Community

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Community
When community comes to mind, it reminds me of my own residence of living which encompasses the people, the parks, the REC centers and so on. But if the deeper meaning of community is searched, it seems to be more specific than just theses things.
For example, there are communities that separate themselves from the rest of society and are distinguished by certain characteristics of mannerisms. Some of these groups could be considered cults, certain ethnic groups, religious groups or even the “class” that one belongs to. A college could even be considered as a form of community from a certain aspect. These are the things that separate us as humans from each other.
An ethnic group is probably one of the easiest to distinguish from other community groups because of their derived mannerisms within that culture. One example is the Arabic community that lives in Dearborn. They all seem to migrate their because that’s where their ethnic background mostly accumulates and they view that as living within their community setting with people of similar religious beliefs, morals, values , etc. It makes one feel comfortable in that society opposed to putting one family from a different ethnic background in the middle of a society filled with people they don’t really know anything about or cultural background. A quote from Kai Eriksons “ Collective Trauma: Los...

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