Thursday, October 17, 2013
Inequality
The reading "Fences and Neighbors: Segregation in 21st - Century America"
and watching video on inequality called "People Like Us" made me realize and see a
lot about which social class I fit in. The video shows different
families that are from the working class to the people that
are considered to be in the rich class.However in the article "Fences and Neighbors: Segregation in 21st - Century America" John E. Farley and Gregory D. Squares stated a lot about segregation during the last three decades of the 20th century. Reseachers have incated about Blacks and Hispanics are encounter discrimination in out of every five contacts with a real estate and rental agents. I feel like this is real racial because Blacks and Hispanics might not reach the level of Whites but there's people that real hard to motviate there self to get what they needs or wants. This reading speaks that social scientists use a variety of measures to indicate about how segregated two groups are from each other. Which meaning Blacks and Hispanics have been integrated into White or racially mixed neighborhoods. Moreover, In today society I live in Harlem I see a lot of Whites moving from down town up to Harlem because they are building new condos buildings and a lot of Blacks and Hispanics cant afford it. The rent is going higher each year or each months and people are ready to move out to look for apartments that are very affordable for them to pay. I feel like it not fair nobody shouldn't be feeling down graded at all for feel like giving up. Another, example about the government trying to taking everything such as SSI, Food Stamps etc.... There's people that needs that but now a days in this society nobody does not wants to help others or be supportive.
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Great blog Josephine, watching the video people like us, also made me wonder about my social class.Its unacceptance and shocking the amount of Inequialtiy that goes on still in todays world.You also mention about "Fences and Neighbors" which can really make you think about the old days.In one sense look how far we have come, in the other look how much farer we need to go. Good to see someone relating these articles to their own personal live and what they see everyday, all the struggling people out there.Once again great blog keep up the good writing!
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