[Special Issue on SEA Demographics] Response - Sociology: A Portrait of Adaptation

Response to Mark E. Pfeifer\u27s featured article

The Socioeconomic Position of the Louisiana Creoles: An Examination of Racial and Ethnic Stratification

This study suggests that the class-caste argument associated with the Wilson- Willie debate provides a fundamental line of division in theories of racial and ethnic stratification; it maintains that groups that combine minority statuses may be affected by both class and caste influences, a situation of "double jeopardy". and it describes French-speaking Louisiana blacks, or Creoles, as a group that combines minority statuses. Analysis of Census data shows that race and Louisiana French ethnicity are each related to life chances and that ethnic inequality is primarily a matter of class characteristics, while racial inequality is primarily a matter of caste characteristics. There is an interaction between ethnictty and race, however; minority ethnicity shows a weaker relationship to household income for blacks than for whites. We suggest that this may be a consequence of the relative pouier of minority identities

New Orleans: The Long-Term Demographic Trends

The City of New Orleans is frequently portrayed as an urban center that underwent great changes following the damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and much of the attention given to the city has dealt with its revival and reconstruction following the storm. But what has been ignored has been the long-term decline in the population of New Orleans. If this view is taken, New Orleans is currently about where the population would have been expected to be even without Hurricane Katrina's damages to the community

[Special Issue on SEA Demographics] Response - Sociology: A Portrait of Adaptation

Response to Mark E. Pfeifer's featured article