Disparities In El Dorado

I live in Long Beach, California in a small community known as “El Dorado”. While there are many indicators of ongoing disparities, it is evident that race disparities are the primary concern within my community. El Dorado is considered an upper class community, with predominantly white residents. Sadly, original owners believe that non-white residents would bring down the value of their home and therefore do not welcome non-white residents into the community. When a non-white resident moves into the community, original white homeowners will try to push them out by making numerous complaints to the Home Owners Association and police. Some white residents have even moved out of the community due to a non-white resident moving in next door. Such
This is evident amongst the predominant white members within my community who are trying who are trying to push non-whites out due to their racial beliefs when they have every right to live within the community. Unfortunately, racial beliefs also affects policies, too, as outlined by the documentary. Even though the United States was founded on the idea that “all men are created equal”, our government has given whites an unfair advantage by creating policies that provide whites with wealth, power, and resources; this unfair advantage is ultimately why we have a wealth gap. In order to address the wealth gap, we must acknowledge race. Ignoring race, and the privilege associated with race, will only promote the illusion that difference by itself is the problem (Johnson, 2005). Even though the documentary
I myself am white, and I do come from a wealthy family; however, I myself am not wealthy. So when asked how I would answer the child of a privileged parent I find myself very conflicted because I feel that I live in-between being privileged and not privileged. I am privileged because I am white, however I do not believe I am privileged as a result of my family. I would answer by saying, “my parent does work hard, and has worked very hard her whole life to provide for myself and my family. However, unfortunately, my parent is not able to pass her wealth down onto me, and is unable to pay for my education. Instead, my parent has instilled the values of hard work and independence into me. Both are values that I appreciate because it has made me the person I am today. I am a person who values everything I have because I worked very hard to obtain those possessions and my degree. If the roles were reversed and it was a child of a parent who was disadvantaged by government policies, I would say, unfortunately, our government policies have been designed to benefit whites and lock out non-whites. Many people strive on a daily basis to fix these inequalities, however, we have a long way to go. I would even use the Starpower activity to describe how the system works. The Starpower activity touches on the topics of class privilege and the beliefs about class