HDFS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Ecological Niche, Apache Hadoop, Cuban Americans

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Human Development and Family Studies
• Course: HDFS202
• Professor: Sherif- Trask Bahira

Document Summary

Contemporary immigration: 13% of population is immigrants (40 mil, 24% of children live in immigrant family, non-white children under age of 5: 49. 9, hispanic population expected to double in next 50 years, patterns. Assimilation v. ecological niche: global processes: Urbanization: urban areas grow by a million every 5 days until 2030. Transnational nature of families: families split between 2 countries. Remittances: working in another country and sending money back home: cuban americans. Upper and middle class of cuba came to america when castro came to power because he was seizing land and redistributing it. High education, skills, capital: asian americans. Total asian americans has more than doubled from 1980 to 2010. Very heterogeneous: many different characteristics (specifically religion) Myth of model minority : having a specific skill set based on where you"re from. Associated with islam, but christians and jews live here also.