Latino/White Segregation

Yes racism and racial segregation has declined but when we face the facts, it is still there. “Today, segregation is due to a legacy of racism as well as present-day practices rather than the result of race-neutral individual choices or people’s desire to “live with their own kind.”(Jeff Dowd;2011;1) But how did racism and racial segregation decrease?

In this world we are constantly being categorized by our race and ethnicity, and for many people it’s hard to look beyond that. Even though in the past many stood up for equality and to stop racism and discrimination, it still occurs. In this nation of freedom and equality, there are still many people who believe that their race is superior to others. These beliefs are the ones that destroy our nation and affect the lives of many. The people affected are not limited by their age group, sex, social status, or by their education level. Their beliefs can cause them to attack other groups verbally or in silence and even reaching to the point of violence. All of this occurs because we can’t be seen as a “people”, but rather like “species” that

Does it matter what we are called: Latino or Hispanic? Does it change who we are as people? To an extent, most people do not know the difference between either. Typically, people group both terms as one singular item. However, Hispanic and Latino racial classifications are more than a broad category for people from Spanish-speaking countries. The words connote and represent a history of colonial terminology that based its success on the failures of innocent, historically peaceful, cultural groups. Hispanic and Latino terminology are political and economic in every sense. This paper will show that colonial leanings to control and govern people’s lives have yet to culminate, even though the era of imperialism ended a century ago. The United States, although far from its heyday as the singular house of power, still manages to achieve control and influence over the imperialized minds of groups of people, specifically Hispanics and Latinos.

In Jonathan Kozol’s article Still Separate, Still Unequal, he states the poorer parts of our larger cities have fewer white children and are made up of mostly black and Latino children. These

The most prevalent lessons that my community has taught me is that silence is an enabler. I was born and raised in the Logan Square community where several Latinos reside. Chicago is home to more than 1,782,423 Latinos, and among that population, a few hundred of those individuals call Logan square home. I have witnessed silence imprison people of this community which has allowed injustices to occur. Of the several oppressions that occur within my community, sexism often times is ignored. Within my community the Latino culture is established, and within the Latino culture a patriarchy is set in place; where males are superior to woman, a machismo culture dominants the power of women and domestic and sexual harassment occur. Within my community internal sexism is experienced by many women. In my community, which consist mostly of Latina immigrants, the silence due to fear is present. My hope is to become an ally for those Latinas that fall prey to sexism and help them with their cause by raising my voice against this oppression.

I thought cities had more diversity, more poverty, and low income household than suburb areas and this was supported by the above data. I learned that the increase of wealth and income in a small community hinders the rest of community where middle and low income families live. The ability to live in a “good” neighborhood is linked to income. Income can be one of the factors that determine how a region can be segregated. Even in the city, the income of the household separates the lower income families from the higher income families. High income families tend to live together and low income families tend to live in the same

Underrepresented Minorities is a big topic that I felt covering in this class was necessary, especially on the leadership viewpoint. Being part of the Latino community, we have struggles of being misrepresented, especially lately in the social media concerning Donald Trump. His comments hit home with many of us and drew many Latinos to attention that we are underrepresented as a community within the minority category.

The research report A call to action on behalf of Latino and Latina youth in the U.S. justice system, focuses on the Latinos community residing in the United States and Latin America. Primarily, the research focuses on Latino/a youths in the criminal justice system. Furthermore, the research report discusses Latino communities are getting differential treatment than other racial and ethnic communities from the United States criminal justice system. The research report has many case studies and story of incidences of Latino/a youths facing racial and ethnic disparities. Some of the examples of disparate treatment of police and criminal justice system provided by the report are police stop, arrest, detention, a waiver to adult criminal court, and sentencing. The justice system has used their discretion to treat Latino youth differently than others. In this reflection paper, I will connect few important issues discussed in the report such as negative stereotyping of Latinos communities and its impact, differential treatment of the Latino community from the police and justice system with the course materials covered in the semester.

Beverly is one of the most integrated areas in hype-segregated Chicago. Like that of Hyde Park or Rodgers Park, except Beverly obtains this diversity without the presence of a university. As well, “Beverly has retained its reputation as one of Chicago’s most stable middle-class residential districts” (Skerrett 2005). Black families during the 1950s and 60s started moving south as there was the historical “white flight”, leaving these communities mainly black. Beverly, however, was the expectation, as many black families did not come immediately here (Moore 2014). Demographically today, Beverly is 57% white, 35% black, and 5.6% Hispanic, making it the 15th largest white community in the city of Chicago, with most of these individuals are of

The two minority group that I picked to compare and contrast is the African Americans and the Latinos. There are many comparisons between African Americans and the Latinos. Both of these groups went through so much segregation through out there life. Both of them had really scary and terrifying historical experiences in American Public School. The African Americans went through so many struggles in American public school due to the whole “black vs. white” problem that was taken place. It was so rare for any black person to be in a white public school and usually all the good public schools were white race. There were public school that all African American attended but they didn’t have the same education that other “white” public schools had.

The question I was assigned is, “What barriers are preventing Latinos from seeking help?” In class we discussed homelessness and everyone came up with different questions. I have to compare my question with the barriers that homeless Latinos face in seeking help. The articles that I found to compare are about domestic violence, machismo, immigrants, and health issues.

For immigrants, becoming American isn’t easy, but their health is far better than born U.S Citizens. Latino immigrants (mostly men) would travel to and from their country of origin to work in the U.S (Kennett Square) leaving their families behind, to access a green card where they can be able to get their family to come to the U.S to live, this process takes up to nine years.

The United States transpired into a predominant globalist nation and has perpetuated its position for numerous years despite its brief 239 year history. Even with its brief history, the United States has had a substantial and controversial impact on the world's civilization. It is utterly impossible to disregard the formidable circumstances which not only permitted but encouraged the belief of racial supremacy in the initial years of the United States. In this regard, the United States has radically transitioned through various stages which have been solely based on the demand of citizen’s civil rights, such as the abolishment of slavery and the subsequent implementation of federal policies. The implementation of these federal policies were

Being part of a minority community is beautiful. Although, the burdens that come with it are truly unjust. I constantly grow more aware of the inequality between the people of my Hispanic community and those that have been redlined. I was born into a home where my mother could not find a job after my father left due to personal reasons, leaving my brother to bear the burden of taking care of eight children. It was as though poor people could not have nice things. I realized that for some strange reason, segregation is ever present in our society. A society that claims to have done away with that practice. It is not only the Hispanic coming, but also Latinos and African Americans that are being redlined. We battle with rampant racism along with

The American sociological review does not regard white flight to have ended or the society to have become more accommodating. The Brown vs. Board of education was a culmination of the inequality from the authorities in the manner that services were accorded to different groups. The issues that made the different racial groups desire to live apart are still relevant but the flight is not as pronounced. Fifty years ago, a commission was constituted to investigate the cause of racial tension during the white flight (Semuels, 2017). It discovered that the Black community was segregated, which led to the existence of two societies. The situation has not changed since then. America is still divided. The American sociological review released a report that indicated segregation is still widespread (Semuels, 2017). In fact, it is more pronounced with clear black areas and white areas that exist in suburbs and cities. However, metropolitan areas are experiencing a decline in