Neighborhoods on the west side are similar to any other in Chicago. The area always seem gloomy to me‚ but the sun always seems to shine brightest on Sundays. Playing in the backyard of my grandmother’s house while waiting for dinner was something to look forward to. Sunday dinner were always packed with people I barely knew from the neighborhood. There were days during the week that strangers would come to my grandmother’s house to eat and hangout. The block that I grew up on was very welcoming
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Living so near to the city of Chicago makes it very easy for me to know about the population issues. First hand‚ I know that the issue with overpopulations in small northern suburbs is slightly ridiculous because of how the class sizes has grown in size making some classes harder to be in. Another issue is on the south of Chicago‚ though it’s better now. It is considered a mostly African American and ‘rough’ area of the city. Because of the overpopulation there are many homeless people‚ and a lot
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This Ain’t Chicago is Zandria F. Robinson’s study of the relationship between location and race‚ class‚ and gender. She identifies the regional differences‚ specifically of the African-Americans living in the south and north. The study analytically separates the southern blacks from their fictive kin and whites they correlate with in order to explore the differences in regional identities. The study took place in Memphis because Zandria believes that it “sits at the physical‚ temporal‚ and epistemological
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The experience of growing up in Chicago is polarizing. It’s one of the most diverse cities in the country‚ yet‚ one of the most segregated. I am grateful for living in a neighborhood that had every range of diversity in terms of racial background‚ ethnic background‚ gender‚ age‚ and socioeconomic status. The most obvious characteristic in which Chicago neighborhoods are divided are by race and socioeconomic status. As I grew up I was constantly surrounded by people who looked different from me‚ spoke
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The Chicago School of Criminology focused on the environment of the person‚ rather than focusing on the person’s rational capability or physical attributes. The Chicago School took an approach at identifying criminality as something that is somehow created by the ecology of the physical settings that a person finds himself growing up within. Two notable figures of the Chicago School were Clifford Shaw‚ and Henry McKay. Both of these scholars had grown up in rural settings‚ only to then relocated
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that Changed America At the turn of the twentieth century‚ many American cities were struggling to find their place in the world. One such city was Chicago‚ Illinois‚ the focal point of Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City‚ a nonfiction ode to history about the events that took place during the World’s Columbian Exposition. In 1893‚ Chicago was home to more than the World’s Fair; it was also the home of America’s very own Jack the Ripper‚ Dr. Henry H. Holmes. While a team of the most brilliant
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scorching‚ hot‚ summer afternoon‚ my friend‚ Weston‚ and I decided to watch the Chicago Cubs play baseball. Little did we know this was going to be the worst fight we would ever experience with each other. We disputed about who we thought topped the Chicago Cubs roster. It all began when we were in my basement watching the gifted Chicago Cubs play in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field against the South Side Hitmen- the Chicago White Sox’s. All was going well until Weston asked me “Ben‚ who do you
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Raven Davis Professor M. Intro to Theatre June 25‚ 2014 Chicago Response The film Chicago is largely based on the Broadway musical of 1975. The said theatrical show ran for approximately 936 performances. It was the best project of Bob Fosse who had actually choreographed and directed the original Broadway production of 1975 plus had won an Oscar in a successful manner for his excellent direction in 1972 of the film version of famous Cabaret. It is to be highly noted that he died much before
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Ernst be civilly liable for defrauded investors of First Securities Company of Chicago under Securities Exchange Act of 1934 under Rule 10b-5.  According to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 under Rule 10b-5‚ plaintiff which was the defrauded investor Hochfelder needed to prove that Ernst & Ernst intentionally manipulate the escrows investors.  Ernst & Ernst had audited First Securities Company of Chicago for two decades‚ Ernst & Ernst should have noticed Nay’s "mail rule" policy could
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but to think about him‚ his name was Alex Bland 21yr old. From the years of 2002-2006‚ 687 Chicago youth were killed by guns‚ and firearms are used in 10 out of 14 murder-suicide in Illinois. In 2005 71% (435) of the homicides and 36% (164) of suicides were committed with firearm from close by Counties. Its crazy how young people is just wasting their lives and other lives in Chicago. Its not just in Chicago‚ its all over the U.S.A. The U.S centers of Disease Control and Prevention reports that
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