The earliest wave of Greek immigration occurred during the opening years of the 19th century, and therefore, almost 400,000 people entered the country. Four subsequent decades had recorded awarding nationalities to the ancient immigrants, and America was constructed on the basis of equality and freedom, and because of this reason, the nation readily accepted the newcomers, and the immigrants had found stable earning opportunities.
They also developed new businesses as well. The Greeks were in search of a new home, and had the chance to have one in Queens (Karpathakis, 57), New York because the place was a central commercial unit, and it was growing substantially at that time. The businesses needed increasing number of employees, and fresh lot of Greeks helped them in this regard. With the passage of time, junior Greek workers grew and trained themselves as managers, and nowadays, they are running their own companies, shops and salons while keeping their cultural identity intact as well.
On the other hand, the Queens would always hold the status of most culturally diversified society in America because of commercial activity the social norms do not strengthen overtime. The business owners had faced considerable economic challenges, and they did not weigh race and nationality during taking employment decisions.
The average yearly wage that residents of Queens make on a yearly basis is $54,960, and the town remains a ground for middleclass in most of the cases, but the greater volume of economic activity blesses everyone with an opportunity to earn stable income, but the availability of disposable income would be limited, and the people have to focus on their immediate needs in major percentage of instances.
Secondly, the retailing and trading sector of the society is generating significant portion of fiscal fruits, but the lacking industrial capability does not allow the companies to attain economies of scale those are necessary regarding the need to bring substantial economic growth in the near future, and the region needs a visionary politician in order to cover such an obvious flaw to say the least.
At the same time, the Greeks are living their lives encapsulated into a vague of set routine, and that is hurting their creativity in more than one ways. The entrepreneurial education is a necessity in order to ensure strategic survival of the ethnographic group that play such a massive role in terms of moving Queens forwards in immeasurable number of fashions.
The Americans are liberal in granting political rights to Greeks, but they do not have the political thinking that could bring betterment in their living standards, and the political workers have miserably failed in terms of attracting the new investments in the Queens. The investors do not have any notable interest in organizational life at Queens that operates under the leadership of Greek.
The generation Y has to bring some innovativeness in order to enhance the expandability of their businesses, and they have to realize the fact that they ought to grow out of the survivalist’s mentality, and they have to embrace life at psychological level so that they can offer a better future for their next generation. The area is not going through gentrification, and the roots of Greek culture are developing stronger as well. Secondly, the political life is rather sluggish.
Works Cited
Karpathakis, Anna. "Home Society Politics and Immigrant Political Incorporation: The Case of Greek Immigrants in New York City." International Migration Review 33.1 (1999): 55-78. Online.
