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The Storefront Church Ministry in African American Communities of the Urban North During the Great Migration: The Making of an Ethnic Niche

ISSN: 0362-3319.
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Oleh : ROBERT L. BOYD, Mississippi State University
Dibuat : 2012-06-19, dengan 1 file

Keyword : The Storefront Church Ministry in African American Communities of the Urban North During the Great Migration: The Making of an Ethnic Niche
Subjek : The Storefront Church Ministry in African American Communities of the Urban North During the Great Migration: The Making of an Ethnic Niche
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Ethnic groups that are disadvantaged in the labor market due to racial discrimination,


low education, or language difficulty often concentrate into occupations that help their


members overcome such barriers (Model, 1993, p. 162). Yet, restricted opportunities


only partly explain why ethnic groups develop occupational niches. Other factors


include a group’s special skills or cultural traits (Lieberson, 1980, p. 379). In the case


of a migrant ethnic group, the premigration experiences of the group often form the


basis of an ethnic niche. For instance, a migrant group may bring to its destination skills that enable its members to concentrate in a particular occupation. Case in point:


Jewish immigrants in New York City in the early twentieth century concentrated in the


needle trades because they had made and sold clothing in Europe (Model, 1993, p.


165). A migrant ethnic group may also bring to its destination cultural attributes that


help its members enter entrepreneurial occupations. One such attribute is distinctive,


culturally-based tastes for particular goods and services-tastes that generate “special


consumer demands” that only merchants from the group can satisfy, owing to their

“insider’s knowledge” of the ethnic group’s culture (Kinzer and Sagarin, 1950, pp.


144-145; Light, 1972, pp. 10-15). Lacking this knowledge, outsiders are unable to do


business with the group in the relevant area(s) of commerce. In this regard, merchants


from the ethnic group have a “protected market,” because they are sheltered from


outside competition.

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