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Reeves speculated that local company trainingprograms include a high number of Asians, who stayin the city for only a short time. He also saysthat Harvard and MIT's growing Asian populationsalso may contribute to the citywide populationboost.
While the city's minority population is rising,some city officials--including Mayor Reeves--areconcerned that they are not receiving services.
Reeves says he fears that institutions mayremain white-oriented even after whites become aminority after the turn of the century. "Theformer majority group will want the system to meettheir needs," he says.
Reeves says that the minority community doesnot take full advantage of the city's schools.Minority families are frequently not as aware ofsome of the school system's more innovatedprograms, which tend to be dominated by whitechildren.
In order for minority groups to increase theirpower in Cambridge, the city must hire moreminority employees, Reeves says. "One can'tcontinue major public institutions that don'treflect demographics," he says.