The article I chose was “How Diverse Is Your Community?”. My neighborhood is a melting pot of ethnicities and races. Hispanics, Blacks, Whites, and Asians make up a large proportion of the population. The majority of my community is Catholic, but there are also Protestants and Jews. In addition, New York City has the world’s largest LGBTQ population. In my community, you can find people from all socioeconomic backgrounds, from the homeless to multimillionaires. Individuals of all ages and ethnicities can be found interacting in my community all of the time. In the schools especially because most kids don’t think about race, income, or religion. Parades and festivals are organized to make individuals feel more included. However, there are times when not everyone is nice to each other. There are racists out there who can’t keep their mouths shut when they have nothing nice to say.
To be more welcoming, I believe my community could create recreational centers where people of various ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds can come together and interact. I enjoy living in a diverse community, and I believe it has played an important role in shaping who I am today. Each culture, nationality, and individual has a unique level of information and points of view. I genuinely think that one of the advantages of living among people who are not like me is that I get to meet and interact with a broader range of people.
I agree that living in a diverse community is important, and with that diversity grows a bigger appreciation for one another.