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When we were given this assignment I was very uneasy about talking to another person about personal matters. Let alone someone who I had never had a conversation with and was of a different race and ethnicity. My interviewee's name is Micheal. He considers himself black of African American descent. He is a black 36 yr old black male. Michael was born in San Bernardino, CA. He’s an educated and a professional male who works in college. He is the father of 2 boys, happily married. His wife is considered a white woman. Michael is the second from the oldest of about 9 children. He was raised by his aunt and uncle who he very happily calls, mom and dad. They had 2 adopted children when he was taken in and then they adopted 2 more after him. He smiles …show more content…

According to him, his biological parents became a problem within his home. This is a common problem in cities where there is more segregation. Minorities end up living in concentrated areas. The area then suffers from high crime, drugs and lack educational opportunities. Low income and lack of employment for minorities pushes to confined living. Racism and discrimination toward these groups reaches high levels of poverty in retrospect becomes the primary reason of public housing. People of different race or ethnicities have a harder time getting approved for a rental home or purchasing a house. “ In the United States, public housing is a federal program that houses 2.4 million people of which 69% are racial and ethnic minorities and 46% are African-American,” according to authors Simning, van Wijngaarden, and Conwell. Based on comments done by Michael the research that has been done toward segregation seem to be true true. Michael says that his closest friends were of different races and ethnicities, they all lived in the same …show more content…

He says that she would always be outside just watching them play. Always keeping an eye on him. The neighborhood was so tough, she wanted him to have friends and play like any child would. He says his grandmother always reminded him of coming into the house as soon as darkness started to fall and never go down the sidewalk of certain blocks. He recalls sometimes hearing gunshots while he slept. He says he knew even at a young age who he could befriend. Michael says learned very quickly who he should stay away from. He remembers drug abuse inside his home. He does not go into great detail but one can tell how bad the situation was by his expression as mentions it. When he was removed from the home of biological parents he says he now knows it was for the best. He claims that when he started building a relationship with his mom and dad life started to be different in a lot better ways. There is no communication between him and his biological siblings. They all went their separate ways and they’ve all build a life of their own. Michael says he really does not know them at all. He thinks that the fact that they lived under those conditions and in that neighborhood, eventually were removed from their home and placed with different homes may have impacted those relationships. Living in that environment was hard, however he says he met a lot different and good people of other races and minorities.

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