East Harlem
In more recent decades East Harlem has opened its doors to many more immigrants specially those of Mexican, Salvadorian and Dominican descent (). Today over 50 percent of the population of East Harlem is Hispanic and over 30 percent is Black, this is a higher proportion of blacks and Hispanics than New York City overall (NYC 1). Although there have been many outreach programs to help the community, East Harlem still has one of the highest poverty rates and unemployment rates in NYC (Dávila 7). Despite this, East Harlem is “home to key images of “urban” Latino culture” where Puerto Rican influence is evident (Dávila 6) For instance, it has been used as backdrop for ESPN, Jennifer Lopez videos, TV shows, etc.