FBI begin investigation into the Flint Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan; but what was the Flint Water Crisis? What started it? Does it still affect us today? These questions are still being asked, but some people may have the answer. The Flint Water Crisis goes all the way back in April of 2014. Flint, Michigan; during a financial emergency: decided that in order to save more money, they should temporarily change the city’s water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. It was supposed to act as
world with some of the most important issue pressing obstacles. Being able to manage risks and hazards on an environmental level can save many lives and create economic benefits in the process. The Flint, Michigan water crisis is such an example of this. When the water supply of a small urban Michigan town became tainted with lead, the pressure was put on the officials in order to manage the dangers surrounding that problem. Some of the ways at which reducing the risk and hazard would be to understand
Roger and Me In the documentary film Roger and Me, writer/director Michael Moore takes us on a trip around Flint, Michigan, in the late 80’s, after the closing of most of the General Motors manufacturing plants in the area. The film spends a lot of time following Moore in his attempts to get a meeting with Roger Smith the then chairman of GM, as well as showing the plight of the city of Flint during and after the closings. We will identify some moral issues, real or perceived, that this film raises
The movie "Roger & Me" analyzes poverty in Flint, Michigan from a political standpoint. What happens when one of the number one job providers in the community packs up and moves away? General motors car company had been the head of Big Business in Flint Michigan 1967; as well as one of the main sources of income in the community. The movie incorporates politics in the sense of General Motors having a strong sense of power and status in society. David Easton states " the authoritative allocation
The documentary film Roger and Me, directed by Michael Moore, is an excellent documentary which is meant to portray the closing of a General Motors (GM) factory in Flint, Michigan, and its subsequent effects on the town. Using a wide variety of effective techniques, Moore seeks to elicit sympathy among the viewers of the film as he demonstrates the extreme hardships caused on the town's economics and lifestyle due to the factory's closing. In the 1980s, American factories were closing at a rapid
General Motors, as it nearly turns its hometown of Flint, Michigan, into a ghost town. In his quest to discover why GM's management and board of directors would do such a thing, filmmaker Michael Moore, a Flint native, attempts to meet the chairman, Roger Smith, and invite him out for a few beers up in Flint to "talk things over." Moore is the son of a Flint autoworker and a whole family of autoworkers. Roger & Me examines how Moore's hometown of Flint is affected when General Motors closes down a series
shoes, automobiles and other various goods at less than one dollar per hour. This will solve many of the problems that are mentioned in Marin’s “Helping and Hating the Homeless" and Michael Moore’s films “Roger and Me,” “Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint,” and “The Big One.” These problems include both safety and economic issues. The homeless have the ability to make the non-homeless feel threatened and unsafe (Marin.) “They are homeless, are strangers, alien and therefore a threat (Marin.)”
The water crisis in Flint Michigan began as early as was as April of 2014. The crisis is concerning a small town called Flint, located at the bottom right of michigan were the majority of the population is African American. The issue began when the town 's water supply witch in past use to come from the detroit river water supply was switched over to the Flint river water supply. People soon began to complain about the taste, smell, and color of the tap water, and of symptoms such as hair loss and
Money and the Corruption of American Society The American dream Sweet as a new millionaire The American dream Pre-packed, ready-to-wear The American dream Fat, like a chocolate eclair As you suck out the cream Luck by the tail How can you fail? And best of all, it's for sale The American dream - The Engineer (Miss Saigon) Money is very important in American society today. Your status in America is greatly influenced by how much money you make. We see the effects of money while
Flint, Michigan, began getting water from Lake Huron and the Detroit River in 1964. Today’s water pipes were installed from 1901-1920 and were made of iron. During this time, iron was a popular product and very cost-effective. The lead in the water pipes leaked into the water supply, but chemicals kept it at acceptable regulatory lead levels. Due to economic downfalls caused by the loss of a huge auto industry known as General Motors, Flint, Michigan, led to ongoing budget problems. Governor Snyder
