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Monica Gutierrez 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 […] ViewThis week I was unfortunately not in class to hear the stories and perspectives everyone had to share. This week I inserted myself into a new space. Throughout this course we talked in length about what certain bodies mean in certain spaces. This space I was in was a workshop for an opera called St. Francis de los Barrios. This opera takes place…[Read more]
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Monica Gutierrez commented on the post, Week 8 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 […] ViewThis week our focus was on immigration and sanctuary cities. The idea behind sanctuary cities is to create a safe space for immigrant bodies. However, how can a city be a sanctuary city if not all of it’s inhabitants will abide by what sanctuary means? These bodies will not be safe if not everyone accepts their existence and presence in these s…[Read more]
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Monica Gutierrez posted a new activity comment 6 years, 8 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly edited the blog post Week 9 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 […] ViewThis week our topic of focus is refugees. The media has crated an image of what a refugee looks like, tying a stereotype to their bodies. This stereotype is a person from a different country of origin who is seeking help and taking help from people who do not want to offer a lending hand. In reality, these people are seeking safety from…[Read more]
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Monica Gutierrez commented on the post, Resources, 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, In the interest of gathering all the resources and suggestions that you share in class, I’ve created this post so that you […] ViewThe Try Guys from Buzzfeed try immigrating to America (and realize how hard it is) with the help of UCLA law professor Hiroshi Motomura.
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Monica Gutierrez 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 […] ViewThis week our focus of conversation is immigration. Immigration is topic that almost everyone has an opinion on. Opinions vary due to the body, citizenship status, and cultural background. People who grew up in the United States who’s family has been here for generations can go around and say, “why don’t you just apply for citizenship?” thinkin…[Read more]
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Monica Gutierrez posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
In reply to: Nadeen Kharputly edited the blog post Week 4 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 […] ViewThis week we are focusing on gentrification, and what it means for certain people, cultures, and spaces to be erased or displaced from a certain area. In Natalia Molina’s article“The Importance of Place and Place-makers in the Life of a Los Angeles Community: What Gentrification Erases from Echo Park,” she talks about the transformation Echo Park…[Read more]
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Monica Gutierrez 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 […] ViewThis week we are focusing on the topic of segregation. Though I have never lived through what it meant to be outlawed because of the color of my skin, I still know what it feels like to be othered because of the color of my skin. In light of the last presidential election, old standards are now becoming the norm. People feel the need to voice…[Read more]
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Monica Gutierrez 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 […] ViewA common thread in the topic of segregation is excluding a group that differs from the construed
normative that the media has led society to believe to be true. In the chapter, “American Apartheid,”
Massey and Denton go into detail of what segregation meant for African Americans following the Civil War. Areas were sectioned out into “wh…[Read more] -
Monica Gutierrez 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 […] ViewCorrection: In the chapter “Segregation and the Making of the Underclass” from the book American Apartheid,…
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Monica Gutierrez 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 […] ViewThis week the topic of focus is “Characterizing a Modern City”. A common thread in the readings is the necessity to humanize or give human characteristics to a living city. The first question that comes to mind is, “why is the push to label a city important?” To answer in short, it is to gloss over the underlying issues that a city my possess…[Read more]
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Monica Gutierrez joined the group Ethnic Diversity and the City 6 years, 9 months ago