In Assignment 1, we were asked to walk around a neighborhood in Queens and then write about what we saw. Looking back at what I said, I found that I was quick to judge or assume people’s identities, ethnicity, religion and wealth status. In February, I had mistakenly believed that houses in Queens had...
The Language of Mainstream Media
Take a look at my final project, a blog I started about how media portrays poverty and how it can shape how people see it! Home...
Measuring wealth in a few short blocks
Starting on Utopia Parkway across from St. John’s University at around 4 pm, I headed south alongside Jamaica Estates. This neighborhood is wealthy. It was too quiet. The houses among the hills were mansions; the cars were mostly luxury vehicles like Lexus, Infiniti, Mercedes, BMW, and a couple of Bently’s here and there. A...