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. However, Americans are predominantly untroubled with elevated measures of …show more content…
Stuck in Place.)
Taking everything into account, racial and ethnic groups inhabit qualitatively recognizable social worlds in the United States. For that reason, any explanation of the social and economic disposition of neighborhoods that refuses to take acknowledgement of the role of race and ethnicity is highly misleading and gives a false impression (Peterson, R. D. & Krivo, L. J. & Hagan, J 2010. Chapter 3) Only seven percent of white and twenty-seven percent of desegregated local regions are either in unfavorable circumstances, especially with regard to financial or social opportunities, or virtually so, possessing at least two attributes at the maximum. Comprehensible, it is no overstatement to commence that minorities and whites live in divergent social worlds (Peterson, R. D. & Krivo, L. J. & Hagan, J 2010. Chapter
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. However, Americans are predominantly untroubled with elevated measures of …show more content…
Stuck in Place.)
Taking everything into account, racial and ethnic groups inhabit qualitatively recognizable social worlds in the United States. For that reason, any explanation of the social and economic disposition of neighborhoods that refuses to take acknowledgement of the role of race and ethnicity is highly misleading and gives a false impression (Peterson, R. D. & Krivo, L. J. & Hagan, J 2010. Chapter 3) Only seven percent of white and twenty-seven percent of desegregated local regions are either in unfavorable circumstances, especially with regard to financial or social opportunities, or virtually so, possessing at least two attributes at the maximum. Comprehensible, it is no overstatement to commence that minorities and whites live in divergent social worlds (Peterson, R. D. & Krivo, L. J. & Hagan, J 2010. Chapter