tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420382079088865756.post1395766007049854132..comments2024-02-07T11:09:54.023-05:00Comments on Immigrations–Ethnicities–Racial Situations: Explaining Immigrant Mobility: Don’t Neglect the Race FactorYiorgos Anagnostou – Γιώργος Αναγνώστουhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469306259582509171noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420382079088865756.post-69283465729907568092011-04-19T19:00:49.188-04:002011-04-19T19:00:49.188-04:00This brings to mind a passage from Dan Georgakas&#...This brings to mind a passage from Dan Georgakas' autobiography, "My Detroit: Growing Up Greek and American in Motor City" (2006). The following exchange between Dan's maternal grandfather and Mr. Fatachi (Butch), a neighbor from Sicily, captures the racially loaded encounters between immigrant shopkeepers in predominantly black neighborhoods:<br /><br />"Their worst spat was over an unlikely topic. Butch had been robbed at gunpoint twice and his market was subject to considerable theft. The thieves were blacks, and Butch wound rant against the 'niggers' with uncharacteristic fury. Rather than sympathize with his friend, papou said that the neighborhood where Butch had his market had changed. Blacks were now an overwhelming majority. They resented outsiders, especially when, as was Butch's practice, they didn't hire any local help" (167).Yiorgos Anagnostou – Γιώργος Αναγνώστουhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06469306259582509171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420382079088865756.post-79632114110707161212011-04-16T11:11:47.738-04:002011-04-16T11:11:47.738-04:00The dimension of internalized racial oppression se...The dimension of internalized racial oppression seems great. Remember, about a decade ago there was dramatic conflict between the Korean corner store in urban ghettos and the local community. At that time, nobody addressed the equivalent Greek issue. Many of the inner-city pizza stores vacated by Italians were taken over by Greeks. We have a situation where the Greeks were making a living out of the lack of food competition in the ghetto. Some of these Greeks adopted a wild-west attitude, were fully armed, and dealt with their customers as the enemy. I've heard heroic tales of being shot, or chasing robbers. My sense is that this inter-ethnic, inter-class experience is waning with retirement. But the inner-city pizza store seems to capitalize on another economic imbalance and business vacuum.KOSTIS KOURELIShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10337635437028881328noreply@blogger.com