“Is immigration causing cultural ghettos in cities?”
That was a question asked by Su-Lu Tan, a news reporter for the Australian Financial Review.
She added, “And should we be worried?”
In a broader sense, she was addressing assimilation, and by implication, segregation, in the U.S.
America’s Black population is in the midst of a major demographic shift.
Over 12% have been born outside the U.S. This is a 475% increase since 1980, when Black immigrants initially began arriving in large numbers.
By 2060, it’s projected about 33% of the U.S. Black population will be foreign-born individuals.
However, the integration between Black Immigrants living in the U.S. and U.S. born Black Americans has not been the smoothest of sailings.
The New York Times recently asked, “Why Do American Grocery Stores Have An Ethnic Aisle?”
At first glance, the question seems simplistic. One might even ask, “What’s the big deal? They’re just grocery aisles.”
But, in actuality, the question reflects issues larger than food aisles. The question reflects a changing country.
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