1.9 - Clustering and Ethnicity (Slough) - Shivani

Question 1

What is white flight?

Answer 1

When the tolerence white people have for other ethnic groups decreases and so they move out of the area

Question 2

When does social clustering occur?

Answer 2

When ethnic groups move to areas where similar groups already exist and where there are already services catered for them.

Question 3

Why do people segregate?

Answer 3

Sociofacts (shared behaviours)
Artefacts (objects)
Mentefacts (shared meaning)
Sometimes poeple choose to or are forced to seperate

Question 4

What are the positives of segregation?

Answer 4

Cultural specific amenities and services
Keep cohesion
Accommodate difference

Question 5

What are the negatives of segregation?

Answer 5

Lack of trust
Discrimination
Language barriers

Question 6

What is Sloughs demographics like?

Answer 6

45% white, 40% Asian.
Lots of Eastern Europeans coming in recently
Families moving in because of grammar schools etc
11% Sikhs, 24% muslims, 7% Hindus

Question 7

Why is sloughs demographic the way it is?

Answer 7

Because of immigration after world war 2, when there were labour shortages, migrants filled them in.
Commuter town to London so a lot of working class people
Lots of grammar schools so families moving in
Eastern Europeans provide cheaper labour to companies