Segregation in Detroit

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Today Detroit remains one of the most segregated cities in the United States, although segregation was outlawed years ago because of the economy. Citizens of Detroit are faced with loss of jobs, for closures, schooling changes, and constant leader changes within the city. Personally I don’t think blacks and whites or any other race have problems with each other it’s just certain circumstances in Detroit brings the issue of division among races.
Over the past couple of years Detroit has been faced with many layoffs. Two major causes for layoffs were the Big Three Automobile companies and Detroit filing for bankruptcy. July 2013, Detroit had to file for bankruptcy. With filing for bankruptcy, it caused many people to lose their jobs because Detroit was trying to cut back on spending. People many people suffered from Detroit filing for bankruptcy, because people from outside the city come to the city to work for big corporations mainly in downtown Detroit. Over the years the automobile companies have also been hit with a major crisis due to a decline in sales. While the city dealt with the Big Three Crisis and bankruptcy Detroit’s communities and foreclosures began to be a problem.
With people losing their jobs, it’s harder to pay bills so people lose their houses due to foreclosure. People making a decent pay wage refuse to stay in communities where every other house is vacant and vandalized. I think many parts of Detroit are still divided by color because of crimes also. People who have families or plan on starting families don’t want to raise their children around violence. I was born in Detroit, I can honestly say I love being from Detroit. My parents make enough money to stay outside of Detroit but they chose not to which I g...

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...eir children to school outside of the district.
Some of Detroit’s most trusted people like the Mayor Kwame Kilipatrick has stolen money from Detroit putting Detroit in debt. The city of Detroit experienced a major setback when the scandal of Mayor Kilipatrick came out along with businesses shutting down, and schools closing. Detroit’s image being pretty badly badgered Mayor Bing came in and hired help, and made a lot of changes to try to help decrease the debt Detroit already had but really added on to. I think any person who becomes mayor needs to know how to work numbers for themselves. I also think the mayor should be the cities personal emergency financial manager, a mayor should know how to budget and handle large amounts of money for funding for funding.
With Detroit filing for bankruptcy public policy came into play the bankruptcy court had to take action.

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