GEO 793 Lecture 11: portugueese in Toronto
19 Jul 2018
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Teixeira: toronto"s new immigrant groups, 1) cultural and racial heterogeneity (diverse in character or content, 2) socio-economic heterogeneity, some immigrants now are rich, whereas past immigrants were all poor (to escape hardships back home) Toronto"s black community: black canadians and americans, black south americans, black africans, caribbean blacks, blacks come in all forms (same skin colors) but different culture and geographic origin. Immigrants" barriers in canadian housing markets: economic disadvantage and housing costs, lack of knowledge about the functioning of housing markets, lack of fluency in english and or french, racism. Portuguese-speaking angolans and mozambicans (1990-2005: people from angola, mozambique (next to madagascar, reasons for immigrating, jobs, persecution (come as refugees) Immigration status upon arrival: age upon arrival, very young 20s and 30s, household status, came as singles, or left spouses back at home, pre-existing social networks, relations with the portuguese community.
