Flint

town though. As a military brat we moved, a lot. Once we left the, military life, we settled down in Flint, Michigan. This is where I would call home, if I was asked. It was an interesting place to say the least. It was not always the safest, but we made due. Several of my friends and family still reside in Michigan, all over the state in fact. I have moved on. There are not many things to do in Flint. There are museums to see, just like any other city. There are farmers markets to go to, not…

Justin Wing Final Paper Section 101 GSI: Elizabeth Gilbert 6/28/17 The Flint Water Crisis and Implicit Racism Imagine consuming and using water that is not clear, but yellow in color. This is a harsh reality that the people of Flint, Michigan experience every day. The Flint Water Crisis reflects the structural and environmental racism towards African Americans in the United States government due to the disproportionate exposure of lead and other toxic chemicals in the water and their lack of…

once took for granted really was. Flint, Michigan for nearly two years now has been dealing with the water crisis. They turn on their taps and their showers only to find nastily, discolored water. Additionally, along with the discolored water, tests have revealed that the water contains things that make it unsafe It all started when a Michigan politician made a decision to redirect Flints water supply from the Hudson river to the Flint river. Unknowingly, the Flint river contained toxic water…

thumb that day at the water drive. I was a Hispanic male in a predominately African-American region of Flint, Michigan, and naturally my presence on that cold April day sparked curiosity from every resident that had shown up. "Why are you in Flint?", I was repeatedly asked throughout the day as I loaded cases of water into vehicles. I always gave the short answer: I drove over 600 miles to Flint with 40 cases of bottled water because it was the right thing to do. The more intimate and private…

elected leaders doing what's right for the people. The Flint city stop buying Detroit water and join the Karegnondi Water Authority, a new pipeline project. The state agreed to switch, because it would save them 19 million over eight years. After a couple weeks, residents started buying bottled water as many people complained of poor tasting and bad taste. Then after some time city council members called the city to stop using the Flint River water. Flint water crisis is an extreme case, the…

Introduction For my project I visited the Flint City council to observe the process of the city meeting, there were six of my classmates present. I was the first one to arrive at the city hall. As everyone was arriving Kate Fields ward 4 introduced herself, and we identified as students from U of M Flint she shared that she is a professor at the University with a MSB program. Eric Mays from ward 1, introduced himself as well. There were about fifteen community members sitting along the wall of…

The Flint, Michigan Water Crisis In Flint, Michigan there was a water contamination problem. Flint is a majority black city where 40 percent of people live in poverty. The water crisis started in April 2014, after Flint changed its water source from treated Detroit Water and Sewerage Department water to the Flint River. After that, people started complaining about the quality of the water. City and state officials failed to see that there was a serious problem for months. (http://www.npr.org/s…

In Blaine, Minnesota we are fortunate enough to have access to clean and safe drinking water, but sadly, the residents of Flint, Michigan do not have that luxury. Since 2015, I’ve heard stories about water crisis in Flint. When I received the assignment in my AP Human Geography class to write a letter to a leader, I thought it would be a perfect time to write about the Flint water crisis. As the governor of Michigan, you have a responsibility to ensure that all the residents of your state have…

General Motors Company was founded in Flint, Michigan in the year 1919. It was a normal city and it thrived. The city relied on the auto industry so much and when the factories started closing in 1985, everything started going downhill. Many of the citizens of Flint were laid off from their jobs in the factory. Eventually, people started getting evicted from their homes and doing strange things to get money. In, Roger and Me, there were people selling their plasma to get a little extra cash and…

As most of America is aware of by now, there is a grave injustice happening in Flint, Michigan. The city’s drinking water is heavily contaminated with lead and has been since 2014. The problem began when the city of Flint switched to using the Flint River as a source of drinking water. A month after the switch was made, residents began to “complain about the smell and color of the new water, which [was] 70 percent harder than its previous water source” (Kennedy, 2016). Despite the complaints, no…