Racial divisions in USA vs racial divisions in Brazil: my theory

[Tooting Carmen]

MENAs are white socially unless they are too dark to pass as whites (like Yemenis or Saudis) but they generally live in upper/middle class neighbourhoods. Japanese are well integrated and many are mixed with whites today. Only the few Chinese and Koreans, alongside Bolivians and Paraguyans are more segregated.

Interesting how MENAs are seen as White in Brazil, because in Europe even the supposedly 'lighter' MENAs like Turks and Levantines most definitely are not seen as White and are regarded as ethnically and culturally very separate from mainstream society.

[JMack]

Interesting how MENAs are seen as White in Brazil, because in Europe even the supposedly 'lighter' MENAs like Turks and Levantines most definitely are not seen as White and are regarded as ethnically and culturally very separate from mainstream society.

Most MENAs here are Maronite Christians, Orthodox Syrians and some Druzes. They generally don't have adaptation issues that certainly would happen if they were Muslims like in Europe. Culture is a barrier bigger than phenotype.

[Fractal]

San Francisco is more hippyish and liberal than most places though. What about LA, Miami, Chicago, New York, Washington etc?

It has nothing to do with racial segregation, stop overanalyzing stuff. If you can afford to live in a WASP neighborhood, no one will stop you from buying a home there. Why else are there so many Indians living in Santa Ana and Newport Beach, or Persians and Armenians in Glendale or West Hollywood?

It's the same case in Northern California, in Illinois, New Jersey, Texas, and every other area.

[Tooting Carmen]

It has nothing to do with racial segregation, stop overanalyzing stuff. If you can afford to live in a WASP neighborhood, no one will stop you from buying a home there. Why else are there so many Indians living in Santa Ana and Newport Beach, or Persians and Armenians in Glendale or West Hollywood?

It's the same case in Northern California, in Illinois, New Jersey, Texas, and every other area.

But then you have the 'white flight' phenomenon, where the ethnic groups you just mentioned gradually replace the Whites who were previously there.

[JMack]

But then you have the 'white flight' phenomenon, where the ethnic groups you just mentioned gradually replace the Whites who were previously there.

And the whites gradually move to other neighbourhoods because they can't stand ethnikks. It's a known American phenomenon.

[Tooting Carmen]

And the whites gradually move to other neighbourhoods because they can't stand ethnikks. It's a known American phenomenon.

Which exactly proves my theory in the OP. The USA offers more opportunities for immigrants and ethnic minorities to become wealthy, educated etc. than does Brazil, but Whites still won't necessarily wish to live among them. By contrast, Brazil is more snobbish and offers fewer opportunities, but once people surpass such barriers then integration and mixing are (arguably) easier.

[zhaoyun]

And the whites gradually move to other neighbourhoods because they can't stand ethnikks. It's a known American phenomenon.

Actually in a lot of large cities, they are moving back into ethnic areas, it's called gentrification, look it up.

[Black Panther]

Actually in a lot of large cities, they are moving back into ethnic areas, it's called gentrification, look it up.

I've heard Whites are taking over Harlem in New York.

[Fractal]

But then you have the 'white flight' phenomenon, where the ethnic groups you just mentioned gradually replace the Whites who were previously there.

Indians and Persians aren't replacing Whites in any of these areas,it's impossible with Indians - there are only 3 million of us. And Hispanics are displacing working class Whites and Blacks in lower income neighborhoods.

[Tooting Carmen]

Actually in a lot of large cities, they are moving back into ethnic areas, it's called gentrification, look it up.

But then they stop being 'ethnic' areas in the process as the original Blacks/Mestizos/Asians/whoever have to look elsewhere.