According to Moslimani et al. (2024), underpinned by the US Census microdata from 2022, the Black population of the US is growing, from 36.2 million self-identified Black people in 2000 to an estimated 47.9 million people in 2022; this is an increase of 32% in two decades, making up 14.4% of the country’s current population. In the same period, San Diego County showed an increase of 14% between 2000 and 2022, with the Black population comprising 6.7% of the entire region’s demographics. When we ...