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Comment on ‘London and New York: contrasts in British and American models of segregation’ by Ceri Peach

Comment on ‘London and New York: contrasts in British and American models of segregation’ by Ceri... Comment on `London and New York: Contrasts in British and American Models of Segregation' By Ceri Peach Nathan Glazer Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138, USA have found this a fascinating paper, and main period of arrival came after the end of more possibly relevant to the current mass European immigration? But of course upsurge of discussion of race in America American Indians are not immigrants, and than Ceri Peach realises. Before I get to that, I African-Americans have been here as long as would like to make a few comments on terms. any white group, and much longer than most. Ceri Peach concentrates on the facts of resi- Is it that they are all below the mean in income, dential concentration of minorities in London occupation and economic circumstances, and and New York. I use the word `minority' in its above the mean in presence of social prob- current American usage, in which it refers to lems? But if that is the de®ning characteristic, only four groups or collections of groups the Asians are improperly included and must (African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, be well on the way out of the `minority' Asians, and Native Americans http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Population Geography Wiley

Comment on ‘London and New York: contrasts in British and American models of segregation’ by Ceri Peach

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
1077-3495
eISSN
1099-1220
DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1099-1220(199909/10)5:5<347::AID-IJPG149>3.0.CO;2-G
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Comment on `London and New York: Contrasts in British and American Models of Segregation' By Ceri Peach Nathan Glazer Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138, USA have found this a fascinating paper, and main period of arrival came after the end of more possibly relevant to the current mass European immigration? But of course upsurge of discussion of race in America American Indians are not immigrants, and than Ceri Peach realises. Before I get to that, I African-Americans have been here as long as would like to make a few comments on terms. any white group, and much longer than most. Ceri Peach concentrates on the facts of resi- Is it that they are all below the mean in income, dential concentration of minorities in London occupation and economic circumstances, and and New York. I use the word `minority' in its above the mean in presence of social prob- current American usage, in which it refers to lems? But if that is the de®ning characteristic, only four groups or collections of groups the Asians are improperly included and must (African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, be well on the way out of the `minority' Asians, and Native Americans

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International Journal of Population GeographyWiley

Published: Sep 1, 1999

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