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Iris Carter Ford: A Community Analysis

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I was born in South Jersey but raised in Puerto Rico and then in Newark, New Jersey. For the most part, I 've been in a very congested city area and never in the country or suburbs before. I actually prefer to live in the city, even now on my own, because I am more comfortable and feel like I 'm in tune with my community. I’ve gotten used to waking up to sirens outside, beeping horns, ambulances rushing down the street or from the bright lights of big city buildings.
In other words, this is my usual. I 'm content with knowing that even if I 'm leaving out the house at the most weirdest time that there will always be a store open, somebody around, or something happening. Iris Carter Ford discuss the inside and outside views of a particular geography or community and the lack of authenticity or racial divide that these views can create. Communities today are slightly different from those of the early 1900s and Ford has …show more content…

In contrast, for the more intimate family oriented people the city is too much. This type of people need lots of open land and animals and maybe farms with large houses. They believe that if they don 't have this type of environment then a sense of community doesn 't exist. But my view of community is people living peacefully amongst each other. Many confuse the two but family and community are two different things and just like all families, all communities are not perfect either.
Ford mentions, “that the self is conceived as a member of an oppressed group, with ties and responsibilities to other members...thus personal voice becomes mass voice.” Although here she’s specifically referring to race, and although I live in a multicultural area during a different time period, her point is valid. Communities are fragmented when the individual is autonomized due to the lack of collective effort. Those within the community aren’t working collectively because of personal views and that can inevitably restrict the possibility of ever having a healthy

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