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Belen Zagal posted a new activity comment 6 years, 4 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly edited the blog post Week 10 responses in the group Ethnic Diversity and the City: Hi everyone, Please reply to this thread with your responses (150-300 words) to this week’s r […] ViewOne of the required materials we were analyzing this week for class was Spike Lee’s film “Do The Right Thing.” During our discussion in class, the question of who was at fault for Radio Raheem’s death. Several answers included the person who called the police, the police itself, Mookie, and or the institutionalized anti-blackness. I think that th…[Read more]
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Belen Zagal commented on the post, Week 9 responses, on the site 6 years, 4 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly wrote a new post on the site Ethnic Diversity in the City Hi everyone, Please reply to this thread with your responses (150-300 words) to this week’s readings. Some guidelines for f […] ViewThis past week’s focus has been on refugees. One thing that stood out to me was in one of the readings and in class we discussed how San Diego was one of the cities that was taking in a large influx of refugees. I had heard of this before, but I never really believed it because I never seen or encounter refugees. I had to volunteer at a refugee t…[Read more]
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Belen Zagal posted a new activity comment 6 years, 5 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly edited the blog post Week 8 responses in the group Ethnic Diversity and the City: Hi everyone, Please reply to this thread with your responses (150-300 words) to this week’s readings. Some g […] ViewWeek 8’s focus was on immigration and sanctuary cities. Something that was particularly striking about the readings in relation to my own experiences because I come from an area that is considered a “sanctuary city” but in reality, it is not, at least in certain ways. A politician can name a city a sanctuary city, but it is ultimately up to the p…[Read more]
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Belen Zagal commented on the post, Week 4 responses, on the site 6 years, 6 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly wrote a new post on the site Ethnic Diversity in the City Hi everyone, Please reply to this thread with your responses (150-300 words) to this week’s readings. Some guidelines for f […] ViewThis week’s focus was on the subject of gentrification. In class we were discussing the various forms in which gentrification affects the area and its inhabitants and the subject of the homeless population was brought up that was applicable to my own hometown. The neighboring bigger cities are undergoing gentrification, displacing many people c…[Read more]
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Belen Zagal commented on the post, Week 3 responses, on the site 6 years, 6 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly wrote a new post on the site Ethnic Diversity in the City Hi everyone, Please reply to this thread with your responses (150-300 words) to this week’s readings. Some guidelines for f […] ViewIn the article, Ghosts of White People Past: Witnessing White Flight From an Asian Ethnoburb,” an interesting point brought up was that “race, not education, is the fuel for white flight.” The article goes on to discuss how whites will avoid living by and interacting with people of color, even if that comes with a price to pay, such as the quali…[Read more]
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Belen Zagal commented on the post, Week 2 responses, on the site 6 years, 6 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly wrote a new post on the site Ethnic Diversity in the City Hi everyone, Please reply to this thread with your responses (150-300 words) to this week’s readings. Some guidelines for f […] ViewIn this week’s reading, “The Construction of the Ghetto” by Douglas D Massey and Nancy A Denton, it discusses how at one point the black and white masses lived amongst one another because “blacks were more likely to share a neighborhood with whites than other blacks” (17). This seemed to only apply to black servants and laborer’s because liv…[Read more]
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Belen Zagal posted a new activity comment 6 years, 6 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly edited the blog post Week 1 responses in the group Ethnic Diversity and the City: Hi everyone, Please reply to this thread with your responses (150-300 words) to this week’s readings. Some g […] ViewIn the reading “The Racialization of Space and the Spatialization of Race: Theorizing the Hidden Architecture of Landscape,” that is written by George Lipsitz brought up some points that are applicable to things occurring in my hometown, Merced. George Lipsitz states in the article that “the racial demography of the places where people live, work,…[Read more]