Sociology 2152A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Ethnic Enclave, Racial Segregation In The United States, Asian Americans
20 Apr 2014
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Sociology 2152b chapter 11: cities have been mosaics of ethnic communities, at times, minorities even became majority (milwaukee back in 1850, great immigration (1880-1910) about 1 million immigrants came to north. America and 7 out of 10 settled in cities: in recent years, canada and u. s has increase number of immigrants coming, the cities with the highest % of immigrants were miami, toronto, los angeles, Europe, differences between immigrants and local people were mostly ethnic (different in cultural tradition but not race: since 1960 however, vast majority of immigrants are of different colors: africa, New york has stood as a symbol of racial and ethnic diversity. New york still holds the first place in the u. s as the destination for immigrants. In 2010, about 186,000 immigrants settled in the new york city metro area. Today, lower manhattan"s chinatown is 5x the size it was in 1965 both in physical size and in numbers and is home to about 150,000 people.
