Shambhavi's Shells

    After listening to the podcast about desegregation issues in the Normandy school district, my views on desegregation changed, and I found myself questioning a lot.      Looking back, I realized that what I thought desegregation was, is actually very different from the truth. Like every other innocent child in second grade, I first learned about segregation and desegregation, especially in schools. Now obviously a second grade teacher can't scar their students by telling them about the obscenities, racial slurs, or violence that came along with desegregation. Call it my ignorance, or maybe just my fear of knowing the horrors that came with the truth, I never exposed myself to how desegregation had affected black students.      I found it hard to sit through the podcast and listen to what students like Mah'Ria or Rihanna had to go through, especially the racial slurs that Rihanna was subjected to by another white student. I knew t...

      With the traumatic events that occurred this week, I find it hard not to mention how important it is that we support each other the best we can, and support is something that can be found in communities, no matter what the community looks like, or who the community's citizens are. With this, we can look at the current and past housing situations that many families face.  After our discussion in class about how segregation still affects multiple areas, especially Metro Detroit, I searched the internet for more information on Metro Detroit and its housing situation. Luckily I found the U.S Census Bureau's Quick Facts on Detroit City compared to the rest of Michigan. U.S Census Bureau QuickFacts This study yields information similar to what we discussed in class, but seeing this information compared to Michigan as a whole shocked me. The amount of Black or African American individuals in Detroit City is about 78.3%, while the amount of Black or African Americ...