Author Archives: ivonnareda

My group is zeroing on the religion of Jackson Heights. Our initial plan was to find the 3 most common religions practiced in the area and then focusing on those. At first we had trouble finding exact percentages of the … Continue reading →

“The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and Its Variants” by Portes and Zhou was an enjoyable read because a lot of the conclusions the authors reached through observation of specific communities were some of the same I had reached in … Continue reading →

NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: JACKSON HEIGHTS; After a Landmark Label, Chain Stores Are Moving In The New York Times July 30, 1995, Sunday, Late Edition – Final This article talks about a community discussion as result of “…designation of the neighborhood [Jackson … Continue reading →

After reading, “Who’s behind the counter? Retail Workers in New York City” by Malkin, I have to say I was at first confused about this article’s identification with racial and ethnic diversity. The majority of the article seemed to rather … Continue reading →

Aside from tensions and racism that exists, I believe the idea of two enclaves, which are described as beneficial systems for immigrants to use for upward mobility and assimilation to mainstream culture, living in one area could assist such mobility … Continue reading →

I would like to focus on that article for this blog post as I found it more engaging and generally interesting. The idea that second generations immigrants try to stray away from the stereotypical jobs of their ethnicity that their … Continue reading →

After reading the three articles by Schiller, Basch, and Waldinger I find my mind reeling at the complexities involved with studying the boundless identities of what are called transmigrants. Anecdotes as well as surveys must be used to help identity … Continue reading →

The Rise of David Levinsky is a tale of an immigrant from Russia who takes a chance, and abandons a Talmud-centered life for the change to strike it in the “land of opportunity”. In Russia, he had little but his … Continue reading →