Sentences with phrase «ethnic enclaves of»

Thus, the deciding votes in the majority - minority district may end up getting cast in the white ethnic enclaves of Sheepshead Bay, Mill Basin and Bergen Beach, where County remains relatively strong.

Ms. Harris hails from predominantly black Coney Island, but the heart of the district is the historically white ethnic enclaves of Dyker Heights and Bay Ridge, where Ms. Cucco resides.

They settled in an ethnic enclave of the town's Yemenite community, amid some of the saddest slums in England.

A fine script by director John Gray, and strong performances from an ensemble cast that includesStephen Lang, Karen Allen, and Peter Riegert add up to this moving coming of age story set in the ethnic enclave of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn in the 1970's.

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My parents, hoping to find acceptance for themselves and their children as Americans, gave up much of the Germanness that had defined them in the secure ethnic enclaves in which they grew up.

Isolated European ethnic enclaves and insulated enclaves of privilege, however, have seen their boundaries opened.

Major responsibility for the change in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan, Levine and Harmon claim, rests largely on the political, banking, and real estate establishment of Boston that decided to channel Boston's growing black population into Jewish neighborhoods rather than to scatter them in Irish, Italian, and other ethnic enclaves.

For a significant part of their lives, they operate within an ethnic enclave.

Not only do such actions represent a radical departure from past times in America, when government refused to legitimate ethnic - group rights and claims, but they also encourage a polarization rather than unification of our diverse population — a trend that can result only in the eventual creation of de jure ethnic and racial geographic enclaves and political parties, with the appointment and election of individuals mandated along racial, religious and ethnic lines.

Since many of these organizations are ethnic specific, operating within ethnic enclaves in large metropolitan centers, they manipulate subcultures impenetrable to traditional law enforcement.

Despite its size and unique status, Thai Town is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating and least understood of the many Los Angeles ethnic enclaves.

Similarly, understanding why some women remain within an ethnic enclave or community can raise theories that are generalizible and applicable to both men and women, who may face different forms of social isolation, but similar impacts from social isolation.

According to the analysis of Census data by the the advocacy and housing organization, Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE), the Asian population in New York City is growing rapidly and dispersing beyond historical ethnic enclaves.

A number of refugee communities, (e.g. in Saint Louis and Great Detroit and in Wisconsin), have migrated to Rust Belt cities where they have filled inexpensive neighborhoods largely deserted by the original residents and revitalized by them as ethnic enclaves.

But Bratton said again this morning that that the unit was not investigative, and instead focused on where members of ethnic enclaves reside in the city's five boroughs.

Ms. Belbin and her colleagues are investigating a variety of questions related to migration into New York City, population transitions among its ethnic enclaves, and effects of historical events and trends on recent generations as well as during the last few centuries.

His work expands the conversation about ethnic neighborhoods beyond the Chinatowns and other urban «enclaves,» where poor residents of similar ethnicity have often lived because they lacked other choices.

Even more than The Departed, Good Will Hunting and Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone feels, looks and sounds authentic in its depiction of Boston's ethnic, working class enclaves.

More than 20 percent of the city's residents are foreign born, and one can pass through half a dozen ethnic enclaves — Japanese, Indian, Middle Eastern — in as many blocks.

France had the mandate for the area known as Greater Syria, and in 1920 formed the State of Greater Lebanon as one of the ethnic enclaves within Syria.

While large urban centers have often served as pockets for ethnic enclaves (think Chinatown) increasingly, ethnoburbs which host concentrations of ethnicities in American suburbs, are becoming more prevalent.

You'll also find a surfeit of cultural riches, from first - rate museums to colorful ethnic enclaves and places to learn about Australia's Aboriginal heritage.

Home to a dynamic set of neighborhoods and ethnic enclaves, it's hard to visit this borough and not fall in love with its lively and eclectic atmosphere.

The show is scattered over the length and breadth of the city among all socio - economic and ethnic enclaves (through Feb. 16, 2014).

Shophouses, many of them colourfully painted, can still be found in various ethnic enclaves such as Little India, Chinatown and Kampong Glam (Arab Quarter).