American Society Today

One of the main economic problems that many people, particularly gangs, in Robert Taylor faced was the fact that they didn’t want to trade in their status for entry-level jobs because in many cases, gang leaders made far more than they would have if they worked minimum wage jobs (72). Many of the gang leaders such as J.T. held the false belief that the drug economy was “useful for the community, since it redistributed the drug addict’s money back into the community via the gang’s philanthropy” (115). However, the drug economy is not a stable or lucrative economy compared to your average jobs because it was clearly very hard for people to get ahead in gangs, thus no one ever had a fair shot of earning more money in their life span. Nevertheless, the situation can tend to be a grey area of debate since a lot of the residents did attempt to hold blue-collar jobs but continued to get laid off (60). In this case, the underground economy of drug sales may have been the only choice for residents looking for an income. Another way the gangs play into the economic situation is when there are drive by shootings, in which case parents

The ghettos were streets where Jewish people lived. The three main ghettos were Lodz, Warsaw, and Theresienstadt. It had horrible living conditions. They were non-sanitary, bad electricity, extremely crowded, and there was not enough food. Contagious diseases spread rapidly due to all of these bad conditions. Everyday children became orphaned, and many had to take care of younger

Overrapid urbanization brought undesirable byproducts such as slums, feeble street lighting, bad policing, and poor garbage disposal

Homes during the ghetto was quite harsh, families all lived in one apartment. For example there can be up to 13 people in one apartment. Do you ask yourself, where do I sleep or how will I eat (Thomson).

Drug Trafficking: It is one of the biggest issues which is faced by Chicago nowadays.There are many gangs which are activated in Chicago which is responsible for killing, beating, treating for the sake of drugs.It is not responsible for spoiling the life of youth by introducing the poison of drugs in them also make them violent.

Without clearly describing the beginning of the ghetto, one cannot fully understand the true history and meaning. I believe that Duneier put together an empowering piece of work that does just that. He thoroughly brings you back to the beginning and gives you a true sense of the concept. He not only uses social scientists and their work, but he brings you in in a way that feels like you are actually there. His descriptive nature and feeling behind his work allows one to truly feel the emotions he put into it. I now feel that I have a more in tuned sense of history and understanding of the meaning behind something that was and still is such a big part of us as Americans.

The term ghetto is being erroneously used in today’s society. When people use the term ghetto they might often mean a mother is on welfare, or a player that is trying to get out the ghetto or a person that is a gang member and cant get out of the ghetto. The ghetto can also be apartment complex that is unpleasant place.That is selling drugs out of the community or a place that gets shot up more than once. The ghetto is a place you don’t want to be on both parts of this story.

They are very over populated and there is barley any room for any person that would have to live there. A lot of the time the people were forced to give up expensive items that were in their home. The houses were also surrounded around the perimeter by sharp barbed wire. And were also forced to stay within their own houses with strangers for days on in at points. Living in the ghettos would be a very demoralizing thing, somehow though the people in the village still kept their hopes up.

“Is America the new Rome?” This quote has been making an appearance in many articles as of late, and people are digging deeper to figure out the truth. Arguments have been made supporting either case, but really America is quite different. Many of the things Americans have, the Romans could never have ever dreamed of creating. The three differences between Ancient Romans and Modern Americans are the use of technology, government, and social standings.

Searching for the word “Ghetto” in Longman’s Dictionary of Contemporary English, it can be read the following definition:

The lowest class is below the poverty line, and therefore do not have enough money to support themselves. In addition, economic crash can lead to a depression, and in turn, a recession. These social divisions come from selfish mentalities, which are typical in Capitalism. They also make it difficult to achieve a common goal among Capitalist societies to provide well for yourself and your family, or as it once was known, the “American Dream.” In Capitalist countries, on average the top 1% of people hold almost half of the total wealth of the whole country. There are times in history when one company or person creates a monopoly, the control of a supply or trade of a commodity or a service. On the contrary, Communism is based off Karl Marx’s ideology of equality and anarchism. Everything is held in common in the theory of Communism, so there are no social divisions or inequality, so people tend to stay happy. Due to all the sharing and equality, people in a Communist society tend to be more generous. On the other hand, there are many negative effects that come from Communism. First, according to Marxism, there is supposed to be a time of control by a dictator that should gradually fade away. Unfortunately, it is a human tendency to be selfish, and the dictator normally keeps his power, as seen with the USSR and Cuba. Due to the equality of distribution, some people have no impetus to work because of the guarantee of equal money for all.

Our modern American society is scary because everyday people worry if their going to get killed. Also, its prejudice of who you are or who do you want to be with. Lastly, our American society can be perverded. The country is deadly which means we have lots of people who kill other people. Our country is sick meaning we have young children and adults being put on drugs and sold for sex, get raped, or become prostitutes and strippers. Also our country is bring danger to the citizens by allowing people in our country who want to harm us. Besides all the negative of our modern American society and country it can be amazing. Some people do not belong in our country or our modern American society.

These are just a few issues that can influence an outsider’s view of ghettos but then when one hears the word ghettos they have their own preconceived notion what ghettos are and what they should look like along with how the people would behave as well. Of course the influence varies according to the observers’ perception and beliefs especially if the explanations about black ghettos have been liberal bias. For example Duneier said “From a conservative’s perspective, such explanations are unsatisfying because they leave little room for the black community to take responsibility for problems and pathologies and instead lay almost all blame on whites.”(Duneier, 2017, p. 230).

Ghettos and downgraded areas have always existed and will exist. There are many people who are forced to stay there because their level of education, and economic power are limited for them. Building ghettos near middle-class and upper-middle-class would not improve at all the conditions stated above. On the contrary; it would actually worsen those sectors.

Imagine a room full of young people that sit on their phones, unwilling to speak to one another because they are either too snobby or reluctant to interact with one another. A teenage girl approaches the others, her eyes filled with both worry and chance. Revealing a picture on her phone, she inquires whether a graduation post of herself in an obscure university robe with medals, multiple organization tassels, and her diploma is “post” worthy. Some either compliment her or grow too impatient to listen. One could observe that with every bit of