Cause And Effect Essay About Chicago

Gun violence is a major problem in Chicago. There has been an estimate of nearly six hundred shooting victims in a matter of three months into the New Year. It is very sad how so many innocent people lose their lives due to such violence. Even the safest neighborhoods have become dangerous because of ignorant gang members who settle their problems with rival gangs by shooting each other. It is hard to feel safe in a community where you fear being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Can you imagine ever performing on Broadway? Let me go a step further and ask if you could ever imagine performing in the Broadway show Chicago? To feel the excitement of performing for the longest-running American musical in Broadway history. Broadway shows may not be for everyone, but it truly says something when a show is completely sold out and not one single person is left sitting down at the end of the play.

The Water Tower was first constructed in 1876 and designed by architect William W. Boyington with the purpose of being a water pumping system for the then small town. This water system pumped water from Lake Michigan’s intake bins into the tower where it was cleaned, however this process was stopped right before the turn of the century due to pollution of the water. The water tower is made out of large limestone bricks, which made it the last surviving building during the Great Chicago Fire. The water tower is significant because it shows the strength Chicago has as a unite, under great stress.

Chicago has the highest gang population in the United States (www.huffingtonpost.com) and the highest amount of gun related murders to boot. As an effect of these crimes, many of the targets are not the rich and the powerful but instead are the weak and the poor. Those that cannot defend themselves to a great extent, they are seen as easy targets that will soon give up if it has taken too long to find the culprits. Since the underclass is the primary target for crime from the underclass it is like they are just undermining themselves in order to gain some type or upper hand on the next man that holds no real bearing. Even when taking “good moral” individuals some have turned to crime because they see no other way to make means for themselves or their loved ones. Some of these people have been laid off and have no other source of income, their back is against a wall and they want out. They want so badly to have money again so that they survive and not live on the streets like they see others, so they commit crimes for others that will pay. It is because of this desperation that violent crimes still thrive and until people realize this then violent crime will still keep the underclass suppressed. (www.clombia.edu)

It’s has been stated that most crimes are found in black neighborhoods in the South Side. However, The South Side was described in “Race & policing in Chicago” (2016) video from The National, as home to an oppressed segregated underclass. The portrayal of gun violence in the south and west of Chicago can be seen on shows like Chicago P.D. The stories in this series is told form the point of view of law enforcement. Krishaun Branch, a Chicagoan a graduate from Fisk University in Tennessee and a teacher at Urban Prep Academy, was interviewed for the Chicago Tribune to see how the show portrays Chicago. Branch, stated while they may have captured the gun violence, it didn’t felt right how quickly the case was closed. He mentions that policemen aren’t showing much interest and time into an investigation and sometimes “see it as a black-on-black crime and it doesn’t get resolved.”

I didn’t get the University of Chicago welcome letter that made the rounds on the internet earlier this summer. I’m a senior this year, and the message from Jay Ellison, the dean of undergraduate students, was for the incoming class: Don’t expect trigger warnings or safe spaces here. The university, he said, was committed to free expression and would not shield students from ideas they disagreed with or found offensive.

When people move to a new city, they want a city that their children can grow up, have friends, and be safe with other children in the community. That is not always the case here in Detroit, since “In the group’s survey of 1,300 Detroit high school students, 87 percent said a family member or friend had been shot, murdered or disabled as a result of violence in the previous 12 months” (Abbey-Lambertz). That number is too high for anyone regardless of location. It got so bad in Detroit that at one point “It used to be that nobody wanted to go downtown” (Foroohar). Now it is sad when people are scared to go downtown in their city. It makes the city look bad when its own resident do not want to go downtown. Along with murder and violence, Detroit also has a drug problem. There is a location in Detroit “on the old Cass Corridor, and area better known for prostitutes and drug dealers” (Perman). Drugs and prostitutes generally are appealing to live around. Now everything is not all bad about

