The video‚ “Greening the Ghetto”‚ which featured speaker Majora Carter an example of the theoretical perspective known as conflict theory. She discusses how and why she has directed her time and energy toward sustainability power in rural areas‚ beginning with where she was born and grew up. Majora was born and raised in the South Bronx‚ in an area that over the years‚ became ravaged with crime‚ poverty and pollution. This not only became unsightly‚ it also affected the population in this
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to occur to where eventually the word becomes a commonly used‚ often randomly with little regard to its primary meaning. Such is the word “ghetto”. This word can be traced back into sixteenth century and here the twenty-first century‚ this original word has become part of our culture‚ but its current definition is far from original. The word ghetto has always been used to acknowledge a particular section of an area. In Venice Italy‚ it was used to describe neighborhoods where the city
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entirely. This is the case with the word “ghetto.” The word ghetto can be traced all the way back into the 1500’s. This word has infiltrated itself into today’s society and culture seamlessly. However the current definition of the word is far from what the original definition was. Perhaps due to the connection that the word ghetto has with urban culture‚ the word has evolved over time to have a more positive‚ less intolerant meaning. The word ghetto‚ which would come to be used throughout
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There were 15 ghettos from which jews were deported to the Belzec concentration camp. Some of the most common are Berezhany‚ Krakow‚ Lvov‚ and Stry. A count of 30 Germans Rowse 2 were in charge of the death of 600‚000 people. Which of those 600‚000 people 80‚000 of them were jews. The transportation of the jews was very harsh. Most of the jews were transported
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Ghettos are often associated with crime‚ poverty‚ and cruelty‚ but it doesn’t have to be. The real definition is a minority living in an area such as Chinatown‚ Manhattan. But‚ with our prejudice opinions‚ we have towards the inhabitants and the area we create a new definition. Instead‚ we should reform our personal definition of a ghetto and not let our behaviors or actions affect the inhabitants. “Ghetto” just means a minority inhabiting a small area‚ but the way people react to the term proves
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One of the main things that has influenced my life the most is moving. Moving has made me shy‚ and has taught me how to adapt quickly. It has also made me want to be on top of everything. I would not be able to see different environments. Without moving‚ I would not be the person I am today. One thing moving has made me is shy. If I were to go to a party‚ I would be the person in the corner‚ reading a book‚ or silently watching everyone else have fun. This is more of a downside of moving all the
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An Incident That Made Me Believe In FATE!!! I am choosing that free will exists in our world. I think that I make my own choices every day‚ but I know that God definitely helps me along the way. Every day I wake up‚ and I make a decision‚ should I go back to sleep‚ lie here looking at the walls‚ or should I get out of bed and go to class? My story takes place before I was a teenager; I would have to flashback twenty years. What is faith? Is it belief in one’s God? How does one find faith
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In the eyes of the Jewish‚ ghettos were the worst experience of the Holocaust‚ before all of the Jews went to the death camps. Making the Warsaw Ghetto a significant symbol of the Holocaust. Thousands of people were stuffed into tight communities and were exposed to diseases‚ starvation‚ and deportation. Children had to fend for themselves because their parents were powerless and had to stand by watch. Families in the ghettos also watched their friends and close relatives slowly disappear. To attempt
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The War That Made Me Stronger Daughters of the American Revolution It is November 11th‚ 1918. I live in Nebraska. I’m 12 years old. My mother and my siblings were coming home from Britain to visit my grandmother on the Lusitania RMS‚ but they haven’t ever come home. I was taking care of of our farm. We usually get a profit of eight million dollars a year from our farm. My father fought in the war‚ he never came home either
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this sport. It is like no other. Some people see it as a sport but when I step on the field‚ I become a whole different person. I love everything about the game. I’ve learned so many lessons about life with a soccer ball at my feet. Soccer is what made me the young man I am today. When I was younger‚ I had an attitude problem with coaches. I didn’t know how to handle their judgment when they tried to help. I constantly disrespected them because I felt that I had more knowledge of the game. As I got
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