by census tract from the title to shorten it. In the legend I gave it a title to mention that the geographical units are census tracts. Also, I changed the scale bar units to miles; we are in the United States. Finally, since the map is representing a clipped area, I added a background color. The below map is my revised one.
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