Race And Ethnic History Of New York City
The racial and ethnic history of New York City has varied widely; from its sale to the Dutch by its Native settlers, to its acquisition by Britain, and its change to settlement by Germans and Irish under the American flag; from the immigration boom of the late 19th century and the Harlem Renaissance, to, most recently, the modern multi-cultural period.
Before World War I, all New York City's boroughs were overwhelmingly white, and most immigrants to the city before the end of World War II were from Europe. However, this changed in the decades after World War II, when all of the boroughs became much more ethnically diverse, and when immigration from places outside Europe become dominant. Manhattan was the first borough to begin significant racial diversification, while Staten Island was the last, due to the geography of New York City.
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