Demario's Comparison To The Englewood In California

I feel sick when I wake up because my nerves are getting the best of me. I get up and pick out my cutest outfit. I'm scared that the people at this school won't like it because who knows what they'll say. As I'm getting ready I daydream about what could happen today at school. My father has already left for work by the time I was ready to go. My mother kissed my cheek as she handed me my lunch telling me little motivational things in my ear. I walk down to my corner to wait for my bus to come. There's a

Today we live in a society where it is acceptable for a white and black family to be neighbors, even close friends. This situation has not always been the case. During the 1950’s, the time that the Younger family was living in Chicago, whites and blacks were living completely separate lives and a majority of the blacks were living in poverty. Although there are significant improvements we have made, there are still things that remain the same. Many African Americans in Chicago today are still living in poverty, just like they were over 50 years ago. Two important changes have occurred during these years. Our race relations between whites and blacks have improved tremendously. Today it is completely acceptable for two different colored families to be living next door to each other. The second significant change is not as positive. The homicide rates per 100,000 people have gone up by almost 10 times the amount it was in the 50’s. Many sociologist believe that the cycle of multigenerational poverty causes violence in the mostly black communities, therefore raising the homicide rates. Even though as a city we have improved our race relations there are still problems such as the rising homicide rates and percent of people living in poverty.

“This is a story of two boys living in Baltimore with similar histories and an identical name: Wes Moore. One of us is free… The other will spend every day until his death behind bars...” (Moore, XI) In The Other Wes Moore, the author, Wes Moore, and the other Wes Moore both grew up in similar, yet different, circumstances and had completely different outcomes. This captivating narrative demonstrates how the choices you make, make you. In the introduction, the author Wes Moore validates this statement by saying, “The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.” (Moore XI) The author, Wes Moore, shows the readers that a person’s environment, circumstances, education (or lack

Chicago is a beautiful city with many different people and things to learn or experience; however, it is a city of segregation, and it has been that way for a long time. Even though it may not be quite visible today, it still happening thorough our city. However, what is so special about ethnicity that people have to hate on each other? Is it because we all are born with different backgrounds or is it because we are raised to hate others? In the history of Chicago’s segregation, we learn about how the whites are seen as the superior beings than others in America. Moreover, we all have seen and learn how race is displayed through our media. Additionally, we all have grown up attaining knowledge from our elders, and we learn about values in life. The society of Chicago are segregated by our history, media, and standards.

The main causes of the Chicago Race Riot are very significant to how it all started. According to Tuttle’s book, Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919 there are three main causes that all relate to the starting of the violent outbreak. The first cause all started at 29th street beach. There at the beach, the blacks tried to join the whites, but just the opposite happened (pp.5). The whites did everything in their power to expel the blacks from their beach (pp.5). They did just that until the blacks came back with reinforcement in their numbers causing the whites to leave their beach temporarily (pp.5). This cause basically shows that ever since the blacks fought for their way out of slavery that they were not looked at as equals. The whites still looked at themselves as superiors. They did not show it unless one of the blacks stepped out of line. For example, the incident at the 29th street beach when the blacks tried to swim at the white’s beach. Just by how Tuttle explained that the law was unwritten showed that whites mostly kept it not very public about their feelings until the race riot erupted.

It is a major problem in Chicago as it affects minorities which reside in often poverty stricken neighborhoods while also effecting minorities living in middle-class areas around the city. Racial profiling is a major issue because not only does it lead to unfair discrimination against a certain group of people; it violates the main foundation of what the Constitution of the United States was discovered upon. The United States was found on the grounds that all people have equal protection under the law of the nation and that each person is entitled to the 4th amendment with regards to being secure ?in their persons and houses? against unreasonable searches and seizures. It also continues to increase the distance of collaboration between communities and law enforcement, ruining policing efforts in the process while losing the trust of the citizens in the city. This paper will touch on the historical perspective of how racial profiling came to be an issue

Chicago is a very large city with a large amount of people whom live within the city. This could also be a cause of the violence in chicago. There are about 2.7 million people in Chicago which makes Chicago the third largest city in the United States, behind New York City and Los Angeles. Chicago is the largest city in Illinois and when you put a large group of different people in a large city there could be a problem. In the image below shows chicago's race data. Although the sheer size is a cause of the violence there are many other causes as well.

