Brooklyn, New York, Where A Lot Of Stars Were Born Or Raised?

I’ve lived in Chicago almost all my life. There’s a lot of neighborhoods in Chicago; Good and bad. Living on the south side of Chicago most of my life would make you think there’s nothing but violence in the city. Even though Its bad, I enjoy the neighborhood I live in now. The neighborhood I live in is Roseland, but I grew up in Englewood. Both neighborhoods are similar, but they have their differences.

I found Elijah Andersons article, “Race, Class, and Change Street Wise in an Urban Community,” very interesting by the way Anderson interlocked both racism and urban communities I realized after reading that being on a street in a village community for both blacks and whites was a life-threatening experience. I could not believe how difficult it was to distinct a middle-income black man or woman from a black “stranger.” For example, a young black man tells his experience he had when walking towards a white lady while a young white man runs across the street and just stands between the young black man and the white woman (Anderson, 209). The white man thought the black man was a threat when all he was doing was walking in the village and going a certain direction that happened to be towards a white woman. It is unbelievable of how much caution an individual has to overlook. The urban community streets are immensely analyzed. Anderson states how “background information and knowledge may

Gentrification and police brutality is still prevalent in America. This is especially true for the people of Skid Row in Los Angeles, in which they are treated poorly. People view the residents of that area as worthless or harmful in the community. However, what they fail to realize is that the community is a benefit for residents there, because they are not able to pay bills and it is easier for them to live there. On the other hand, new people are moving to Los Angeles daily which is why they are looking at Skid Row as a piece of land and are trying to get rid of it and the people there.

It's very necessary for the whole society to show that they care about them, people from ghettos. Everyone is born with pure, kind, and love, so the communities need to open the gates and welcome them, give them a chance to

Living in communities that are run down, neglected and forgotten takes a toll on all members of the community. This is especially true when residents witness new properties being erected around the city as their own neighborhoods are deemed “ghettos” and not receiving the investment necessary for improvements. Many of the low income housing that is available to city residents aren’t the most desirable properties as they may have structural deficiencies, lead paint, rats and roaches running amuck. Many older properties also do not have adequately functioning heat or hot water availability. The housing projects also do not have air conditioning. On hot days, having no cool break in addition to all the other negative social factors, this can be a deadly combination that may perpetuate frustrations and ultimately lead to violence.

David Brooks the author of People Like Us stated that “what I have seen all around the country is people making strenuous efforts to group themselves with people who are basically like themselves” (373). People always say that they want to stop racism but they do not make any efforts to support the problem. This is not just the problem of the government but it is the problem of every individual who wants to make the world a better place for living. Brooks also stated that “Human beings are capable of drawing amazingly subtle social distinctions and then shaping their lives around them” (373). For instance, our class had this inquiry/response project where I have known that San Francisco comes with different neighborhoods. Each neighborhood have its own race percentages whereas I can find that certain parts of San Francisco have black neighborhoods and certain parts comes with different race. People intend to live with someone who they can relate with or someone who have the same likes and cultures. Just like at Daly City, mostly this city is occupied by 55.56% of Asians. Mostly Asians share the same cultures and traditions that made their relationship combine on one community and also due to the infrastructures that connects to Asian culture is built

What I learned this week which I found most interesting is the evolving situation of housing segregation in this country. If I would have been asked why our country is still so segregated I would say that this situation is due to the fact that we had Jim Crow laws in effect only 60 years ago and many communities have just not changed that much since then. What I wouldn’t have guessed is the widespread extent to which the races intentionally segregate themselves. Less than 50% of both blacks and whites say they want to live in a community of people who look like them. However when people actually choose their home 74% of whites end up in white communities and 66% of blacks end up living in black communities. (Chang, Alvin) Whether it is basic

Zukin, an avid advocate for authenticity, discussed in detail how cities are losing their authenticity. Zukin described authenticity as “a continuous process of living and working, a gradual buildup of everyday experience.” The issue is many cities are that people are now coming and going all the time to the point where everyone stays a stranger to one another, shops are always being closed and changed, and nothing is ever around long enough to create a culture that leads to authenticity. Gentrification is taking away many neighborhoods authenticity as many corporate leaders and politicians look to “clean up” areas which usually has to deal with people of color that are poor. Authenticity and racial diversity are traded for capital. This leads to segregation of less fortunate individuals and families of color. When governments or businesses try and gentrify different neighborhoods they rely on laws, pressure, and lie in order to remove the people who live in these areas.

