Refugees are one of the most embattled group of people in all the world. There are millions of refugees all around the world and they continue to be helpless. These are people who are fleeing from their home countries and are in search of a new start, but STILL when they arrive to the USA they are persecuted because of the mentality that refugees…[Read more]

This weeks discussion on sanctuary cities is very interesting to me and informed a lot about what these cities are. The concept of a sanctuary city for immigrants is an amazing one. I believe what certain local governments are attempting at doing is the correct and humanitarian thing to do. However, these cities have put a target on their backs.…[Read more]

Gentrification is ruining our communities and displacing those who live in these communities. During segregation, the term “White Flight” was coined and defined as white people leaving the inner city and leaving to the suburbs. Because of this, ghettos were created and the inner city became of place of poverty and deteriorated. However, now the…[Read more]

In the articles for week 3 I saw a clear trend that has been happening since the migration of thousands of black people to the Northern parts of the United States. People of color have been systematically been oppressed and segregated from their white counterparts. In the article about Chicago and North Lawndale, the use of blockbusting was…[Read more]

The chapter from “American Apartheid”, “Constructing a Ghetto”, was an excellent piece of history and literature and I learned a lot from it. Prior to reading this chapter I was not very informed on the some of the vaguer, but extremely important, parts of segregation such as the practices of red lining and block busting. I think the way…[Read more]