I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley — also referred to as SGV or the 626 — an ethnoburb in Los Angeles County where Asian immigrants go to never assimilate. Immigrants in the 1970s, initially mostly Chinese, built our own ethnic economy and ecosystem in SGV, with Chinese banks, grocery...
Studying is a matter of personal preference(偏爱),so choose the way you are most comfortable with.Some people like working at night when the house is quiet,while others like doing their work early in the morning.Still others like studying as soon as they arrive home from school while the ...
aBest educated immigrants take badly needed expertise from poor countries; however ,academic "qualifications" of Asian and African sub continent immigrants cannot be verified and some have been shown to be obtained by bribes in countries where bribery is common. European visitors to Asian hospitals ...
Over in Brittany, anyone who wanted a matagot went to the crossroads and would invoke “the Abominable” or ” l’Abominable/est l’esprit du mal/le diable.” A black cat would arrive shortly after with other animals in tow, notably another cat. This second cat would be given to the wo...
Houston has a population of 2,099,451 and the racial makeup of the city is 50.5% White, 43.8% Hispanic, 23.7% African American, and 6.0% Asian (2010 Census). Houston is a multicultural city where over 90 languages are spoken and an estimated 500,000 illegal immigrants reside. ...
The racial makeup of the city is 63.7% Black, 29.6 White, 4.2% Hispanic, and 2.3% Asian (2010 Census). The medium household income is below the national median income while the homeless population is steadily increasing. The crime rate in Baltimore has been above the national average for ...
Turning to residential outcomes, late arrivers born in non-Anglophone 12One might be concerned that some individuals are still living with their parents and did not choose their resi- dence. If this is the case, reverse causality is a serious concern (i.e., living in an enclave hinders an...
Post-war immigrants were predominantly from the British Isles and Southern Europe, while more recent arrivals see a growing population of Asian descent. During the late 20th and early 21st centuries, a series of mining booms in various regions of Western Australia propelled Perth into the role of...
Of course, all past societies did this. They organized life around socially constructed fictions. Surprisingly, this ability to live on the basis of imagined worlds has been a great strength of our species rather than a weakness. Part of the reason that it could remain a strength was that su...
With the president three hours behind schedule, but due to arrive momentarily, many people at one of the three inaugural balls seemed to be in good cheer as they milled about and snacked on meatballs and zucchini while posing for photos. “They tried so hard to ...