Neighborhood of Make-Believe

Trayvon Martin shot dead by a neighborhood watch! The neighborhood watch is supposed to be the eyes and ears of the community and report crime as they see it, rather than take matters into their own hands. George Zimmerman, 28, shot and killed Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old black teenager who was walking unarmed through a gated community in Sanford, Florida. Neighborhood watches do not just “watch” the community, instead, they invade ones’ privacy. Neighborhood watches are not beneficial to…

“Neighborhood watch is one of the oldest and most effective crime prevention programs in the country, bringing citizens together with law enforcement to deter crime and make communities safer” (“Neighborhood Watch”). Neighborhood watch programs were created in the late 1960’s, due to a high rise in crime. The crime prevention program was created to dwindle the citizen’s fear of crime, making the citizens feel like they had a choice in whether or not crime could or could not occur in their area.…

other than Caucasian, are consistently treated as if they are guilty and have to prove their innocence. I have lived in a lower-class neighborhood and witnessed this behavior first hand. Residing in a lower socioeconomic community, one sees the racial and ethnic stereotyping by the officers that patrol the area. Probable cause does not seem to exist in neighborhoods such as ones where I grew up. Reasonable suspicion appears to be the norm, although their reasonable suspicion is based…

most drug dealers do not realize any other options are available. The kids in these neighborhoods look up to the drug dealers. When you live in an area where there are no doctors, lawyers or anyone who is wealthy from a legal career, you have no aspiration to become wealthy the right way. Most of the people who live in these neighborhoods do not make a lot of money from their careers, they are struggling to make ends meet. The kids see that the drug dealers are not struggling, at all. When you…

Gage Curry Professor Pollak WRTG-100-003 11 September 2016 The Single Story of Poverty-Stricken Neighborhoods Most people assume that rundown neighborhoods contribute nothing positive to society. I believe that not all impoverished neighborhoods should be perceived this way. It is unfair to speculate that every single neighborhood like this is exactly the same. Some genuinely have good people that are just involved in tough situations. A majority of citizens give in to the effects of poverty…

Youngers family live in a rundown Chicago Black neighborhood and face many challenges throughout their lives, including racial discrimination and sexism. Hansberry's message talks about the importance of achieving dreams, awareness of racial discrimination, and family dynamics. Many of the characters in the play dream of being something better in life. Beneatha Younger tries to challenge beliefs about race, gender, and religion that her family believes in. She attends a local university and…

your life have people involved that make it a big part of it.I have had many life experiences that have made me change the ways i do things and change the way i think, but when i think about it there is one specific event that stands out in mind that has definitely changed me. This major event in my life that changed me was visiting a neighborhood while on vacation in mexico one summer, but this neighborhood wasn't the same as any other, this neighborhood was stricken with poverty. What we…

imperfections in the criminal justice system of the United States. As a concerned citizen, I believe we should bring our attention to this issue and take action to improve the system. First of all, the police force should be more involved within the community on a personal level. In my opinion, I believe that today, the police force within suburban neighborhoods are not as involved with the neighborhood residents as they used to be. The police should personally know the town citizens and folks…

moved to Brooklyn from Columbia almost twenty-five years ago he decided to open up the store to make a living and provide money for his family. He decided on opening up a store because he worked in his father’s store growing up in Columbia and he really liked it.…

Foreclosure Crisis several years ago, my community was hit hard. I never thought I would see homes in my neighborhood being foreclosed. It was unbelievable. I was in middle school and high school when this was going on and heard my parents discussing this many times. I look back and think there were things that could have been done to prevent this from being a nation-wide disaster. I believe that there are things that can be done to minimize the effect of a foreclosure crisis again if we…