In Stillwell J and Philips D article ‘Diversity and Change: Understanding the Ethnic Geographies of Leeds’ (2006), they investigated the state of the ethnic segregation in Leeds by looking at the distribution and composition of ethnic minorities in community areas within Leeds to see whether Leeds is becoming more segregated.
Firstly, the writer describes the ethnic composition in Leeds using census data from 2001. Around 8.2% of people are non-whites which is lower than the national average of 8.7%. Asians account to 4.5% of the total population. The number of people with mixed-ethnicity has increased since 1991 with the majority born here. Most enclaves are in the city centre and some Indians enclaves are found in northern suburbs.
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Firstly, the social class. Most of the ethnic minorities remain in inner city area due to being employed in low paid jobs whereas some Indians moved to suburban area who became professionals hence they have more disposable income to spend on houses. Secondly, the impact of culture and lifestyle. Living in enclaves allow a sense of community and easy access to religious services which minorities value the most. Although there are more crime and poorer environment, they are very unlikely to move to suburbs due to racism, connections built and fear of harassment. Finally, external influences. Minorities are more likely to be discriminate by landlords by putting people with same background together or not renting houses. The minorities might also have perception of not moving into typically white …show more content…
Therefore it is a homogenous country historically and foreigners would be classified as ‘others’. As ‘others’ are different, they do not see them as part of their society hence racism occur. Racism is defined by Kalpaka and Rathzel (1994) as “in cases where a group is constructed this way (physical features) is evaluated as inferior to a different group and this evaluation leads to exclusion and marginalisation of this group.” Germans also view ‘others’ as poor with low income, uneducated and living in areas with high crime rate, hence segregation
Firstly, the writer describes the ethnic composition in Leeds using census data from 2001. Around 8.2% of people are non-whites which is lower than the national average of 8.7%. Asians account to 4.5% of the total population. The number of people with mixed-ethnicity has increased since 1991 with the majority born here. Most enclaves are in the city centre and some Indians enclaves are found in northern suburbs.
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Firstly, the social class. Most of the ethnic minorities remain in inner city area due to being employed in low paid jobs whereas some Indians moved to suburban area who became professionals hence they have more disposable income to spend on houses. Secondly, the impact of culture and lifestyle. Living in enclaves allow a sense of community and easy access to religious services which minorities value the most. Although there are more crime and poorer environment, they are very unlikely to move to suburbs due to racism, connections built and fear of harassment. Finally, external influences. Minorities are more likely to be discriminate by landlords by putting people with same background together or not renting houses. The minorities might also have perception of not moving into typically white …show more content…
Therefore it is a homogenous country historically and foreigners would be classified as ‘others’. As ‘others’ are different, they do not see them as part of their society hence racism occur. Racism is defined by Kalpaka and Rathzel (1994) as “in cases where a group is constructed this way (physical features) is evaluated as inferior to a different group and this evaluation leads to exclusion and marginalisation of this group.” Germans also view ‘others’ as poor with low income, uneducated and living in areas with high crime rate, hence segregation