Jane And Finch Research Paper

The media’s the most powerful entity on Earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and guilty innocent, and that’s power (do you need that?). Because they control the minds of the masses - Malcom X. It is true that every community has both a negative and positive aspect to it and it is through the media that one observes the power of publicizing a narrow massage of negativity and making it seem as if that is all there is to the community. When in reality there is more to the community than what is being shown through the media’s lens. The media does a good job in painting a community in a negative light. Jane and Finch is a good example of this. The media has created Jane and finch to be synonymous with violence, uneducated youth, and less fortunate residents – but the fabric of this community consists of its community builders. Jane and Finch is by far the best community built because of its sense of community, talented youth and its highly multicultural residents.
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The youth in this community however, are intelligent and talented young beings who bring positive energy and new knowledge into the area. These students are only trying to become successful. Students in Jane and Finch are very talented whether it is with music, poetry, art and /or sports. In addition, the students strive to complete their education. Students from this community graduate and go to post-secondary school and then go into positions with higher authority. The TDSB trustee Tiffany Ford would be an example of this. She was a Westview (C.S.S) graduate who then turned into the first black trustee. Although there are many achievements being held by the students at the local schools, the media neglects to cover them and the neighborhoods diverse culture in their