Class Year
2020
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
10-9-2018
Department 1
Center for Public Service
Abstract
Maybe you don’t have to care about what goes on outside of your little bubble, whether that’s Gettysburg or your hometown. After all, ignorance is bliss. But while you find comfort in your home, I find my comfort slipping away more and more each time I go back to what is supposed to be my haven. Where I once saw the small, familiar-looking apartment buildings, I now see daunting, tall buildings with impenetrable glass windows. Where I once saw local businesses thrive, I now only see the old rusty overhead doors with a bright red sign that says, “FOR RENT”. Maybe you don’t have to care but I do especially when a lot of changes are happening in my own home, East Harlem, otherwise known as “El Barrio”.
Before you go on reading, take a moment to think about what the words “progress” and “development” mean to you and what do you think they look like? [excerpt]
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Flores, Gisselle, "More Than a Hot Neighborhood" (2018). SURGE. 326.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/surge/326
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Surge is a student blog at Gettysburg College where systemic issues of justice matter. Posts are originally published at surgegettysburg.wordpress.com Through stories and reflection, these blog entries relate personal experiences to larger issues of equity, demonstrating that –isms are structural problems, not actions defined by individual prejudice. We intend to popularize justice, helping each other to recognize our biases and unlearn the untruths.