Philippe Bourgeois Sociology

Philippe Bourgeois did the study through research participant and observational. He was studying poverty and marginalization. He was a newlywed and wanted to study the relationship between poverty and ethnic segregation. Philippe Bourgeois lived in the area and in the society for 2 years. He just moved into East Harlem with his wife and newborn. He was a white scholar so it was difficult for him to assimilate especially realizing his only way to really get into his work is by assimilating into the society. He was judged by his appearance and many thought he was a nark and cops thought he was just a white boy looking for drugs. Once they got closer to him as a group, he was considered an honorary nigga although he originally felt like an outsider. This helped him get more comfortable being in the group on a daily basis and got the others more comfortable with him knowing he was not an undercover. It also helped him be somewhat less bias because he identified with the people rather than just only studying them. He learned about them each as an individual. …show more content…
for military control of Cuba. It was not financially stable and the U.S. wanted full political control. They were always politically oppressed going all the way back to their parents and grandparents. Although this oppression can be used as a mitigating factor it does not provide an excuse for the violent behavior. There was also drug violence in the streets before the rush of Puerto Ricans immigrants. First came the wave of Germans and Irish, then Italians who were stigmatized as slow and then the wave of Puerto Ricans. With every immigration wave came new stigmas and stereotypes. East Harlem is one of the worst districts in New York City consisting of bad buildings, poisoned water pipes, and dirty