![]() But at least they can still try to improve conditions as best they could.Ī strereotype against black people? Compton has been primarily hispanic for over a decade. Slowly but surely things are starting to change in Compton. Compton continued on a downward trend until more recently. What then happened was that the economy went bad and the Firestone factory closed down causing many thousands of workers to become unemployed almost overnight. Slowly but surely the area changed when migrant workers from the South settled in to find work at these same factories including a Firestone tire factory. The bias continues for ever and ever.Ĭompton back in the day used to be a middle class Caucasian neighborhood and they had factories of all sorts in and near the area. Those who are not black want to feel better about themselves so they make black people appear worse than they really are. Maybe it's because of a stereotype against black people. Let's not compare which ghetto is worse, but give support to our fellow man, woman and child who struggle. It was a real feeling, and I sensed a lot of broken bleeding hearts. I grew up in low income housing so I can relate, but compton had the smell of death.Īnd no offense, but what I felt when I was there, was true grit. My heart bleeds for the good peopleof compton who have to live side by side, the gang violence and terror, and the poor economic conditions that surround them. It felt heavy, and gloomy like it was covered in a dark cloud, even though the sun was bright and shining. I saw a few people walking around who looked "normal", but something didn't feel right. I sensed a lot of sadness, tears and violence going down there. This was around 3-4 in the afternoon, and I felt like I was surrounded by death, violence and peoples souls crying out for help. How pretty"īut I must say, this second time around, after I drove through it, after having livedsome years in the adult world, and experiencing certain things in life, I must say a deep sadness came over me when I drove through compton that I've never experienced before. I thought as many of you do, "is this what the hype is about? Wow. I first visited compton in 1989-1990 during high school when I was on vacation. Outwardly, east coast projects/ghettos look worse.īut compton has an eeire depressing feel to it. Housing projects in theses areas are usually run down and in bad shape with all kinds of people hanging out. Parts of nyc, pa, detroit, prov, mass, etc.look really run down. ![]() Hi I'm from back east and I've been through several economically depraved areas. So, I think Compton definitely fits the criteria as a ‘ghetto.’ Next time you should probably just keep your lame, condescending thoughts to yourself. About 31.5% of families and 83.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 35.6% of those under age 18 and 14.7% of those age 65 or over"įrom the same source it says there were 75 murders in 2005, that is in a city of about 94,000 people, to say, all of Sweden which had 189 homicides in 2003 while having a population of well over 9 million people. Here are a few stats from Wikipedia: “As of 2000, the racial makeup of the city was 40.0% Black or African American, 16.70% White,1.0% Pacific Islander 56.8% of the population are Hispanic or Latino and 1.3% listed as Other.” and “The per capita income for the city was $10,389. a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships" I spared myself reading through this ridiculous thread, but just to address the initial post.Īccording to a ghetto is defined as, “a section of a city, esp. ![]()
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