When did LA become racially diverse? (Los Angeles: universities, areas, cities)

[afropack-man]

Originally Posted by BayAreaHillbilly

Sadly, even here in the USA, so called White Nationalists define "White" to mean solely Protestants of Northwestern European ethnic background. Now to be fair, due to the decline of their old core demographic, they have begrudgingly opened up to certain Slavic people. But to them, olive skin, or anything hinting at Semitic features, is a disqualification. Give 'em a good ole "Sieg Heil!" -

Yeah... Assimilation is a *****

Slavs were despised till recently. Idk but it's weird how it was the Germans who were hated, than the Irish, Than the Italians.

Slavs were considered expendable during the 1940's.

One thing this county loves is hate.

[majoun]

Originally Posted by ThaBigHomieGucci

In the 2020 census and from there on Middle Easterners (Persians, Arabs, Kurds) will be seperated from the White category in the census (therefore all government classifications)
Of course its not official till Congress approves it but sources in the census say its pretty sure to pass
Makes sense though, Ive never heard of anyone say middle eastern people are white (especially since 9/11) , they obviously have a completely different history and unique ethnic culture than Europeans

You're presuming Trump's going to get in. At this point it could go either way.

If I was Middle Eastern Muslim that would be the last thing I would want, considering that Trump will probably do to Middle Eastern Muslims what FDR did to Japanese. Much safer to just be grouped in as white.

Of course even if Trump gets in Congress could step in and deny the reclassification of Middle Easterners as a category apart from whites, as he won't have that many allies in Congress.

[majoun]

Originally Posted by afropack-man

Yeah... Assimilation is a *****

Slavs were despised till recently. Idk but it's weird how it was the Germans who were hated, than the Irish, Than the Italians.

Slavs were considered expendable during the 1940's.

One thing this county loves is hate.

As someone who's considered white in the US nowadays but who's considered nonwhite in Europe: whiteness in America is fluid and negotiable, to an extent. All it means is Not Black and Not Asian. Otherwise, its definition changes constantly and expands.

[West of Encino]

Originally Posted by majoun

As someone who's considered white in the US nowadays but who's considered nonwhite in Europe: whiteness in America is fluid and negotiable, to an extent. All it means is Not Black and Not Asian. Otherwise, its definition changes constantly and expands.

Nowadays in the US, it seems like almost everyone wants to be white.

[LuvSouthOC]

Originally Posted by West of Encino

Nowadays in the US, it seems like almost everyone wants to be white.

Nowadays in the US, it seems like almost everyone hates whites.

[sarorafire10]

Originally Posted by BayAreaHillbilly

When the pale face arrived. Prior to that, it was all Native Americans.

lol.

[Astral_Weeks]

Originally Posted by sarorafire10

How was LA like back in the 1920's-1960's? like during the golden era when you had all that famous marilyn monroe stuff. Was it still diverse then? like was monterey park still very asian? was south LA still very hispanic/black? when did the city become diverse with all types of people? if you could sort of describe in a timeline, that would be cool also

Circa 1960 the population of LA County was as follows:

80% Non-Hispanic White
10% Hispanic
8% Black
2% Asian/Asian-American

Asian Americans in Los Angeles

News Detail | AAG

By comparison, in 1960 the U.S. as a whole was:

85% Non-Hispanic White
3.5% Hispanic
11% Black
0.6% Asian/Asian-American

https://thesocietypages.org/socimage...oday-and-2050/

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by JohnG72

There were quite a few Armenians early on due to the genocide from 1915 on.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_diaspora

Quite a few landed in California, mostly in the Central Valley, but some in So Cal. However lots(most?) from this immigration era changed their last names to English sounding names, dropping the ian. So the Armenians that did live here....you might not necessarily know they were Armenian.

thanks, interesting and good to know. I still don't think there were many in the 1950s. It is still an interesting bit of history. It shows, some of us, me for sure, don't have all the answers. that's what makes CD so informative, we all have something to offer or our opinions, right or wrong.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Inter441

Hold on right there !


First of all Muslim is not a race , or ethnicity ! How do you look Muslim ?! Muslims are very diverse groups . There are significant diaspora populations in Europe, North America, the Far East and East Africa), Around 62% of the world's Muslims live in the Asia-Pacific region (from Turkey to Indonesia), with over 1 billion adherents
FYI there is Blacks Muslim community in the United States way before you are born
You need to be educated on this !

oh, for heaven's sake, you know very well what I meant, I was generalizing. And thanks for the education of religion, and race. Hispanics are not a different race from white either, certainly someone who knows so much would know that. I mentioned Armenians, Jews and Italians as well. I really took OPs question as more cultural than actual race. If his question was referring strictly to race: the answer is simple; as already mentioned: when the first person, other than a native American moved to Los Angeles. Maybe it is you who needs the education. It seems you don't know the difference between race and culture. white.

[NyWriterdude]

Originally Posted by majoun

You're presuming Trump's going to get in. At this point it could go either way.

If I was Middle Eastern Muslim that would be the last thing I would want, considering that Trump will probably do to Middle Eastern Muslims what FDR did to Japanese. Much safer to just be grouped in as white.

Of course even if Trump gets in Congress could step in and deny the reclassification of Middle Easterners as a category apart from whites, as he won't have that many allies in Congress.

What good does being white on the census do? The public clearly doesn't accept Middle Easterners as white ,and depending on what you mean by Middle Eastern, they range from blond haired and blue eyed to very Black, and everything in between. And if you count Pakistan as the middle East, there are Muslims that are racially East Asian there (as well as of course South Asian).