Category Archives: Week 9

Though I have little to no personal experience of observing racial dynamics, Herman’s idea of residential, occupational political and general economic succession, where a group claims monopoly on vital, limited resources and improves conditions for their children, who then move … Continue reading →

In his brief and accessible piece, Herman lays out the framework for the “ethnic succession” model, in which one group comes into an area, competes with a former group for resources, and replaces the original group as the dominant racial/ethnic … Continue reading →

Herman’s idea about ethnic succession makes a lot of sense to me. Most racial tension only begins through competition for jobs or land or resources. He claims that people want to find communities where their ethnic grouping and their value … Continue reading →

I was shocked when I found out that my hometown, Wesley Hills, NY, had once actually banned the building of synagogues and other religious buildings. This neighborhood, attractive to large families and commuters to NYC, cherished their idealistic traditional and … Continue reading →

In his article, Max Herman writes about ethnic succession and what elements of it combine to stir up conflict. Herman argues that when a new ethnic group moves into a neighborhood, they compete with the existing ethnic group for a … Continue reading →

Week 9   Herman emphasizes several factors that contribute to the phases of ethnic succession. First, “territorial entities” are discusses. Natural boundaries between different ethnic groups form as immigrants cluster together in mini-enclaves in order to make their immigrant experience … Continue reading →

In Hermans short piece, Ethnic Succession is defined as “the process by which one racial/ethnic group displaces another ethnic/racial group from an established residential, occupational, or political niche.” In many ways this is a very valid point because over the … Continue reading →

Herman suggests that Ethnic succession could be seen as the opposite phenomenon to the case of integration and assimilation, and for the sake of our metaphorical theme -that the two ingredients simply don’t mix in our melting pot. Something like water and … Continue reading →

Herman describes how ethnic succession that takes place within a community. He contrives where one ethnic group replaces another through an initial small inlet, which results in an absolute succession, and eventually a completely new community. The transition from one … Continue reading →

Herman’s piece defines ethnic succession as the process when one ethnic group relocates another and gains dominance over business, political, or residential establishments. Herman explains that with an influx of new foreign arrivals, groups begin to “invade” and compete for … Continue reading →