Racial segregation has had a long history in Chicago. While separation by nationality had always been apparent in the city, with neighborhoods typically being dominated by a certain ethnicity, no group of Chicagoans experienced the degree of segregation that African Americans faced in everything from the housing districts to public services. Forced to live only in designated areas by de facto segregation, redlining, and other tactics, they had limited chances to escape the cycle of danger and discrimination of the city. Confined to only their deteriorating neighborhoods,they had little chance.

There are many dark sides in Chicago which makes it difficult to survive in it.The three main reasons are 1)Drug trafficking 2)Corruption 3)Gun Violence.

Systemic racism, government apathy, The isolation of impoverished communities, Gang influence, the poor quality of education in many predominantly Black public schools, and the loss of living wage jobs have all played a part in creating the ongoing bloodshed. Chicago is now a dual city: one mainly white city located in areas close to the new economy with residents who have high levels of formal education and moderate to high levels of income. The other city is moving to the south and west. It is mainly Black, Latino, and poor. Chicago is no longer known for its vibrant skyline and food. Now, when people think of Chicago, they associate it with violence and the latest gangsta rap.

Once school finally ends, I get my basketball stuff and go straight to the locker room to change. I put my uniform and sneakers on. I was Kobe getting ready for the first game of the 2010 NBA Finals against the Celtics. I was ready to ball out.

Red lights, traffic lines, students walking or dragging, I could hardly tell. Today marks the day of my first day of high school without my best friend who may not connect to me blood-relatively but a family in my heart. I thought to myself, what if I can’t find any of my friends? What if I can’t find any of my classes? What if everything doesn’t turn out the way I want it to? Anxiety and panic roll in my body as soon as my mom stopped the car. I hesitated to open the car door, making little movements to even try to get out the car. I waved goodbye and shut the door closed so lightly that I think my mom had to properly shut it again. As I make my way to the front entrance with the gated black fence that shines so dimly, I looked up randomly at the sky, noticing that the clouds appeared very cloudy and immediately assumed that the rain will start sprinkling

Wake up! Get up, get dressed, eat breakfast, and get ready for school!” my mom exclaimed. She seemed to be excited for my first day. So I reluctantly got up, got dressed, ate breakfast, and got ready for school. All the while, there was tingling in the pit of my stomach that just wouldn’t go away no matter how much i tried to calm myself down. After breakfast, my mom told me we were going to walk to school together which happens to be something I’ve never done before. What’s the point of walking when you own a car? So we left… 30 minutes early! Which was ridiculous. “By the time we reach the school, you will be right on time,” she said. Yeah

Winter practices came quicker than a flash. We got an email about what team I was going to be on. I didn't know anyone on the team, then I reached the bottom of the list. My two good friends, Joshua Pless and Joseph Iverson, were both on my team. I was so excited! We went to Foot Locker the week before practice started, and I got a fresh new pair of basketball shoes. Finally, the day I have been waiting for had come, basketball season had begun! Our first game was against the Red Birds. I remember it all

It wasn’t the first day of school, and it was no longer my new school. It was just an average day in high school. I went to my classes and took in depth notes, the only class I was looking forward to was AP English and it was cancelled for the day, due to Mr. Peters’ health. Even lunch was boring. Anna had band practice, so I found myself a seat in the cafeteria by myself. Even though English was cancelled I still expected to see Tanner around the school. Yesterday it seemed impossible not to run into the kid, but today he was just as good as being invisible as I was. Not one time did I even hear a mention of Tanner or Grace. It was if yesterday never happened and they had never