Over the past year, a major contamination event shocked the nation. The Flint Michigan water crisis opened my eyes to the issues of contamination throughout the country. I soon realized that I did not know much about my neighborhood or potential hazards. I grew up in an apartment complex in North Brunswick, NJ. Nine years ago my family and I moved into our new home, which is located on the border of North Brunswick and New Brunswick. My current neighborhood is different in many ways, but I have learned
contamination, and the drinking water also had unsafe levels of a chlorine byproduct” In April 2014 Flint changed it’s water source, from Detroit water and sewerage department water to the Flint river. However, in the process the officials failed to apply the corrosion inhibitors which lead to flint’s water to be contaminated. Which, contains lead that causes a lot of health problems now in flint. Moreover, who is to blame for all this distress and pain. While, making people cynical of their
done to Flint, Michigan by Roger Smith, CEO of General Motors. GM factories closed down in Flint, resulting in unemployment for of thousands of workers. These laid off auto workers are products of generations of auto workers. GM has been a Flint way of life since the factories first opened. But, finding that operation and labor costs were substantially less in Mexico, Roger Smith filled for bankruptcy and closed the plants down. The consequences of this shut-down were devastating to Flint. The rat
on the town of Flint, Michigan. According to Michael Moore, Flint was the birthplace and former home to General Motors before Roger Smith, CEO of GM, decided to save money by closing down all the factories in Flint and opening new factories in Mexico, where labor was cheaper. Therefore, laying off over 33,000 employees leading them to live in poverty and increasing the violence rate. Since the majority of the economy was supported by the jobs that GM provided for the citizens in Flint. Stratification
documenting the lives of factory workers and the town of Flint, Michigan after the GM truck factory closed in 1989. Michael Moore, the film maker and narrator, appears biased and represents one-side. This bias was aided by the lack of availability of CEO Roger Smith, and the deliberate tactical maneuvers of GM to avoid Mr. Moore and any discussion of Flint, MI. The town of Flint existed because of the factories. The biggest employer on Flint was GM and the other businesses were supported by those
Living in Grand Rapids, MI, less than two hours from Flint, I thought that I was quite familiar with the Flint Water Crisis. It was in every paper and on NPR nearly every day. However, reading these articles gave me a whole new view of the crisis. What became obvious was that no one was willing to take blame for the issue. This was a complete failure and no one wants to be the person responsible for it. No one wants to be the person who caused elevated lead levels in children to save a few dollars
on I will discuss point by point why I feel Catal Huyuk was a civilization. Signs of craft specialization are very apparent at Catal Huyuk. There are a variety tools and weapons made from obsidian, flint, stone and bone. A process called flint knapping, or chipping, was used to shape a stone, like flint, into a sharp tool which could be used in arrowheads. Another process that was used in making tools was called grounding. This involved using two ston...
Flint, Michigan is in a state of emergency, but help isn’t coming fast enough. The seepage of toxic lead into drinking water pipes has created a widespread public health crisis which has prompted President Obama to declare a federal state of emergency. The problem can be traced back to 2014 when the city started to use the Flint River as its primary water source. Flint was in need of an alternative water source until its connecting pipe to the Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA) was complete, so the
The water crisis in Flint Michigan was a travesty of justice and could have been avoided. While examining this unfortunate incidence, the truth of what happened is clear, conscience and deplorable that the choice in cost-cutting measures would lead to contaminated water that was harmful to many. The water crisis could have happened in any town or city in America, or could it. However, Flint, Michigan a place 70 miles north of Detroit, which once thrived as the home of the nation’s largest General
states. Michigan leads in the manufacture of automobiles. Detroit, Michigan's largest city, is called the Automobile Capital of the World and the Motor City. The Detroit area produces more cars and trucks than any other part of the nation. Flint and Lansing also are important automaking centers. Michigan is a leader in food processing and steel production. Service industries, such as health care and retail trade, employ many people in the state. Lansing is the state capital. Michigan touches four