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Valentina Gonzalez Garcia

Ms. Alexia Enriquez

Humanities

May 21, 2021

Mars Community

Do you know that the effects of segregation still affect the way houses are sold? The

effects that segregation had on the US are seen a lot in low-income communities. When we

speak about a community, we think about it as a group of people who share something in

common and live in unity. When having society on Mars separated because of residential

segregation. Can damage the community that is being strived. That is why residential segregation

is an issue that our Mars community does not need. Minorities and lower-income people have

less access, we will have higher concentrations of poverty, and without residential segregation,

we can help with equality.

My first example would be the opportunity gap between Black and People of Color

living in America compared to White Americans. When segregating places for people to live,

you impact peoples' lives and opportunities. Living in poor communities could have people in

poor neighborhoods without good health care, a good education, access to transportation, the job

opportunities they could get. We see this significantly with public schooling, the gigantic wealth

gap that minority families and white families leave many minorities without any access to proper

quality education. But, when you have a united community that isn't affected by residential

segregation, we have an uprise in good education. People will have access to proper health care.

The housing on Mars will be equal and will decrease classism in the community, which would
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lead to a healthier and more accepting place.

More into depth with the different housing options for Black and People of Color living

in America compared to White Americans. Suburbanization has led our nation to segregated

housing. 80% of Black families and 75% of Latino families meet the federal low-income

communities while under 50% of white families are low income. This leads back to redlining

which was part of the Housing Act of 1950. When communities have bad housing it leads to

inadequate access to the bare minimum in supply. Bad housing could go to the extent of affecting

health. It can also affect the education a student is given. Studies have shown that low-income

communities have less access to resources at schools, compared to a community with a higher

income. I see this first hand with the schools where I live, where the teachers protest frequently

to have access to materials and proper wages. With a community on Mars that equalizes the

opportunity in housing, we could all have better access to good houses and good education.

Not only does residential segregation affect Housing and Schools, but Medical situations.

Marginalized groups of people are often affected by poor health care. For example, low-income

residents here in California are twice most likely going to say they had problems paying off their

medical bills. Also, low-income Californians are twice most likely going to report non financial

barriers in their medical experiences, one example would be long waits to get seen by a doctor.

The cost of doctor's fees, a series of drugs, and transport to reach a health center can be

devastating, both for an individual and their relatives who need to care for them or help them

reach and pay for treatment. In a community on Mars where people have access to the proper

health care, we would not have a community of people not being able to afford medicine, proper

care, and proper health

Knowing now that residential segregation is an issue that our Mars community does not
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need. Which will disproportionately affect minorities and lower-income people. We would have

higher concentrations of poverty. Without residential segregation, we can have better access to

medical attention, good education, proper housing, etc.

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