When Presented with the Evidence, Kevin Binversie Looks Askance

A couple of corrections in the 2nd slide

• Salmons' research.....
• Germantown is located in Washington County.

Binversie is given a chance to reconsider:    Asked what he thought about the study, Binversie says he still believes today's immigrants are "less inclined to assimilate."

Study debunks myth that early immigrants quickly learned English. (University of Wisconsin-Madison News, 10/16/2008)

From Picturing Milwaukee's Neighborhoods

• As early as 1853, an observer noted the remarkable degree of ethnic and economic segregation that existed in Milwaukee.
• The location of industry along the major rivers further defined the city by ethnicity and class.
• The other two sectors - the Northwest and South Side - retained their association with Milwaukee's two large ethnic groups for an extended period. As stated in 1891, " . . . the southwestern section of our city is all Poland; the northwestern all Germany . . ."
• The Irish, once associated with the Third Ward, created an enclave/neighborhood west of the downtown in the Merrill Park area beginning in the 1870s. 
• Until the 1960s, ethnic rather than racial identity distinguished the working-class neighborhoods.