New and White to New York City- is it odd to be a minority? (Accord: home, school)
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Back home in Erie PA, which is 90% white with very few immigrants, I always wondered what it was like to be someone of color or ESL. Basically on the side of the town that I lived in nearly everyone was white. But when I visit friends in Queens New York I am shocked how out of sorts I feel walking down the street in a city where pretty much everyone is from somewhere else.
No, this is not a racist troll post complaining about dark skinned people. Instead, I am curious what other people who are white and came from communities whose population is mostly white and fifth generation American, feel living in New York City where they are the minority. How does it make you feel?
Honest answers now, and please... no political correctness, or racist posts either.
And of course the real figure is less than that because a large number of illegal immigrants are not counted in the offical census figures.
(I am not saying the low percentage fo white people in New York City is good or bad but takes some getting used to if you moved here from the majority of American Cities or Towns where White people dominate.)
(I am not saying the low percentage fo white people in New York City is good or bad but takes some getting used to if you moved here from the majority of American Cities or Towns where White people dominate.)
How would you know ?
I thought you were asking asking a question in your 1st post.Now,a few hours later,apparently you have the answer.Your own answer.
Love trolls who begin their troll threads by declaring that they are not trolls.
And of course the real figure is less than that because a large number of illegal immigrants are not counted in the offical census figures.
(I am not saying the low percentage fo white people in New York City is good or bad but takes some getting used to if you moved here from the majority of American Cities or Towns where White people dominate.)
Whites are still the largest single group in the city, by a fairly significant margin.
It depends on where you live in NYC, visiting friends in Manhattan it is predominately white but you don't notice it until I visit friends out in Brooklyn and I enter areas that are less than 50% white, it is definitely a bit of a culture shock, but race has never been an issue with me. I am often times more annoyed by the fact that we as people make such an issue out of skin color when that has no merit on a person.
NYC is epic because it teaches white people who have lived in predominantly white communities all their life some tolerance.
This statement makes an erroneous assumption that white people who have lived in predominantly white communities all their lives are by default intolerant.
I grew up only 30 miles from NYC in an almost all-white town, but I was not raised with intolerance. On the contrary, my parents strongly decried racism and taught us that it was wrong and stupid. We rarely came to the city except on school field trips. My interaction with African-Americans and other races was very limited. Of course, it is very easy to espouse tolerance and anti-racism when you don't actually have to put it in practice. When I started working in the city at the age of 20 is when I finally met some actual real live people from other backgrounds and learned that the way I grew up was not the way everyone else grew up and the way I viewed the world was not the way everyone else viewed the world. I had a lot to learn, but I was able to learn--and expand my world and circle of friends--because I was not brought up to believe I was superior just because I was white.
Having spent a significant amount of time in St. Lucia, I can promise you that the cultural differences are ones you'll barely notice once you stretch out on the beach and relax in that cool Caribbean breeze. It's a tropical paradise with wonderful natural landscapes, good food and friendly people.
What? New York has 30 million people and is a gigantic melting pot? And there's no tropical breezes?
Well, then I suppose it'll be like living in any large city. After a few weeks, you'll barely notice differences.
The OP's user name, might shed some light as to why he feels culturally shocked at seeing some many dark-skinned people.
Especially when you're jobless, broke and gotta compete with these people here?. Back home, at least you were competing for jobs with other whites ,right OP?
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33% of the residents of New York City is White
