rd people on the right say that its the peoples fault. That they are lazy and only want to live off the "link card" and they need to get jobs. Then people on the left say that its due to old Jim Crow racism and the system was built for them to fail. Yeah i have done my share of readings online and stuff but personally, after seeing what being poor REALLY is, i think both sides fail to address what human misery really is and what affect it can have on a person. Yes, the poverty between both countries is very different but the weight of poverty is the same. At least i think so. American Project: Rise and Fall of the Ghetto is a book written by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh who studied at the University of Chicago and wrote this book while interviewing residents and the Robert Taylor Homes on the south side of Chicago. In my search i found this book here at the University of Utah and i am going to read this to see if i can get any insights into a world i only knew through the windows of my car or the news. Im pretty excited about this to be honest. Ill try to post up my thoughts as my reading continues!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Aint no love in the Heart of the City....
Well i have always been interested in the poverty that has always been active in my city and has lead me to search out a book addressing the issue. I for one never lived remotely near the heart of it all (Cabrini Green and Robert Taylor Homes to name a few) but growing up i always saw these massive structures heading towards the city on the Dan Ryan Expressway. After returning from Brazil and actually living among people much more poor than the ones who lived in these buildings, i found much interest to see what caused the fall of these buildings. I have hea
rd people on the right say that its the peoples fault. That they are lazy and only want to live off the "link card" and they need to get jobs. Then people on the left say that its due to old Jim Crow racism and the system was built for them to fail. Yeah i have done my share of readings online and stuff but personally, after seeing what being poor REALLY is, i think both sides fail to address what human misery really is and what affect it can have on a person. Yes, the poverty between both countries is very different but the weight of poverty is the same. At least i think so. American Project: Rise and Fall of the Ghetto is a book written by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh who studied at the University of Chicago and wrote this book while interviewing residents and the Robert Taylor Homes on the south side of Chicago. In my search i found this book here at the University of Utah and i am going to read this to see if i can get any insights into a world i only knew through the windows of my car or the news. Im pretty excited about this to be honest. Ill try to post up my thoughts as my reading continues!
rd people on the right say that its the peoples fault. That they are lazy and only want to live off the "link card" and they need to get jobs. Then people on the left say that its due to old Jim Crow racism and the system was built for them to fail. Yeah i have done my share of readings online and stuff but personally, after seeing what being poor REALLY is, i think both sides fail to address what human misery really is and what affect it can have on a person. Yes, the poverty between both countries is very different but the weight of poverty is the same. At least i think so. American Project: Rise and Fall of the Ghetto is a book written by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh who studied at the University of Chicago and wrote this book while interviewing residents and the Robert Taylor Homes on the south side of Chicago. In my search i found this book here at the University of Utah and i am going to read this to see if i can get any insights into a world i only knew through the windows of my car or the news. Im pretty excited about this to be honest. Ill try to post up my thoughts as my reading continues!
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I must find this book!
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