Gatesville Texas Case Study

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Gatesville Texas is a city located in Central Texas. The city is surrounded by wildlife, mountains and big farms. Gatesville Texas has about ten thousand residents in total, including the residents of the jail that is in the center of the community. The resident races are very diverse some people are African Americans, Asians and Caucasians. The residents of the city are very easy going and friendly people. Everyone in Texas know that that, but people that visit Gatesville are normally afraid for their life because they believe the stereotypes that they saw on TV or heard about from a friend. After about a couple of hours the visitors normally are relaxed because they realize that the community is not like what they thought it was going to be. The stereotype that that most people believe is that people dress like a cowboy, chew straws of hay and …show more content…

If urban communities were more educated on rural areas it is likely that the discrimination would not occur as much. Students in rural schools nearest to towns and cities have distinctly different demographics from those in more distant and remote settings (Greenough & Nelson,2015). If student understood diversity they would not be afraid of it , but welcome it. People in rural areas are just like people in the urban areas. A way to empower rural area is to try and create awareness and diversity. Urban areas are not the only population that has a problem understanding different population. Rural areas also need education on how urban areas operate. I believe that a lot of discrimination is because of lack of education For example When I first came to Texas, I thought that it was going to be like the book I read called Texas Pete, I believed in the stereotypes that I saw on TV. When I arrived to Texas I understand that I was wrong and Texas was just as developed as my home town Baltimore,

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