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The city of brotherly love, is definitely not coined for the city of Chicago. Where destruction and violence lurk around every corner. A common narrative behind the destruction in the inner city of Chicago leads to the ideas of economic opportunity/development and resource issues, and then there’s the need of an adjustment in the criminal element. Chicago has a huge segregation problem along poverty lines. The poor minorities of Chicago are isolated to the less developed neighborhoods with the fewest…
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INTRODUCTION In addressing the question of whether the dream of the Black Metropolis extended to South Side communities in contemporary Chicago, we theorize that these neighborhoods within the metropolis remain on the decline due to the shift towards neoliberal policies. We compare two separate time periods to establish the trajectory of the dream. First, we examine the 1960s, which represented a social shift towards equality and integration that further divided the Metropolis. Second, we…
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Once coined the “City of Brotherly Love”, Chicago over recent years it can be argued that the city of Chicago has lost its brotherly love. Destruction, violence, and desperation lurk around every corner. A common narrative behind the destruction in the inner city leads to the ideas of the lack of adequate economic opportunity/development and resources. Therefore, opening the need of an adjustment in the criminal element. Chicago has a huge segregation problem along poverty lines. The poor minority’s…
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What was going on in Chicago in the late 60's and early 70’s?In the late 60s,there were residential racial segregation in some areas of chicago as the federal district judge Richard b. Austin stated ‘’ desperately intensifying division of whites and the Negroes in chicago’’. In addition to that, Latinos were also segregated in some neighborhoods. However, in the early 70s, the last of the livestock were slaughtered. What were some common Chicano culture stereotypes that existed during this time…
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Carli Pope Mrs. Roberts Sociology November 18, 2013 Homelessness in the City of Chicago, Illinois Throughout the United States of American there are homeless people in every state. In different locations the population of homeless people vary. A few of the cities and states are Chicago, IL, Detroit, MI, New York, NY and Washington, DC. The estimated homeless figures in the United States range from 600,000 to 2.5 million people. 1.37 million of the total homeless population in the USA are children…
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making an area more urban.” Perhaps the idea of New York City or Chicago comes to mind when thinking of the word, but the turmoil dragging along behind the movement of immigrants and migrants into cities such as those were viciously overwhelming during the late 19th century – otherwise known as the Gilded Age. Although the United States seemed prosperous toward the outside world, the reality of it was that, because of the urbanization of cities to suffice for the labor needed to run factories, it was…
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Chicago Fire of 1934 H106 The Packing-Town Fire took place in Chicago Illinois during the month of May 1934. During the 1930s many things were happening to the community of Chicago, but also the country as a whole. The Great Depression was in full effect at this time preceding World War II, damaging our countries economic system. It also damaged the lives of many, putting personal and corporate businesses out of business. The main reason…
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Hannah Kemp 8 November 2013 Discover Chicago Poverty Amidst Plenty Final Research Paper Health of Chicago's Homeless As stated in the Declaration of Independence, all Americans are guaranteed the unalienable right to life and the pursuit of happiness. In order to uphold these rights, we are required to provide proper health care to protect the lives and happiness of the people. In cities such as Chicago that have significant homeless populations, the number of people with poor health a…
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this time around outnumbered previous periods and was quite more diverse. New immigrants arrived from all over the world but mainly from Southern and Eastern Europe Immigrants were escaping their native country due to shortage of land and food, unemployment, religion and government. They all were in search for a better future in the “land of opportunity” as they heard but instead faced discrimination, lived in unsanitary conditions, and held the worst jobs. They were often seen as a racial, political…
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The book Steel Barrio- The Great Mexican Migration to South Chicago 1915-1940 “this book investigates the years between the World Wars, the period that witnessed the first, massive influx of Mexicans into Chicago”. The author Michael Innis-Jimenez makes several points to illustrate how community members used the discrimination against them, a sojourner attitude, mutual aid organizations, organized sports and other groups to bring together a diverse community of Mexicans and Mexican American, being…
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