This is what people have to deal with?

In Chapter 7 of the book "The Truly Disadvantaged," by William Julius Wilson, Wilson talks about the "self perpetuating pathology," of the urban community. He talks about how studies about racial isolation and class subordination have been shied away from in recent years by scholars in an effort to not come off as racist or biased in their research. We can see other examples of this type of deliberate avoiding of the real problems blacks are facing in our society even today. One of the biggest issues that has come about recently has been the Flint Michigan water crisis. Here is a quick breakdown of what happened if you are unaware: the Republican Governor  of Michigan, Rick Synder,  in an effort to save money, decided to switch the drinking water supply in Flint Michigan from the fresh water source of Lake Huron, that it had originally been using for decades before hand, to the toxic water source of the Flint River. Even after the governors office had been made aware of just how toxic the water was, they decided to keep quiet about the facts and cover up just how bad the water was for the people. To make things even worse, the CEO of General Motors, came to the governor to complain that the Flint River water was eroding their car parts, so the governor paid over $400,000 to get the GM plant back on the fresh water supply of Lake Huron, while knowingly keeping the citizens of Flint Michigan connected to a water source that eroding materials that are used to make car parts. those affected most severely have been children, especially under the age for six, because of the high concentration of lead in the water. The high concentration of lead has led to many people suffering from lead poisoning and on some occasions even dying. This has sparked outrage from a lot of people in our society and has led to calls for everyone involved with this disaster to be brought to justice. While this is tragedy, and people should definitely be held accountable for this disastrous mishandling of peoples lively hood in order to turn a profit, there has been a reluctance by the media and other outlets to flesh out the extent to which people are being affected. In Flint, poverty and crime rates were already high before the water crisis. As we learned in class, Flint was one of the many cities that suffers from a low level of collective efficacy, this is especially true for people living in predominately black areas. Unfortunately, these areas have been hit the hardest by the water crisis, with black families being disproportionately affected by the lead in the water as opposed to white families living in Flint. This alludes to what Wilson talked about in chapter 7 of his book about the  hidden agenda of the media and other outlets to try to downplay the role that race has on affecting socioeconomic status and poverty levels. Unfortunately, this is a horrific event that has taken place in our country and we see how the greedy people in our society who have the power can drastically affect the lives of everyone else in their quest for more money.

http://michaelmoore.com/10FactsOnFlint/

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/04/28/race-factor-flint-water-crisis/83604236/

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/who-poisoned-flint-michigan-20160122