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KA CHAN posted a new activity comment 6 years, 7 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 […] ViewIt was both surprising and interesting to me on how Spike Lee decided to end his film “Do the Right Thing”. After the screen slowly fade to black after the very last scene but before the movie credits start rolling, Spike Lee decides to include two quotes that provide two different perspectives on violence. The first quote is from Martin Lut…[Read more]
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KA CHAN commented on the post, Week 9 responses, on the site 6 years, 7 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 […] ViewTanvi Misra’s article “Even Liberals Can Be Refugee NIMBYs” highlights the problems facing refugees in the United States today such that there is much effort from Liberals towards humanitarian efforts for refugees on a national level, but this cry of support dwindles as it moves towards a more local level.The issue is that there is an abstr…[Read more]
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KA CHAN posted a new activity comment 6 years, 8 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 […] ViewSince Donald Trump’s election to become the next President of the United States, sanctuary cities have become more and more important for the lives of many illegal immigrants living in the US. Although, I have heard many reports of these cities through news outlets and have a general understanding of theses cities as cities that harbor and p…[Read more]
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KA CHAN commented on the post, Week 7 responses, on the site 6 years, 8 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 […] ViewGoing off Albert Saiz’s article “The Impact of Immigration on American Cities: An Introduction to the Issues” and our class discussions on this week’s topic of immigration, I want to point out one aspect that has really struck me as surprising. Although being an immigrant myself, before reading the article I have always blindly-believed that th…[Read more]
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KA CHAN commented on the post, Week 4 responses, on the site 6 years, 9 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 Natalia Monia’s article “The Importance of place and Place-makers in the Life of a Los Angeles Community: What Gentrification Erases from Echo Park”, she discusses the role restaurants play as a social space that help shape the neighborhoods and empower those who live around it. However gentrification and the arrival of middle class ideal…[Read more]
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KA CHAN commented on the post, Week 3 responses, on the site 6 years, 9 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 […] ViewI felt that this weeks article “Ghosts of White People Past” by Anjali Enjeti, really incapsulates my personal experience and transformation that my community has gone through and is still going through. Enjeti points out two specific cities, Johns Creek in Georgia and Cupertino in California, that have witnessed the idea of the “white fligh…[Read more]
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KA CHAN commented on the post, Week 2 responses, on the site 6 years, 9 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 […] ViewPrior to examining Massey and Denton’s “American Apartheid”, I had always thought of the black ghetto as a community that had emerged from nothing more than members of the same race that shared cultural and social similarities. It was surprised me to learn about a time, before the twentieth century, when African Americans and Whites shared much…[Read more]
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KA CHAN posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 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 […] ViewThroughout the articles presented this week on the subject of “Characterizing the modern city”, we can agree there exists a consistent ideology that a city is a complex space filled with different cultures, races, and voices. Unfortunately, these voices are often masked by the veil of politics. Matthew’s “Can a City Be Compassionate?” provides…[Read more]
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KA CHAN posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 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 […] ViewThroughout the articles presented this week on the subject of “Characterizing the modern city”, we can agree there exists a consistent ideology that a city is a complex space filled with different cultures, races, and voices. Unfortunately, these voices are often masked by the veil of politics. Matthew’s “Can a City Be Compassionate?” provides…[Read more]
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KA CHAN joined the group Ethnic Diversity and the City 6 years, 9 months ago