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HEIDI WOO posted a new activity comment 6 years, 3 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 […] ViewThis week, we watched Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing”. This being the first time I watched this film, I was so surprised at how well this movie was able to display the dynamics of the interactions between the people of this one specific area in such a short amount of time. I felt that the portrayal of this one small area was reflective of the g…[Read more]
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HEIDI WOO 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 […] ViewThe Citylab article “Even Liberals Can be Refugee NIMBYs” really resonated with me this week. My parents along with my neighbors (very close friends) have always considered themselves as people who are in full support of aiding refugees, as they are constantly donating and volunteering with refugee aid organizations. However, in a passing con…[Read more]
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HEIDI WOO posted a new activity comment 6 years, 4 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 […] ViewIn theory, the idea of a sanctuary city sounds utopian. However, from the articles and the experiences people shared in class, I can see how flawed this system is. My hometown of San Francisco has proudly been a sanctuary city since 1989, and even after Trump declared that he would cut federal grants towards cities that are noncompliant, San…[Read more]
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HEIDI WOO commented on the post, Week 7 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 […] ViewThe topic of focus this week is immigration. In Albert Saiz’s article, he discusses the impact of immigration on housing and rent prices. He explains that at the national level, housing supply is relatively elastic while in certain cities, it may be inelastic. The inelasticity of the housing market can definitely be seen in my hometown of San F…[Read more]
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HEIDI WOO commented on the post, Week 4 responses, on the site 6 years, 5 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 weeks readings of gentrification, especially Rebecca Solnit’s piece “Death by Gentrification”, resonated with me as I have been witnessing this phenomenon before my very eyes in my hometown of San Francisco. Having lived in San Francisco for the past 15 years, the term gentrification has been increasingly mentioned in daily life and conve…[Read more]
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HEIDI WOO commented on the post, Week 3 responses, on the site 6 years, 5 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 readings, the article “Ghost of White People Past”, resonated with me the most as I live in an area that is currently experiencing this. In a casual conversation with a peer regarding his hometown of Fremont, he brought up this topic of white flight, although in more colloquial terms. He was mentioning how his parents told him that…[Read more]
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HEIDI WOO commented on the post, Week 2 responses, on the site 6 years, 5 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 […] ViewThe article, “The Idea of Chinatown”, both related to this week’s topic of segregation and deeply resonated with me. Since I was a child, I have been told stories of how Chinese people came to California to help build the railroad. Once here, they were treated as if they were subhuman. They were worked harder and paid much less than their white…[Read more]
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HEIDI WOO commented on the post, Week 1 responses, on the site 6 years, 5 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 […] ViewThe topic of focus this week is “Characterizing a Modern City”. And throughout the articles we read, the concept of development consistently emerged. Specifically, how the idea and progress of development can be seen so contrastingly from people that live in the ‘same’ city.
The article “What Makes a ‘Resilient” City?” brought me an entirely…[Read more]