As many know, America is known as the land of equal opportunity. This is far from the case however when considering its past and the grueling effects of it to this day. Minority groups have always had a tough time in this country when it comes to housing, jobs, and many other factors. Something in particular that as taken strides to improve is the diversity of workplaces in cities that are known as segregated. The reason the cites face this stigma of being dangerous or unsafe is because of the lack of white people that live in these areas. So how can a place be so diverse in the workforce but so segregated in the housing department? The reason for this is because of the cycle that started that white neighborhoods get more funding than non-white neighborhoods and with the inclusion of other races, that could jeopardize the majority of the funding received. This then encouraged a negative stigma for the founders and also created divides in the cities. While whites started to move out of the city and into suburbs, many blacks were left to stay in the city. This is an example of how people did not receive equal opportunity in the US. This notion has been a big part of the nation up until Plessy v Fergusson when it overruled the separate but equal that the whites were trying to push. This is also in correlation to why there is housing segregation in cites. This is one of the numerous ways America is still affected by its past decades into the future.
In The Great Gatsby, Nick has a peculiar way of describing Gatsby by making his description of him somewhat ambiguous. I feel that this is foreshadowing later into the book in some ways because of how little we know about Gatsby. The ambiguous description of Gatsby through Nick's eyes was, "[he] represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn." After reading this, I became more interested in Gatsby as throughout the reading, some of what Gatsby says and does is in contradiction to where he lives and what he does. After our discussion in class about him living in the West Egg, this can imply that Gatsby did not inherit his wealth from his family because the city that represents old money, East Egg, is the place that he should be tied to if that is the case. With the lie that he brought up, it can also be assumed that there are other lies that are in place to keep his character mysterious. Because of the reason the Gatsby wants to hide how he obtained his we...
I like how you connected the past with the present. The domino effect you wrote about was very interesting to read.
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