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  • Writer's pictureAZZAM HASSAN ADAM ABUELHASSAN .

Diversity of Asian ethnic enclaves

Updated: May 1, 2022







Introduction


North America is considered to have the highest population of Asian Immigrants, with more than 50 million immigrants in both the United States of America and Canada. The Asian community consists of the Indians, Japanese, Chinese, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. These enclaves can be founds in states such as Ontario and British Columbia in Canada, New York, Los Angeles/ California, and San Francisco in the United States of America. many Indian and Pakistani. Hosting governments can study the culture, organize, arrange, and create ethnic enclaves for people to be able with similar backgrounds such as housing, schools, restaurants, and houses of worship, this can enable people to set their differences, live together, and eradicate any sense of hate or racism between people, it can also give the locals of the country a glimpse of their culture thus creating intercultural communication between them. For example, many countries the Asian follow the same lifestyle or even practice the same religion such as the Chinese culture and Thai culture follow the same religion and have similar lifestyles, such as the choice of food,


Facts/ History

North America is considered to have the highest population of Asian Immigrants, with more than 50 million immigrants in both the United States of America and Canada. The Asian community consists of the Indians, Japanese, Chinese, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. These enclaves can be founds in states such as Ontario and British Columbia in Canada, New York, Los Angeles/ California, and San Franciso in the United States of America.

The first Asian community first arrived during the 1800s, they settled in New York as merchants (Caitlin Yoshiko, 2019) The Chinese began to immigrate eventually until they reached California with a population of fewer than 1,000. According to the book “Strangers from different shores” by Ronald Takaki, by 1870, approximately 63,00 were living in the United States, the majority settled in California and made up at least 25% of the workforce

When it comes to the Indian community he Indian community, according to the World Bank, India is the second-largest migrant workforce, nearly 11 million are working abroad, stating that they are spread around the world. As for Europe, There are ethnicities across these countries such as the Asian hosting countries such as Germany, and the United Kingdom is more open to Asian communities, providing neighborhoods such as Chinatown or Little India.



Differences in Asian Cultures and ethnic enclaves


The Asian community is very diverse, Asia is a continent with a high level of linguistic diversity, with numerous language families and language isolates. Except for the Bantu languages, Asia is home to nearly every major language family. The majority of Asian countries have more than one native language. As of 2021, Chinese, Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese made up 85 percent of all Asians. These groups collectively shape the demographic characteristics of the overall Asian population in the United States alone. This is why many countries do struggle when it comes to organizing Asian ethnic enclaves, whether should One neighborhood for every nationality, which will increase taxes amongst the settlers, or should be put together to miscommunication or even conflict can occur.


Locals and Asian Enclaves

Asian enclaves are known for having one of the most interesting cultures in the world, regarding the lifestyle, food, and traditions such as ceremonies, dances, and more. When it comes to food in North America Chinese food is considered one of the local choices due to the fact that Asian food is not only luscious and nutritious but also extremely budget-friendly, You will find most Asian restaurants packed during the end of the month. Most Asian enclaves such as Chinatown, or little India's restaurants become successful due to receiving many customers, you will find many locals already know how to use chopsticks to influence the culture. Many Chinese ethnic enclaves around the world celebrate the Chinese new year which can be a new experience for many people from different ethnicities. The same goes for other Little India and other ethnicities. People of the Asian communities are given the freedom to celebrate their differences and to follow their ideologies.



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