Annotated Bibliography

  1. Berger, Joseph. “Well, the Ices Are Still Italian; Immigration Patterns Shift, Altering the Old Neighborhood.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 16 Sept. 2002. Web. 16 Apr. 2016.

This article was written by Joseph Berger. This article speaks about the Italian population in Bensonhurst and how it changed since 1940 when there was a mass influx of Italian immigrants to New York. In 2000, the Italian population in Bensonhurst decreased to around 59,000 in which it was around double in 1990. Berger describes the Italians in Bensonhurst as loving and caring. Every time a person would walk on the streets, the Italians would greet him/her cordially and initiate a conversation for the person to talk back and engage in the conversation. This article relates to my paper in that it shows how there are many Italians in Bensonhurst and how they contribute to the diversity of the Bensonhurst neighborhood and their interactions with other nationalities in Bensonhurst.

 

  1. Robbins, Liz. “With an Influx of Newcomers, Little Chinatowns Dot a Changing Brooklyn.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 15 Apr. 2015. Web. 16 Apr. 2016.

This article was written by Liz Robbins. This article predominantly speaks about the Chinese immigration to New York over the years. Chinese families immigrated to New York and spread to many neighborhoods, especially Dyker Heights, Gravesend, Homecrest, Marine Park, and Bensonhurst. Another neighborhood that was highly flooded with Chinese people was Sunset Park, which became the first Chinatown in New York. There was a high demand of housing, and businesses grew throughout New York. This article relates to my paper with regards to the immigration aspect in Bensonhurst. Chinese people populated Bensonhurst recently and created another Chinatown on 86th Street. This gives insight to the type of diversity there is in Bensonhurst.

 

 

  1. Wu, Elizabeth. “Bensonhurst Becomes Brooklyn’s Second Chinatown.” China Daily. China Daily USA, 30 June 2014. Web. 16 Apr. 2016.

This article was written by Elizabeth Wu. This article talks about the different nationalities in Bensonhurst. The Russians, the Asians, the Puerto Ricans, and the Koreans are mentioned in this article. The Asian population in Bensonhurst increased by 57% in the past 10 years. The Russian population in Bensonhurst is increasing because they are moving from the Brighton Beach area. Other nationalities acknowledged the diversity in the Bensonhurst population and that a Chinatown was growing in the neighborhood. This article also relates to the immigration factor in my paper. The fact that the Chinese and Asian populations in Bensonhurst are increasing over the years shows that a Chinatown forming in Bensonhurst is inevitable and that one of the dominant factors of the Bensonhurst community is the Chinese and Asian population.

  1. Schapiro, Rich. “Joey Fama, in Prison for 1989 Murder, Says He Wasn’t the Shooter.” NY Daily News. Daily News, 17 Aug. 2014. Web. 10 Apr. 2016.

This article was written by Rich Schapiro. This article talks about the Bensonhurst Murder Case in which Joey Fama, a white 18-year-old male, killed Yusuf Hawkins, a black 16-year-old male in 1989. There were many controversies to whether Fama actually murdered Hawkins or, as Fama claimed, was just at the scene when the murder happened but was judged guilty for murdering Hawkins. According to the article, Fama faced a sentence of 32 years-to-life imprisonment for the murder. This Murder Case inspired and exacerbated the racial tensions already present in the Bensonhurst neighborhood. This article relates to my paper with regards to the racism that started and worsened over the years due to the Bensonhurst Murder Case. Blacks living in Bensonhurst were angered with this case and began engaging in inappropriate actions towards the whites while the whites got even angrier which started many racial tensions between the whites and blacks that would last much longer than a few years.

 

  1. Sullivan, Andrew. “The Two Faces of Bensonhurst.” Ebscohost. EBSCO, 2 July 1990. Web. 10 Apr. 2016.

This article was written by Andrew Sullivan. This article discusses the racism in Bensonhurst as well as the diverse community present in Bensonhurst. This article introduces many accounts of people who are residents in Bensonhurst that react to the racism going on in the neighborhood. The Bensonhurst Murder Case is also mentioned in this article with regards to racism against blacks. There are about 7,000 blacks living in Bensonhurst and many of them experience racism throughout their lives, like the black woman who was called “nigger” and another black woman who had her change thrown at her by the cashier of a grocery supermarket in the area. However, this article also brings up the alleviation of the consequences of racism over time in which many whites learned to accept the blacks living within them and became immune to the effect racism has on the Bensonhurst community. This article relates to the racism factor brought up in my paper in that it shows how diverse the community is and how that diversity affects the interactions between the different nationalities and ethnicities in Bensonhurst. Overall, this article sums up the various racial tensions going on in Bensonhurst to one dominant conflict that has been and currently being solved as more people move in to Bensonhurst and learn to join the diversity in the community and accept other nationalities residing near them.

 

 

6.Freedman, Jenny. “Made in Bensonhurst – A Taste of Travel.” A Taste of Travel. 28 Jan.          2014.   Web. 22 May 2016.

 

7. Holter, Lauren. “City Living: Bensonhurst, BK’s Little Italy, Now Teeming with Diversity.” AM           New York. 11 Feb. 2015. Web. 22 May 2016.