RT Article
T1 Changing Neighborhood: Ethnic Enclaves and the Struggle for Social Justice
JF Social justice
VO 35
IS 2
SP 18
OP 35
A1 Liu, Michael
A2 Geron, Kim 1951-
LA English
YR 2008
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/174715685X
AB Part of a special issue on Asian and Pacific Islander populations within the U.S. Asian-American urban neighborhoods have been crucial sites for the enactment of social justice activism among Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Following World War II, Asian-American enclaves became threatened by rising land values, public-private efforts at removing and rezoning the enclaves, and the use of eminent domain to force poor or elderly immigrant residents from their homes and businesses. These grievances led to the coalescence of activist movements around neighborhoods and important buildings, which often grew into larger movements for social justice. Both traditional and newer urban enclaves can and do mobilize around housing issues, labor practices, electoral issues, police brutality, and hate crimes. The role of the ethnic enclave in the Asian-American social justice movement is further discussed.
K1 Community activists
K1 Chinatowns
K1 Social norms
K1 Social conditions of ethnic groups
K1 Social Justice
K1 Ethnic neighborhoods -- United States
K1 Asians -- United States
K1 Exclaves
K1 Political Participation
K1 City dwellers
K1 Asian Americans
K1 Ethnic neighborhoods