Peopling of NYC - friction

Quid Pro Quo

Ilyas Frenkel — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:59:48 +0000

Media, Ethnicity, Conflict...

Shelley Jiang — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:48:02 +0000

It is interesting to see how the media had impacted an ethnic group to hate another ethnic group. As we all know, the media has a great impact on our lives. Prior to Koreans coming to the United States, they watched American films that portrayed the lives of African Americans. The films portrayed African Americans as criminals and “gangsters.” Koreans carried these types of images of African Americans with them when they arrived in the United States.

More on racial steering

Professor Brooks — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:43:49 +0000

In order to illuminate this issue, I found a few more recent articles from the NY Times that discuss how "racial steering" works and why it's not simply a realtor taking into account buyers' and renters' assumed preferences:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E2DF1131F932A35756C0A9639C8B63

More on Chinatown's development from Peter Kwong

Professor Brooks — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:09:19 +0000

Last year, Peter Kwong (the author of today's readings) answered reader questions in the New York Times online. I'm posting this link because it helps us understand how the processes he described have shifted since he published his book (1987). For example, he notes that competition from China has almost killed the garment industry in Chinatown. He also discusses the continued gentrification of the area and his belief that Chinatown will eventually cease to exist.

Discrimination and Affirmative Action

Shelley Jiang — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:22:55 +0000

Introduction to our class website

Professor Brooks — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:19:23 +0000

With Ke's permission, I cut and pasted part of the analytical paper she wrote (about the Wong and Orelick articles) and added some detail of my own to create an introduction to our website for outsiders trying to understand the way we've connected these two neighborhoods and the Q Train. Please feel free to make suggestions, changes, etc.: