Topic #3

ethnic neighborhoods - or ethnic enclaves, are geographic areas with a high concentration of a specific cultural or ethnic group. They feature distinct local businesses, community centers, and traditions that help immigrants preserve their heritage while building economic and social support systems.

Different cultures confined spaces

Lead to tensions conflicts

Suburbs ghetto slum gated community

Block busting a historical real estate and urban geography practice where brokers pressured white property owners to sell their homes at low prices by falsely claiming that Black families were moving into the neighborhood, which then caused rapid racial turnover and neighborhood segregation

Ethic stirring the illegal and discriminatory practice where real estate agents or housing providers guide prospective home buyers or renters toward or away from specific neighborhoods based on their race or ethnicity

not in my backyard- a term for local opposition to proposed housing, infrastructure, or public facilities near one's neighborhood