Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this article explores the intricate relationships between three major ethno-racial groups residing in a suburban town in the New York metropolitan area. At the present time, the prosperous Korean ethnoburb is gentrified by Korean immigrants, triggering the displacement of the old-timers, referred to as the “White exodus” in this research. Granted that the cheap labor is in high demand in the rejuvenating neighborhood, the town has become a magnet for Guatemalan immigrants who have established their own ethnic islet in the vicinity. While the relationships between the Asian immigrants and the White old-timers generated by invasion-succession trends are full of resentment, the work-related interactions between the Asian and Hispanic (mostly Guatemalan) immigrants can be described as immigrant symbiosis. Both groups are aware of explicit exploitation, but they need and rely on each other to attain their own “American dream.”

本文基于民族志田野调查，探讨了居住在纽约大都市区郊区城镇的三个主要民族-种族群体之间错综复杂的关系。目前，繁荣的韩国民族郊区被韩国移民绅士化，引发了老前辈的流离失所，在本研究中被称为“白人外流”。鉴于该地区对廉价劳动力的需求量很大，该镇已成为吸引危地马拉移民的磁石，他们在附近建立了自己的民族小岛。虽然亚裔移民与由入侵继承趋势产生的白人老前辈之间的关系充满怨恨，但亚裔和西班牙裔（主要是危地马拉）移民之间与工作相关的互动可以说是移民共生。