Inner city

My family and I moved from florida, to an inner city in Cleveland. I was new in Cleveland, so I didn't have any friends. One sunny day, I looked out my apartment window. There were people in a vacant lot, I decided to go check it out. I didn't know what was going on. When I got down there I was surprised to see a bunch of people gardening. The next day, I went down there I brought a bunch of corn seeds. I had to clear out a space so I could plant my corn. I planted three rows of corn. That…

From the beginning of the establishment of the United States, young black men have been limited by socioeconomic factors. Factors include inner city life, income and the role of a traditional family. Despite having the same name and briefly living near each other, The Other Wes Moore follows two young men who lead vastly different lives, impacted by social and economic situations. Moore presents his story and the polarizing story of his namesake in a back-and-forth. Moore’s argument is…

Tommy Pham 10/23/16 Summary of The Cost of Racial and Class Exclusion in the Inner City In The Cost of Racial and Class Exclusion in the Inner City by Loïc Wacquant and William Wilson, the two authors explore an “interrelated set of phenomena” that relates to social-structural and the issue of hyperghettoization due to the dramatic growth in joblessness and economic exclusion associated with the spatial and industrial restructuring of capitalism. The article is divided into subsections that…

Growing up in a low income community has affected me greatly by the surrounding I am exposed to like the underfunded inner city educational system and the lack of safety within my neighborhood. The schools that I attended when I was younger always had to deal with large class sizes and constant teacher layoffs that affected my ability to learn efficiently with everyday in school, a new problem arose. For one whole semester in high school i sat on a chair every day on the side of the classroom…

In this evaluation, I will be critiquing an analysis from my Senior Seminar class of a book called “Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City”, by Elijah Anderson. The assignment was to write an analysis based on the text to explore our deep thoughts, learn the distinction between descriptive and analytical writing, and make a strong connection between ourselves and Anderson’s overall message and argument of the text. This analysis was challenging but yet pushed…

Much of my family has, sadly, �passed away, but my mother still lives in the concrete Cape Cod style bungalow in which I was raised for the first nineteen years of my life. It's located on a quiet residential street right on the fringe of Baltimore City and Baltimore County in an area popularly known as "Gardenville".� The homes are small, especially by today's standards, but the memories of that area have lasted a lifetime for me. But enough with the reminiscing! Over the years…

There are seven elements that impact a culture, in this specific case the Mongolians, which are the historical background, sociodemographic realities, socioeconomic status, sociopolitical forces, sociocultural forces, psychosocial impact, and a culture’s current status. The historical background is the foundation of that culture, how it developed and became what it is today. The sociodemographic covers factors such as gender, level of education, health care, employment, and household size and…

Introduction During the late 12th century, a baby was born by the name of Temujin. This baby would later become known by the name of Genghis Khan, one of the most feared leaders in our history. Genghis Khan was important for not only uniting the tribes of the Mongolian Region, but also by the way he influenced the whole world, past and present, in many different ways. He fought, preached, and traded his way to become one of the strongest rulers our world has ever seen. The “Forgotten”…

Nomads have influenced Europe and China socially, politically, and economically due to them helping spread there ideas on the government, also by introducing other countries to the vast resources that the place they conquered had and by sometimes transferring the power from being passed down by heritage to actually to people who studied and knew how to rule ,however, not all the time when a nomadic tribe invaded/conquered a territory they actually helped the empire sometimes all they did was…

The True Genghis Khan Throughout time, there has been many influential people to impact history. From Caesar to Alexander the Great, many ruled empires across the world with great power. Unlike most empires, none were in comparison to the empire of the great Mongolian Emperor, Genghis Khan. The name Genghis Khan, still to this day, strikes fear into the minds of people. Known for being one of the most terrifying and savage forces to mankind, there is a lot to be understood about the emperor…