Ethnic Neighborhoods in New YorkNew York City is often called the “Capital of the World" for its globalinfluence in commerce, finance, fashion, music, art, politics, and popularculture. Not only is it one of the most dynamic cities of the world, but it'salso one of the most ethnically...
Explore the NYC demographics. Review the New York City population and ethnic groups, and analyze the percentage of Hispanic and other ethnicities...
A. (2011). Neighborhood ethnic density and preterm birth across seven ethnic groups in New York City. Health & Place, 17, 280-288. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2010. 11.006.Mason, S.M.; Kaufman, J.S.; Daniels, J.L.; Emch, M.E.; Hogan, V.K.; Savitz, D.A. Neighborhood ethnic ...
Scholars observe that designating non-white speaker groups as ethnolects only serves to reinforce what has been called a white/non-white binary in North America, in which non-white speakers are marked and stand in contrast to a supra-ethnic category of whiteness that is privileged and unmarked...
Explore diverse ethnic groups in America. Learn the six racial groups and discover the racial makeup of the United States. View an ethnicity map of...
This article explores the types of racial and ethnic identities adopted by a sample of 83 adolescent second-generation West Indian and Haitian Americans in New York City. The subjective understandings these youngsters have of being American, of being black American, and of their ethnic identities ...
Background and Purpose: As baby boomers reach retirement age, accessible, evidence-based programs to promote healthy aging and prevent or delay onset of chronic conditions in communities will be essential. New York City, one of the most racially/ethnically, culturally and economically diverse cities...
Since structural barriers are aspects of systemic barriers, we use the term systemic barriers to refer to both concepts in this paper [6]. Indeed, there is growing recognition that the health of social groups is most strongly affected by systemic, rather than individual, phenomena [3]. ...
TH-stopping, reported in the speech of working-class and immigrant groups across the U.S., has long been considered a regional feature of New York City English (NYCE). Its origins in NYCE have been anecdotally attributed to the non-native speech of the first immigrants to the area, such ...
25 Individuals living in neighborhoods with more dilapidated buildings have higher rates of hospitalization for asthma in New York City.26 However, research is sparse on built environment elements (such as dilapidated buildings, crosswalks, single-lane roads) that are challenging to measure. ...