Since the 1950s everyone in America has known of the major problem plaguing southern and western Chicago streets: extreme amounts unnecessary of violence. This topic has become even more publicly known with the recent presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, where Trump spoke about the violence on multiple occasions as well as taking the topic to twitter a few times (Chicago Still Isn’t). Also, the number of murders, homicides, and other regular crimes all increased dramatically in 2016, breaking almost all statistics from previous years. Even though the violence does create jobs in the police force, the violence needs to be

Chicago is facing a serious problem. Over this year 's Fourth of July Weekend, eighty four people were shot resulting in fourteen deaths. After this violent weekend, Mayor Rahm Emmanuel nearly called for total martial law, calling upon United States Military 's support to help protect Chicago 's citizens and patrol Chicacgo 's streets. So far in 2015, over 2,300 people have been shot in the city of Chicago, and it is only a matter of days until the death toll surpasses four hundred on the year. There are a number of factors that contribute to this inflated level of violent crime. Some would point to loose gun restrictions, others to gang fragmentation. I believe the most influential factor leading to these high rates of crime in certain

What is life in Chicago after the Laquan McDonald shooting? According to NY times, “In the wake of a shocking video that showed a black teenager shot 16 times by a police officer, the city is rocked by revelations of police brutality and misconduct — and by activists determined to upend the political order” (Austen 2016). Laquan McDonald wasn’t the first black teen who was killed by a police officer. Although his story stands out from other black teen because of Jason Van Dyke lying about what happen on that day. A protestor stated that “Chicago had it coming,” May said, describing the blowup set off by the Laquan McDonald case. It’s

In my second source, Martin writes about the history of the violence in Chicago. She explains that violence occurs a lot now due to the mob days. She talks about Al Capone and

Chicago, a city well known for its bold architecture, amazing food and fascinating museums. A paradise for people to expand upon their brilliant ideas such as Oprah Winfrey and the President of the United States. With a population of 2,722,389 (according to the United States Census Bureau) Chicago takes home the third largest city in the nation . A better place than this would sound unrealistic but to every beautiful story there's an ugly secret. The city has been infected with a large outbreak killing thousands of its citizens. However it is not a disease nor sickness we identify with such as cancer but a large increase in the amount killings due to gun violence. This negative contribution to the city primarily occurs in the South and West

Throughout all of South Central LA, violence rules the minds of all who inhabit its grounds and cause them to harm one another, to become savages. A lot of children die and a lot more spend time in the hospital for gunshot or stab wounds. Unfortunately, things like that happen so often that people talk about them nonchalantly like when Angelica states, “he was just shot in the leg” (Beatty) like it was no big deal. Death and shootings occur so frequently that no one even takes a second look at it and the media does not know how to televise it. The differences between other cities and South Central LA shocks most but no one wants to help do anything about it. Everyone feels so safe and invincible in their little bubbles thinking that the world remains safe in big cities and no one needs any help but, unfortunately for them the world does not work that way and someone will always need help. Violence occurs not too often for the everyday American and to hear that it does for children in LA, just seems so terrible. No person, let alone a child, should have to grow up around so much violence, especially children who should grow up around a loving and compassionate family. This appeals to logic because of how much of a problem this poses to society and how if something could be done, the problem would go away. The conditions remain in bad shape and

One main cause is drugs being a big use and huge demand in the inner city.(Detroit: The Last Days) “Law and order has completely broken down in the inner city, drugs and prostitution are rampant and unless you actually murder someone the police will leave you alone”(Detroit: The Last Days). Drugs were brought into the Detroit city very early and have never left; in fact the problem has just gotten worse. Many in the inner city turn to drugs either for money or to ease the pain of their problem lives. These people think it will help but instead it is causing more problems instead of helping. Therefore it keeps going, many young children now days are getting involved younger and younger because they are forced to believe it is the only way of survival in such a corrupt environment like the projects in Detroit. If drugs stay such a constant problem Detroit will have a harder time getting back to its true roots.

My capstone project was to go to Chicago and to see many high quality art in art museum and murals/monuments in public in the city. It was also to study the diverse art culture of Chicago.