Unknown Disparity

A group of student from my class did a presentation on DC disparity. Something which this presentation did for me was reminding me how passionate I can get about two things, inequality and education.

In a really weird way it is normal to hear about disparity in other countries but when you hear about disparities in the United States it seems odd, because honestly how could disparities happen in a place where the American Dream was formed with a white picket fence? Isn’t the United States supposed to be the place where dreams come true not shattered?

I really cannot stand to see or hear about large inequality in the United States education system because I see education as a way to change the social/economic class you are in, so when that is taken away from the individuals who need it the most it makes me so angry. How can the government district schools in such a manor? Public education is free so it should be a good and equal one. There should not be equalities caused by the division of districts which are created by the government.

Something which I had never considered when looking at disparity was the access to food. Now this is not in reference to lack of money causing people not to have food it is about not having grocery stores in areas of poverty. I never knew that this occurred; it was something I never even considered. So many poorer communities are left with small convenient/liquor stores which also sell groceries to shop at for groceries but the issue then is the quality of food and the high price of food at these convenient stores. Area lacking a grocery store would be called a food desert. I also cannot believe that society does this, creates a food desert for those who need affordable food. I mean this is ridiculous for a society which preaches not to have inequalities but then creates them.

There is a shocking amount of disparity here is in Washington DC, the nation’s capital, which is unknown to many people.