Such was New York’s investment in Harlem (p. 99) and so could be Bronzeville‚ yet it has suffered the same problems of violence and stagnation that characterized the infamous “black belt” of Chicago (p. 14). Beneath the veneer of restoration‚ Moore exposes the parallels is shares with notorious
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Background: On a hot and humid day‚ my course at Columbia University toured Harlem through the route described in Langston Hughes’s‚ Theme for English B. In his poem‚ Hughes describes his walk from City College of New York to his home in Harlem. When we walked down the steps from City College to Harlem‚ just as Hughes did‚ I realized Hughes’s prevalent battle; he came from an underprivileged background to attend a university where he was the only African American student in his class. Going down
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Migrating population and health research project. INTRODUCTION: This humble study about migrating population health project is to determine the diabetes-related health needs of West African immigrants living in and around Central Harlem. I will inquire about the economic‚ social‚ environmental‚ cultural‚ and political contexts in which this population lives in. To enhance my understanding of diabetes in this group‚ I will analyze the mechanisms through which each of these factors
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How can American culture embrace ethnic foods while neglecting‚ oppressing‚ gentrifying‚ and discriminating against the members‚ traditions‚ and practices of a culture? Nowadays‚ food has become more and more diverse. From mixing spices to mixing cultures in “fusion cuisine”‚ food in America has become a melting pot in itself. Most of American food has major influences from other cultures. Spaghetti and pizza is Italian‚ hot dogs and hamburgers are German‚ and tacos and burritos are from
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Gunnar Almgren (2012)‚ provides an in depth analysis of social justice theories‚ Libertarianism‚ Utilitarianism‚ Marxism‚ and the Capabilities Approach. Utilitarianism is the belief of maximizing good for the greatest amount of people (Almgren‚ 2012‚ p. 8). An example of this is taxes that are levied in order to build community infrastructures. This theory is extremely useful as it focuses on the happiness and benefits of citizens. However‚ after reading Madison Powers and Ruth Faden’s Essential
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I really enjoyed the documentary East of Liberty. It is very important to talk about issues surrounding gentrification‚ especially when it is clearly happening in the neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh has a very strong identity‚ and pushing people out of these neighborhoods takes away from the identity of our city because they are Pittsburgh. It is very easy for people who live outside of the city‚ such as myself‚ to say they are from Pittsburgh‚ but that simply is not the case. The people
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In Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans‚ Matt Sakakeeny illustrates the everyday life of the brass band musicians in New Orleans and presents a series of issues in full details. Power dynamics become a major theme in Sakakeeny’s ethnography. Violence‚ as a way of using forces and creating destruction‚ demonstrates such power dynamics. More specifically‚ the interpersonal and structural violence are characterized by forced reconstruction of the community‚ local law and restrictions
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children (Mabrey). To better their lives‚ the local government of Chicago put a policy of gentrification into effect; to raze the old buildings‚ and build new upper middle class condos with a reduced rent for the prior residents seems to benefit many‚ but this is not always the case. In the article in the Chicago Tribune‚ Walter Burnett is faced with inner turmoil and conflicts on the issue of gentrification. He has a unique view on the issue‚ because he grew up in Cabrini yet not as a politician
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1 Gentrification J.E. Philpot Bowie State University December 2012 2 Part I Defining Gentrification as a Social Issue 3 Gentrification by definition is the development and redistribution of economic wealth in a community or defined area that uplifts the average household value‚ possibly causing unwanted displacement (Kennedy & Leonard‚ 2001). Some economist would define the poor as being displaced‚ but this process does not solely affect lower-wage
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the bigger heading of social inequality. Social inequality is the inability of people to have equal opportunity (Fonza and Owen). Social inequality and urban poverty are such rampant problems today due to systematic racism‚ pay inequality‚ and gentrification. Through discriminatory federal processes such as redlining‚ minorities still struggle to regain lost footing from decades previous. A large portion of this is the government’s part in exacerbating “existing social inequalities‚ particularly those
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