Race and Reality: The Scourge of Segregation
Milwaukee is a city where isolation has a huge impact on the relationships people have with each other. Reginald Jackson lived in Milwaukee for a while and he stated that the people there are afraid of each other. A person of one race is afraid of another race. A freeway was needed in the city and that created on of America's most segregated metropolises. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and CNN teamed together to take a poll. Nationally, 2/3rd of younger whites say that the people they socialize with are mostly white. On every indicator of racial equality, Milwaukee ranks among the worst five cities in the country.
I think that this is important because our nation is becoming more diverse. We have many different races here and I think that we all have our views on each other. I'm not afraid of black people because of what I've heard. I think that we are basing everything off of stereotypes and what we hear on the news. It's not right to have segregated cities, but if we can't help it, then we can't help it. I know people that will intentionally take the longer way home because they don't want to drive through the black neighborhood because they are afraid. I think that our views on this need to change because it's stopping our nation from growing and becoming more and more diverse.
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