In order to increase inequality within my neighborhood, the first step would be to change leadership so that they are more heterogeneous and able to represent every facet of our community. In this way I believe we will be able to respond to the demands of everyone within a community that has a diverse ethnic background. Instead of my neighbors ignoring people of other ethnicities, I would want them to feel just as welcome as if they were Hispanic within our community. In the final analysis I believe that everyone at the core level is the same, but we are often separated by the fears of the unknown. Hispanics have too long distanced themselves from the mainstream and this has polarized our position within American society. I want to experience my Mexican heritage, but at the cost of not being to experience my American heritage as well. Therefore in order to create greater equality within my community and to reinforce this concept, change must be initiated at all levels. On a grassroots level, families and people in our neighborhood need to give equal opportunity to build relationships with those outside of their ethnicity....
On a local government level, other ethnic issues need to be addressed as well, and the representation should reflect the diversity that the community itself demands. Finally, within local media as well as school we should be learning about the issues that affect all of us as Americans, just as much as the issues that affects us as Hispanics. Overall the only way to create the cliche "melting pot" of American society is to stop the exclusivity and offer a warm embrace to people of all ethnicities within our communities.
Bibliography
You will have to do the personal interview yourself as I have no idea what names to use or what office position.
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Beneath The Surface. University of Florida News. Retrieved January 11, 2007 at http://news.ufl.edu/1999/04/01/race2/
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St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved January 11, 2007, at http:/ / www.sptimes.com/News/032801/Census/Hispanics_now_Florida.shtml
