Neighborhoods of Milwaukee

College Essay Being raised in Milwaukee Wisconsin as a poor family was not only tough for me, but tough on my parents knowing how hard it was to raise a child with no money and a 9-5 Job. Living in Wisconsin as an 8 year old boy was tough, not only was it freezing cold everyday, but all the other children would make fun of me because I didn’t have the highest fashion of clothing or the newest shoes. At the time I would come home upset everyday because I knew I couldn’t dress as nice or be as…

myself who I am. I am what the surface shows, but do I dare expose myself to my peers? I have been different than those around me ever since my first day of Kindergarten. I am just like ever other kid that grows up in the inner city, playing with neighborhood kids, but immediately returning into my home to avoid being mixed in with an unsavory crowd. To avoid this crowd, my mother enrolled myself and my sister into a more structurally…

since I know what she had to go through growing up. Grandma was born on September 2nd 1936, in Milwaukee Wisconsin. She was born a twin, her twin was JoAnn, she also had a brother named Richard. Her Mother was Lutheran and her father Catholic. She was baptized on December 18th 1936 at Apostle Lutheran Church (WELS). Apostle Lutheran Church was a very German church, mostly because…

question of “How prominent is an eviction?” “What are its consequences?” “Who gets evicted?”. However, there is no database or information for all of these questions. He chooses to make his own data. He uses the old traditional way to move into Milwaukee to live with the people who are evicted. The “poor trailer park” on the Southside, where are many white poor people, is his first location. Then, he moves to the north side, where are many black poor people. He lives with them together for a…

officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014, it awakened a movement that began with the previous killing of another black teenager, Trayvon Martin, who was shot in 2012 by neighborhood watch volulnteer George Zimmerman. Before that though there was Dontre Hamilton, 31, was fatally shot 14 times by a police officer in a Milwaukee park, Eric Garner, 43, was killed after he was put in an illegal chokehold for 15 seconds by a white police officer. John Crawford, 22, was shot and killed by a police…

Two american families is a sociopolitical documentary hosted by Bill moyers following the lives of two families, one black and one white, living Milwaukee. This film starts following the lives of the Neumans and the stanleys in 1992 and follows their struggles, hopes, growth and change until 2013. Trials faced by these two families and the ways they continue to live their lives show multiple connections to the textbook for our class. Aspects from our text that this film highlights are the…

from their parents and their upbringing. We see the true opportunity for upward mobility in American society today, as well as the importance of a higher education. The Stanley and the Neumann families have a lot in common. Both families live in Milwaukee, attend religious services on a regular basis and have hardworking and caring parents. The families also are similar…

Everyone talks about how African American rights have improved since desegregation and the Civil Rights Act with many Americans feeling that we are no longer troubled by the intolerance of the past. Yet, subtle forms of racism are more of a widespread problem than we would like to admit. Yet, most people in the U.S. do not see themselves as prejudiced. Americans of all nationalities are seen as getting along peacefully together with recent reports on the media of cities working to increase…

Being the product of a family who struggled financially, and growing up in poverty; home ownership was something wished for, thought about, but not really obtainable. The great housing crash that occurred a few years ago, honestly didn’t affect my life since I have been a renter of my property and never an owner. I saw the reports on the news and saw the “for sale”, “foreclosure”, and “reduced price” signs all over nearby homes, and I thought about the families that lived there and what they…

Jim started showing an interest in sports at an early age. Trying to nudge him toward a sport that didn't depend on the use of his hands, his parents bought him a soccer ball. But Jim didn't really like soccer. After all, every other kid in the neighborhood was playing baseball so that's what he wanted to do. Ironically, it was Jim's younger brother, Chad, who became a soccer player (sabr.org). Jim Abbott said, “I have never thought of my birth defect on liking terms. I disliked it some,…