Exploring the Modern World

            Once upon a time, in Chicago, seeing an African American owning a house was like seeing a pink elephant in the wild. Mama said she was going to spend a good chunk of the insurance payout on a house in the nice, white neighborhood. But Walter, her son, had a different aspiration. He wanted to invest in a liquor store. Which later turned out to be a scam from Willy Harris.   The dream about moving into a white neighborhood have a major obstacle-they are not welcome there!   Racism is very much in existence when it comes to housing. Why can we not welcome everyone .   I remember the song I used to sing in Sunday school “ Jesus loves…red and yellow, black and white, all is precious in His sight…..”.   What really grinds my gears is that the white people like Charles Lindner say: “It’s not about race and we should all get together and talk”.   Mr. Lindner is a hypocrite in denial....

            Winter is here.   Aren’t we all glad we have a nice warm and cozy home?     But housing has   always been a major issue to a lot of people.   Not everybody enjoys this, some have none, some have more than one.   A vacation home in Florida perhaps?   We all wanted rights and privileges, what exactly are they? Well, simply, rights are what we are allowed to do, however privilege is the ability or option to do so.   Everyone has a right to own a house, sadly this is not a privilege. That’s why we call poor areas “underprivileged communities”. These communities have people with little wealth and can’t afford to buy house. Many live in apartments or old government subsidized projects.   For years our government attempted to solve this issue. Let’s look at it and dive down to the root of this issue. The reason why people cant afford decent homes is because they don...