Violence In The Bronx Essay

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I connected the article about the rise in Hip Hop in the Bronx and its relation to curbing violence to two different ideas found in the articles we read, the first being black reurbanism from Robert Fishman’s, “The fifth migration” and the second being the concept that the city of Kinshasa while being very poor, was a thriving center of arts and popular music from the Kinshasa article, I could not find the author of this article as there was many different names there. There are many similarities in these articles, one being that in the Bronx, despite the challenges it faces, it has overcome much of its violence with the use of arts such as they did in Kinshasa, all on their own. Instead of using violence, they have resorted to a much more peaceful and creative way to settle their differences, such as dance, graffiti, and fashion. Another connection is that even though the Bronx is the home of hip hop and so many ideals from mainstream pop culture originated there and should be a city of great wealth, the city is still suffering. This relates to black reurbanism in the sense that …show more content…

It is obvious to come to this conclusion because of the equally dense areas of the different colors representing different races. There are dense areas of green (whites), orange (hispanics), blue (blacks), and red (asians). The areas of the city that seem to be the most segregated are Brooklyn which has a mostly black population, Manhattan & Borough Park/ Midwood area seem to be mostly white population, The Bronx/ Bushwick has the highest population of Hispanics, and the area near Flushing has the highest population of Asians. The one area in New York City that seems to be somewhat racially integrated is Queens. I can relate this map to the article “The Fifth Migration” by Robert Fishman where he discusses the different patterns of migrations and the economic reasons behind

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