Race, law, and policies in the Bronx

Race, law, and policies in the Bronx

The Bronx community in New York has harbored transitional communities from the time of migrants' relocation from Puerto Rico seeking employment in the manufacturing sector during the world war 11 era (González-Corzo & Gargalas, pg 79). In the twenty-first century, the arrival of Mexicans in Bronx transformed the community into one of the majour transitional centers of migrants from Latin America.  The arrival of new migrants from Mexico transformed the social and cultural aspects of the Bronx. Generally, Bronx majorly consists of minority groups of Latinos and black Americans. Despite accommodating   individuals from Latin America and the Caribbean and enjoying different cultural diverse, Bronx is behind the Newyork state and the American states in general in terms social-economic developments. This is as a result of unfair ethnic laws and policies that affect its immigrant's growth (González-Corzo & Gargalas, pg 80). 

Racism is one of the problems that has affected the Bronx community , thus affecting  its development progress despite anti-racism laws put in place. Increased Latino and Asian populations in New York City have contributed to a decline in existence of  the white populations (Halasz, pg 12). However unfair housing policies in the Bronx has led to low numbers of mortgage houses compared to residential homes(González-Corzo & Gargalas, pg 82).Despite several ethnic groups in the region,  the nature, and type of housing mostly depended ones individuals income. Moreover, most of the marriage institutions  are characterized by poverty, this is as a result of low levels of education among individuals in the community thus resulting in many of them indulging in drug trafficking activities. Many individuals in the Bronx neighborhood tend to have a negative attitude towards the justice systems (Schuck & Rosenbaum, et al, pg 500). The media  portrays the blacks as criminals and  whites as victims Many individuals tend to perceive that is is because of them indulging into criminal activities but in the real sense with little change of social-economic aspects, the  Bonx neighborhood became a good place to reside, in terms of low crime levels, social cohesion, and increased community activities. 

The attitude towards policing tends to be divided along racial lines. Most of the minority groups in the Bronx have a  negative attitude towards police behaviors such as the use of excessive force and violence (Schuck & Rosenbaum, et al, pg 501). How ever, several researchers argue that the difference in  police attitude among the Carribean blacks in  is because of the academic level of education.Morover, the perceptions of police brutality against the blacks among the highly educated blacks are as a result of media coverage on police behaviors when handling the blacks. Bronx population tends to be younger than the rest of the population, however, the level of education among individuals beyond twenty-five years and above tend to be low (González-Corzo & Gargalas, pg 86). As a result, the Bronx neighborhood tends to lag in terms of providing quality education to its low school enforcements. 

Large proportions of civilians in the Bronx tend to receive public health care coverage and have no insurance work coverage.this can be a result of the working conditions and their poverty status. The nature and the state of the minority communities in the Bronx is a pure indicator of how racism and stereotypes have resulted in social-cultural diversions in America. One of the primary motivators towards strengthening fair housing policies in the twentieth century in America was the need to address social problems that affected African cities, in In Davis v. New York City Housing Authority (1999)the court ruled that housing organizations such as New York city housing authority which is in charge of the public housing were barred for perpetuating racism (Halasz, pg 9). However, these policies don’t seem to be followed to the latter in Bronx neighborhood in New York  due toexistance of households mainly occupied by the blacks. The only way that the Bronx should do to improve its status it's by nourishing better schools in the neighborhood and encourage more women to enroll in schools to be able to compete for well-paying job. 

The cultural diversity in the Bronx neighborhood of  New York has made  individuals feel neglected and not part of American society. This is a result of low educational levels thus leading to increased unemployment cases in the neighborhoods. Poverty has been the order of the day with most of the households being led by women, moreover what makes it worse is the police brutality that they experience with many of the blacks being perceived as criminals compared to the whites. However, that’s the Bronxe neighborhood tends to have less violence, clean streets, and lower crime rates thus proving wrong the black criminality stereotypes among people. However, the social-economic status of the neighborhood can only increase through the provision of better educational facilities that provide education to curb poverty. 

Works cited

González-Corzo.A.M &. Gargalas .N.V: The Bronx Today: A Comparative Socioeconomic Profile. Journal of the Office of Latino/Latin-American Studies 2012, 4(2), 79-97.

 Halasz. R.Judith: Fair and Affordable? Racial and Ethnic Segregation and Inequality in New York City Rental Housing.  Housing Policy Debate, 2011 267 – 293.

Schuck. M.A, Rosenbaum, P.D & Hawkins .F.D: The Influence of Race/Ethnicity, Social Class, and Neighborhood Context on Residents’ Attitudes Toward the Police.  Sage PublicationVOL 11, 2008 496-519