Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 30 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Where new immigrants rushed in, median income dropped: Chinese communitys median household income slid in the last decade VTMBH Article: Author Qianxiu Lim VTMBH Article: Publication World Journal VTMBH Article: Original Language Chinese VTMBH Article: Translator Xiaoqing Rong VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb TriBeCa and Chinatown are divided by only one streetBroadway. However, the disparity between rich on the west side of Broadway, and poor on the east side of Broadway, grew in the last decade. Professor Andrew Beveridge, of Queens College, analyzed the data. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body TriBeCa and Chinatown are divided by only one streetBroadway. However, the disparity between the rich on the west side of Broadway, and poor on the east side of Broadway, grew in the last decade. According to a newly released scholarly analysis of census data, the median household income in TriBeCa increased $20,000 in the last 10 years to about $90,000. In contrast, Chinatowns median income dropped $3,000 in the same period, to only $20,000. The same trend was observed in Flushing, Bayside and other areas where new Chinese immigrants dominate. This conclusion is from the analysis of Andrew Beveridge, a sociologist at Queens College. Professor Beveridge based his analysis on data released by the Census Bureau recently. The census, which covered all of New York, didnt specify neighborhoods, such as TriBeCa, Chinatown, Lower East Side, Flushing and Bayside. Professor Beveridge re-cataloged the data by these neighborhood units, making the trend more apparent. During the interview, Prof. Beveridge that said that, as some sociologists predicted, New York City has a pyramid-shaped economy. In this model, well-educated, high-tech people are at the top. Their income is much more than that of less-educated laborers, who occupy the bottom. There is almost no middle area in the pyramid. The poor only work to improve the lives of the rich. Most residents in TriBeCa work in finance or high-tech industries, and most residents in Chinatown work as low-skilled laborers, said Prof. Beveridge. The neighborhoods of TriBeCa and Chinatown are a typical example of the pyramid social structure. The Census Bureau released its data on Aug. 5. Before that, similar data had been circulating among Prof. Beveridge and other sociologists. The most confusing fact was the decrease in median household income over the last decade. In his analysis, Prof. Beveridge found that the locations of the sharpest decreases were neighborhoods where new immigrants rushed in. Those areas brought the entire citys median household income down. But, Prof. Beveridge said, if there had been no immigrants, the population of New York City would have decreased. In other words, New York is mixture of new arrivals from abroad and U.S.-born people. Compared to that of new immigrants, the native-born Americans professional skills are higher. This also explains why average household income slid in those areas where new arrivals are replacing old residents. According to Prof. Beveridges analysis, during the last ten years the average household income in Chinatown decreased $3,309 to $20,344. In Sunset Park, it rose $409 to $30,151. At Flushing, it increased $305 to $30,1676. However, even in these areas, Asian residents incomes largely shrank. Asian residents average household income in Chinatown and Sunset Park decreased $2,996 and $8,318 to $18,629 and $28,202 respectively. In Flushing, the Asian residents average household income is $30,907. Although it is the highest among the three Chinese areas, it dropped $2,113 in the last decade. The prosperous underground economy in Chinatown, in which people do business with cash, partially contributes to Asian residents comparatively low income. However, as Frank Lang of Asian Americans for Equality pointed out, even if some Chinese people didnt claim all of their income, most Chinese have more family members working than the average New York household. This is because low-income Chinese laborers often share a single room with a couple of people to cut expenses. In this situation, the average household income is still so low. No doubt that Chinatown is at the bottom of the economic ladder, said Lang. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-08 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 138 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Where new immigrants rushed in, median income dropped: Chinese communitys median household income sl 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. TriBeCa and Chinatown are divided by only one streetBroadway. However, the disparity between rich on Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-08