The Tortilla-Mercedes Divide in Los Angeles |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Division of Population Health, Health Services Research, and Primary Care, School of Health Science, The University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom;2. Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom;3. Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom;4. School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom;5. Centre for Health Economics, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom;1. Dept. of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter Street, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK;2. School of Architecture, University of Sheffield, The Arts Tower, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK;1. Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal, 7101 avenue du Parc, Montréal, Québec H3N 1X9, Canada;2. Centre de recherche du centre hospitalier de l′ Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), tour St-Antoine - S02-340, 850 rue St-Denis, Montréal, Québec H2X 0A9, Canada;3. Departments of Sociology and Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, 211 Oswald Tower, University Park, PA 16802, United States of America;1. Departments of Medicine and Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, 650 Albany Street, Boston, MA, 02118, USA;2. Stephen A Wynn Institute for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA;1. Sheffield Methods Institute (SMI), The University of Sheffield, 219 Portobello, Sheffield, S1 4DP, United Kingdom;2. Department of Geography, The University of Sheffield, Winter Street, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | The Tortilla-Mercedes Divide is the social and economic separation between the more affluent White and poorer Mexican populations in greater Los Angeles. The Divide has existed for over a century and is probably at least as strong today as in the past. Although some social processes are working to weaken the Divide, during the last three decades these processes have been counterbalanced by demographic, cultural, and economic trends that tend to exacerbate the Divide. The growing income gap between Whites and Mexicans is particularly pronounced. Mexican-White residential segregation is moderately high and has been rising slightly. Developing closer personal contact between Whites and Mexicans, improving the employment skills of Mexicans through education, and reducing the in-flow of less educated immigrants might conceivably diminish the Divide. As of the present, efforts in these directions have not been effective. |
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