Slides Essay Example

Slides Essay Slide 2(Population).   With a little under half of the population being college youth and about a third of the population being African American, they Tallahassee still remains heavily segregated in nature.Slide3 (Complex Impression) My first impression of Tallahassee was very complex.   The town consisted mostly of young people, and daily concerns were based entirely on football game and parties, so I found it to be very fun, but then a I gradually noticed how segregated the town was.   It was commonly referred to as Southern Georgia, because a lot of visitors from out of town said they forgot they were in Florida when they were in Tallahassee.Slide4 (FSU vs FAMU) Another thing I began to notice was the major economic differences between the two Universities.   While Florida State was heavily funded,   FAMU the historically black college was struggling to stay in business. The separate campuses were completely opposite to one another.   All of FSU’s buildings are brand new and more are under construction.   Whereas FAMU’s buildings are run down and the campus is I the center of the poorest part of town.Slide5 (irony in Leaders)   John Marks to the left is the Mayor of Tallahassee, though he is black his position more for show in the fact that he has no veto power and his vote is only worth one vote in the city commission.   Bobby Bowden, on the other hand, has been Florida State’s head football coach since back when Jim Crow was still legal. He is paid more than a million dollars a year and earns three times that off the field through endorsements.   He is praised as the single most important figure in Tallahassee, and at Florida State; and with all the money he brings the school he has a higher standing than the President of the University himself.   This makes Bobby Bowden more like the actual mayor of the town considering that Florida State is the source of the Majority of Tallahassee’s income.Slide6 Martha Minow is a theorist who deals with race and sociology.   (just read the slide)Slide7 Susan Opotow is a theorist   who deals with dispute resolution. (just read slide)Slide10 My closing argument is that I think it is the responsibility of the Tallahassee government to care for the wellbeing of the FAMU students. I think that cultural diversity is a precious part of our nation, and it should be valued.   I think the United States has come a long way since 1776, and we should continue to expand our views.   We should work to nurture historically black colleges like F.A.M.U.; in the hopes that one day if they were to merge with a good old boy University like Florida State, they would accomplish something more than just the abolishment of a racial divide, but form an academic institute equally beneficial to both parties.   Neither one should be a financial burden to the other.   Each can be a scholastic super power in their own right.   If I had the power, this would be my aspiration.