“people around here are willing to help their neighbors, this a close knit neighborhood, people in this neighborhood can be trusted, people in the neighborhood generally don’t get along with each other and people in this neighborhood don’t share the same values” (Sampson et al., 1997, 920).

Adding to the inequalities and misfortunes within communities of color, gentrification has taken the Bay Area by a storm. Gentrification is the purchasing of deteriorated urban homes and areas, then the renovation by higher-end and middle class communities. An abundance of high-end people rush into the Bay Area and purchase up the real estate. Incoming middle and higher class take the Bay Area real estate and revitalise it into up-and-coming neighborhoods, then increase rent prices. Therefore, reducing affordable housing for communities of color. Therefore, this revitalization is changing the character of communities because the Bay Area may appear nicer, the communities of color are unable to afford the standard of living. Communities of

When discussing how exposure to community policing can affect low economic neighborhoods, one must ask what is community policing? Miller, Hess, and Orthmann (2014) stated, it is a philosophy or orientation that emphasizes working proactively with citizens to reduce fear, solve crime-related problems, and prevent crime. Community policing can be a positive change in the community and for the law enforcement personnel that serves the community. An important concept to always remember is that the police are the community, and the community are the police (Miller et al., 2014). To successfully integrate this into police departments, we must examine several factors that have made police departments what they are today, what are ways to implement this new form of policing without resistance from law enforcement and citizens, and how community policing can affect the community and the work of law enforcement in the long run.

No matter what problem we have or how big that problem is, we are going to face questions that are both social and ethical in nature. Geoengineering is a proposal that the scientific community agrees might be necessary to stop the global warming crisis. However, many question if this is ethically acceptable. Humans have already manipulated the ecosystem, but intentionally and unintentionally, but are intentional acts on a large scale a good idea or not (Corner & Pidgeon, 2010). We have no idea what can occur when trying any of the methods, as no one has ever done anything like this in the past to reflect on or to give us suggestions for how we can be successful. Depending on where the manipulation occurs, it can cause different responses

New York City is made up of five boroughs, which include the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. Within these boroughs, there are high and low-income neighborhoods that contain either high or low status organizational structures or facilities. Each division has their own characteristics and top attractions, such as the Empire State building, Central Park, or Times Square. As New York City may be known for great food and fun attractions, New York faces infrastructure problems within each borough. New York City’s infrastructure funding is limited in lower income neighborhoods, where money needed to upkeep the city goes toward prime tourist’s areas or residents living in high status neighborhoods, such as The Upper East Side of Manhattan, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, and Lenox Hill, Manhattan. Moreover, abandoned buildings, poor sewage conditions, and rocky roads and streets are examples of low-income area infrastructure problems that may hinder neighborhood growth both structurally and economically. Harlem, East Brooklyn, and South Bronx are low-income parts of New York that lack new and refined facilities, roads, plumbing, and fundamental structures, which contribute to high crime and arrests.

Viewing the complex matter of gentrification succinctly, it helps to uncover how multifaceted it is; in that gentrification involves the oppression, marginalization, displacement of vulnerable populations, particularly, the poor, and the black who are often already negatively impacted by the effects of classism, and racism. Gentrification threatens to erode the communities and livelihood maintained by these set of people because their displacement becomes a precondition for the total transformation of the area.

A study on this topic found that nonwhite individuals who are young, poor, and poorly educated experience more neighborhood disorder than those who are white and older with higher levels of education and household income. Reaching out to a variety of residential areas in Illinois, research indicated that people living within the city of Chicago report much more neighborhood disorder than those who do not. As a result, people in Chicago have significantly higher levels of perceived powerlessness than those that live in suburban areas (Geis & Ross, 1998). Because Illinois contains each type of U.S. neighborhood, (rural, small town, suburban, and urban) the conclusion drawn from this information is that Americans living in urban places are the ones most adversely affected by neighborhood