These are some points I noted concerning the talk given by Joe Salvo on immigration patterns inNew York City:
- Constant cycle of new immigrants: learn language–> leave city–> new immigrants
- What is American?
- White non Hispanic origin or anyone who’s just wealthier
- Already a diverse place
- People don’t really identify as American; closer ties to roots–> Depends on community
- America thought of as more of a culture
- New York City is more diverse compared to the rest of the country
- (Refer to Nancy Foner article)
- has to do with the amount of generations that have been in America –> in your family: the more generations that are American the looser the ties can be from your roots, the more you might identify yourself with America versus your own culture.
- Sometimes new immigrants identify automatically as “American” because they are proud to have access to all the opportunities that America has to offer versus their native country.
- Mix of cultures coincide because working towards common goal
- Why are Asians moving to central park west and why are young white single adults moving to Spanish harlem, etc.?
- Financially driven
- Goals determine time period which influence where/ what you want to live in
- Statistics show in the last recession; young Asian Americans more unemployed but when got jobs made good money –> influenced move to central park west
- Young whites to Spanish harlem: affordable housing, liberal standpoint on race, edgier lifestyle?
- Move to New York to work–> leads to young able working people
