ethnic enclave

MaryW commented on the word ethnic enclave

Neighborhoods have always played a pivotal role in how immigrants and their children adapt to life in the United States. . . . Unable to integrate into the mainstream middle sectors of American society, many found refuge in residential spaces that resembled their homelands, at least in terms of the cultural landscape. Within these ethnic enclaves, immigrants could form intimate connections, attend places of worship, and practice their cultural traditions with others from their home country, all the while slowly sharpening their English skills and learning American ways of life.

Anthony Christian Ocampo, The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race (Stanford, CA: Stanford Univ. Press, 2016), ch. 3.

July 2, 2016