Ethnic Neighbourhoods

Running head: ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOODS
Discrimination and Inequality: Little Italy, Toronto
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Discrimination and Inequality: Little Italy, Toronto
Introduction
Little Italy is a district in Toronto, Canada. The town’s name came as a result of many Italians migrating from their home countries and settling in the area. It is known for many Italian Canadian businesses and restaurants. Italians in the Canada have made this district their home as almost everything in the area is done the Italian way. Most people in the country are attracted to this neighborhood as a result of its nightlife activities. The development of Little Italy in Toronto has not come to pass without a number of issues. Top on the list is discrimination and inequality. Discrimination and equality can be defined as the act of allocating resources or treating individuals in unfair manner based on their color, race, religion, cultural believes, and gender among other factors (Howard-Hassmann & Welch, 2012). This paper intends to examine the issue of inequality and discrimination and how it applies to Little Italy in Toronto.
Literature Review
The issue of discrimination and inequality and discrimination is widespread around the globe. People find themselves victims of the same especially in situation where they are the minority. The majority population normally view them as a threat and as such treat them as enemies. In most cases, the minority also viewed as lesser being and hence must not be treated equally with the majority. This is an issue that was evident and still is in Little Italy in Toronto (Howard-Hassmann & Welch, 2012).
The 20th century saw Italians leave their homes cross borders into other countries in such of greener pastures. Basically, most of them left their country to look for jobs during hard times. Their decisions to enter other countries led to them facing many problems. Among the countries they migrated into was Canada. They decided to settle near Toronto. Canada had to enact strict immigration policies to reduce the number of Italians entering the country. Italians in the district had to endure a lot to be able to survive in the country. The fact is that were it not for the increased demand for cheap labor before and after the world war most of them would not have managed to enter the country (Gesualdi, 2012).
Canadians had seen what had happened in the New York, United States and hence did not the same to happen in the country. Italians has also entered the United States looking for jobs. Initially, there were only of few of them but later on the number increased tremendously despite the hardships they were facing while operating in the country. As a result, Canadians enacted immigrations laws that were discriminatory in nature. This was done to render the country unattractive to the Italians hence the reduction in their numbers (Gesualdi, 2012).
Nevertheless, the increase...