In “Ghosts of White People Past,” Anjali Enjeti gives a riveting discussion of white flight in a few different cities. While I was already somewhat familiar with the concept of white flight, I found this reading to be particularly interesting because of the circumstances and causes it frames around the white flight it discusses. I have und…[Read more]

This week’s group of readings was highly disturbing to read. They were powerful reminders of the true violence and continued colonialism that we all live under. The readings we have done in this class so far have really served to illustrate an overview of the white supremacist institutions that rule this country. We discussed that several of the r…[Read more]

I thought Wednesday’s reading was important and interesting. What struck me the most was the deliberateness and intentionality of the measures taken by white society to segregate black people and construct the ghetto. When we talked about what we would say in a conversation about segregation, this point immediately came to mind. When discussing h…[Read more]

“The Idea of Chinatown: The Power of Place and Institutional Practice in the Making of a Racial Category” was very thought provoking for me, even more so after the discussion we had in class yesterday. In discussing the stereotyping applied to Vancouver’s Chinatown, namely the idea of Chinatown as dirty and morally unsound, I couldn’t help but not…[Read more]