82.6% of children born in the Mott Haven district are born into poverty while 53.4% of children born in Riverdale are born into poverty. We can see a significant difference between the two districts; there is a total of 21.9% of children in the Mott Haven district and a total of 21.2% of children in the Riverdale district (“CCC New York”, 2015). When comparing the two districts, the first question that comes to mind is “ Why is there such a significant difference in child poverty and children being born into poverty between these two districts and what is Riverdale is doing differently than Mott…
Though they may have to sacrifice homeownership, they have chosen to live in an area with access to fairly good public schools. For example, Cornelis had the ability to attend one of the 4 out of 5 of the kindergarten through eighth grade schools that have at least an average to an above average score regarding ‘growth’ and ‘attainment’ (School Locator). This alone had a positive impact on his trajectory from childhood to adulthood because school was a place where Cornelius was able to stay involved in community activities and make connections with families in the neighborhood. Consequently, this led to Cornelius’ ability to acquire a job, during high school years, through the reference of a family friend. He became a cashier at the local grocery store, Cermack Fresh Market, and although graduation rate is only at 46.5 percent, the opportunity to work his way through his high school kept him in school up until his graduation day (Bridgeport, Statistical Atlas, 1).…
1) What type of representation did the New Jersey Plan call for? The type of representation the New Jersey Plan call for is the “equal representation” where even though the population of each states are different, they will still have the same number of representatives for their state. A federal government with only one legislative body which was based on the idea of equal representation that is having two senators despite the size of the state and its population. 2)…
Though the Black Panther Party had experienced its most influential years in San Francisco and Oakland between 1967 and 1972, a lack of census data from non-decennial from NHGIS narrowed my quantitative GIS analysis solely to 1970. Despite this small window of information, the metadata I had applied as layers within ArcMap had provided me with a surprising amount of insight to the racial and economic landscape of Panther activities at the height of their potency as well as at the height of COINTELPRO’s most aggressive tactics taken against the Party. In ArcMap I had first applied NHGIS data that signified 1970 housing tenure by race, measured by white and black occupied units and divided by State--County census tracts. Within this dataset…
Segregation in America What makes us different? Why do some of us have unearned privileges while, other will be lucky to receive the bare minimum? These are the questions that Eduardo Bonilla-Silva strives to answer in chapter 2 of his book Racism without Racists. He explores the segregation that still occurs in America and how it has changed but, not disappeared.…
The “New Urban Poverty” is what has developed as a result of work disappearing in urban areas. The book, More than Just Race, by William Julius Wilson, Professor of Social Policy at Harvard, argues that “the disappearance of work and the consequences of that disappearance for both social and cultural life are the central problems in the inner-city ghetto.” The new urban poverty that Wilson describes is comprised of years of data compiled that create for a better understanding of the injustice that exists in Detroit and other inner cities alike.…
In the Camden environmental racism text, low-income, lower class groups that are mostly African American or Latino were exposed to the waste facilities and heavy industry chemicals from two federal superfund sites. Due to the fact that the facility is situated on state land, the SLC would not have to pay property taxes and would not offer any benefits to Camden and its residents. As a former industrial center, the manufacturing businesses that once provided well-paying jobs went out of business leaving behind polluted land and abandoned factories. All the white populations moved to neighboring suburban communities leaving only a population of color.…
Everywhere you look you see unemployed citizens in search of that American dream.. While they search for jobs you could see the sadness in their eyes, but they have no hope in finding one. There are many places across the country were this situation happens daily, but from many cities Brownsville has had to deal even up to this day. Unfortunately, about 36 percent of Brownsville’s population lives below the poverty level and 6.6 percent I sadly unemployed. Many of Brownsville’s citizens struggle from this situation and end up moving away from brownsville in search of a better life.…
In 2014, 23.4% of the population in Brooklyn was below the poverty level, while for the state of New York, only 15.6% of individuals are below the poverty level. 21.0% of the White population was below the poverty level in Brooklyn compared to 11.3% in the state overall. For the Blacks or African Americans, 23.5% state-wise were below poverty while 23.5% were in Brooklyn. For the American Indians and Alaska Natives, 26.8% were state-wise under the poverty level while 30.5% were in Brooklyn. For the Asian population, 18.4% state-wise were under below poverty while 24.9% were in Brooklyn.…
As the reading stated, black children who from upper class families are more likely to experience downward mobility compared to white upper class children. Black Americans as well are more disadvantaged than White Americans. It is abundantly clear for occupational distribution for blacks. Aguirre and others (1995) shows occupational distribution between 2006 & 2008. Attendance in managerial roles for blacks are 0.93 versus whites who make up 0.95.…
The relationship between race, housing, and poverty in metropolitan areas in the United States of America is significant because these issues are still prominent in Cities and States. For an example, residents in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, 55.1 percent of its population lives in segregated areas. Caucasian’s and African-American unemployment rate vastly differ. The unemployment rate of African-Americans being 20.2 percent compared to the white unemployment rate being 5.4 percent (Frohlich, 2015). 33.6 percent of African Americans live below the poverty rate compared to the poverty rate for Cacauscians, which is only 9.3 percent.…
During his time in prison, Adolf Hitler wrote that people should, “Be proud of...people when [they] don 't have to be ashamed of [their] social class.” Social class has always been an issue in the world, and one of the largest separating factor between people. As Ellen Brantlinger wrote in her novel, Dividing Classes, “Social class divides how students participate-or do not participate-in activities, and it influences peer acceptance and rejection.” Participation in school activities have a very large effect on a person’s life, and social class can diminish this effect. However, some schools have constantly been underfunded, some schools have been well overfunded, and some schools have been barely holding on to their debts.…
However, we clearly see increasing signs that the benefits of urban economies are not disbursed evenly among city residents. Income inequalities continue to increase in cities with a large population, but these discrepancies only tell part of the story.” The authors go on to identify how poverty is ongoing regardless of economic increases and that “economic mobility appears blocked for many urban residents.” They state that “low-income individuals are being left out and overlooked with jobs and schools, thereby, limiting their opportunities for success and “leaving them stuck in poverty for years or even for generations.”…
Alana Semuels comments on that in her article, The Resurrection of America's Slum, “ Research out this year from Harvard shows that children who moved from poor areas to more affluent had higher incomes and better educational achievements than those who stayed in poor areas ” (255). In these cases, both authors suggest that if the poor families were to move into a better environment that would help them strive and better their future for them and their kids tremendously both educationally and…
CCJ 6638: Communities & Crime Mariel Snouffer Topic 2: The Origins and Legacies of the Urban Crisis Contrary to the belief that anyone that works hard enough will be rewarded, “real life” is not necessarily the “American Dream” that everyone thinks. Neighborhoods do indeed matter for individual outcomes both independently and beyond individual characteristics. There are many long term impacts on the intergenerational transmission of poverty and wealth; and most certainly crossing racial and ethnic lines. The “American Dream” is the idea that is the primary story of American Immigration; the proposal that steered much of the thrust for civil rights. It is also a suggestion that has been undeviating with the American’s perception of impartial and just treatment, as long as there is a universal option for advancement.…