I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into for this project. I’ve never been to Astoria and wasn’t familiar with the neighborhood at all coming into this project. However, I feel I actually learned a lot from the visits to Astoria, researching about Astoria, and completing the project as a whole by analyzing our […]
This project forced me to be more aware of my surroundings. I am easily distractable by the constant sensory input of the urban environment; this project required filtering through all the stimuli around me to discern individual events. This was quite painstaking for me as my notes were a jumble of various observations. The outside […]
As soon as I finished reading Peggy McIntosh’s “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” I emailed the article to my two roommates. Both of them are intelligent, liberal-minded…and white. I knew this article would intrigue them. McIntosh states that “I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not […]
There was a time when I took comments like “your English is so good” as a compliment. English took some time for me to learn and was a source of great stress when I first moved to this country. I would say I was completely fluent two years after I moved to the country, since […]
It’s no surprise to me that fare evasion arrests are “among [the] city’s top offenses leading to jail.” Everyone always hears about how the NYPD arrests people for the most minor offenses and for not having their priorities on point in terms of the crimes to focus on. However, some of the stories that were […]
In Robert G. Lee’s article, the author brings up the point that people of certain ethnicities show better performance and economic standing than others. In modern day society, Asian Americans are often thought of as having high levels of educational attainment, as well as enjoying economic success and stability. The reason behind these achievements are […]
It is absolutely absurd and mind boggling that people can be arrested based on fare evasion charges. The various cases described in the reading are such miniscule offences that anyone could have done if they were in difficult circumstances, moreover why resort to such extreme measures when a simple fine would be enough— just like […]
As much as I respect the NYPD and their authority, it always bewilders me why non-violent crimes seem to get more attention than the more serious and violent ones. For example, why are their always two or three police cars on the highway on Saturday nights trying to catch someone speeding? Why are their so […]
I started off liking the idea of the Broken Windows theory. It made perfect context in regards to my downstairs neighbors, boys who are now moving out in favor of Manhattan or Park Slope because they think Flatbush is grimy. They have always complained about their dump of an apartment, and thus always abused it. With […]
Here’s a trivia question for you… Which country has the largest prison population in the world? Take a guess. Answer: The United States Are you surprised? I was, at first, but now I understand. In the past few decades, the United States has been very “tough-on-crime,” adopting laws and policies that places millions of offenders, […]
