SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ethnic Enclave, Johnny Lombardi, Louis Wirth
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One of the casualties was families depicted of social disorganization in chicago. Ethnic enclave shared same ethnicity, sexual orientation, lifestyles (artists/bohemian type) In concentric model, each area was a different ethnic group. Louis wirth wrote about ghetto and enclave. Natural area german town, chinatown, african-american settlement (black belt) People immigrated and came to cities and didn"t disperse randomly but instead grouped/clumped together because of success, housing, language. Those who have command of language are less likely to settle in ethnic enclaves. In case of toronto, those who came with english as first language (uk, ireland, scotland, Wales, us) have found that they have much less need to settle together. Language is really important those who don"t have language, would settle with countrymen. If ethnic group is large, would provide social services: food, entertainment. So don"t have to learn english and manage to get by. If you want to join civil service, need to speak english or french.
