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FInal Contribution, OER Commons
ANT 100 The Ethnography of Youth and Justice in NYC
SDG #10 Reducing Inequalities
Reducing inequalities is a topic that has a very broad range of topics. There is inequality in so many areas of life it was hard for us to pick where we wanted to specify. Initially we agreed infrastructure and workplaces were the two places we felt we have experienced inequality firsthand. We both knew exactly where to go and how we could record our findings. Jad growing up in the Bronx area, he would pass these places on a daily basis. I ,Shane, told the group how I grew up witnessing these inequalities in my hometown restaurant throughout my childhood. For our anthropological research Jad decided to visit areas around 161st in the Bronx and I decided to visit Tropical Jade 1. Both of us were able to witness more cases of inequality first hand, from this first hand experience we were both able to draw conclusions that helped us understand these things from a more anthropological view. My main findings were from an article by Marion Young, she explained workplace culture to me that challenged my whole point of view of this project. My first objective was to understand the correlation between the inequality based on the gender, sex,and race of the management. I went into the establishment and made my basis of conclusions on racial stereotypes and social roles. In the article Five Faces of Oppression she made me understand it as a workplace culture issue in all work environments, thinking culturally relativistically. When Jad went into his study of infrastructure he wanted to understand how the infrastructure of minority neighborhoods affected the residents in their daily life. He understood how poor infrastructure is often detrimental to a person living in poverty. The way people were always dealt the short end of the stick. Upon going to 161st near Yankee Stadium, he witnessed the inequality of the infrastructure by seeing the difference a few blocks make. Near Yankee Stadium he was able to witness a 6 billion dollar organization where it has become gentrified. Walking these few blocks he’s already at a place deemed the projects by the community. These are the things that threaten the sustainability and equality of our workplaces and community infrastructure. “Reducing inequalities and ensuring no one is left behind are integral to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”(un.org) The accommodation for the Yankees fans and not for the people of the community show true inequality. From an anthropological view we understand the culture of a neighborhood affects the residents in all ways, when a community feels “left behind” it has detrimental effects on the residents mental health. On the other facet of inequality in workplaces, it creates an unfair environment for workers. Workplace culture has a hierarchy culture in place already which needs to be challenged to fight for our sustainability goals. We cannot achieve sustainable development and create a better planet for us all if people are left behind and are fighting for places in a hierarchical environment.
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/inequality/