Washington D.C. is a richly diverse area that I'm lucky
enough to have right in my back yard. D.C. has a culture that is a combination
of many other cultures. The Mixing pot
that is D.C. is uniquely diverse in race and social class, from the political
elites living in high end homes in Georgetown to the project neighborhoods and
people living in Anacostia you find all different ethnicities and backgrounds
in the Capital.
A reason that D.C. and its surrounding area is so diverse is because of the large military and federal government presence in D.C. the bases and government buildings have people that speak many different languages and come from places not just all over the country but all over the world! There are 177 world Embassies are in D.C. I know from experience and having a family member that works in the Italian embassy that visiting these embassy's' are like stepping into a different country, I say this because when you step inside the building it is decorated as a government building would be in that country and they primarily speak that countries language
The great thing about
D.C. is you don't actually have to visit an embassy to get the feeling of being
in different country. The people and ethnic neighborhoods can give you the same
feeling, the just visit China Town! I’m Very appreciative of growing up in such
a diverse area, I believe it’s only right that the capital of this diverse country
be a mixing pot like D.C.
In addition to one woman's quote in the Washington Times article, how about finding some demographics/ statistics from a reliable source that really reinforce the cultural diversity in the DC area? And how many military personnel are stationed in the area? How many embassies? Numbers would go a long way!
ReplyDeleteMention a few cultures in your first sentence to make it stronger. I really like how you incorporated a hyperlink in your post. Instead of saying elder lady it would be beneficial to use her name. Also, reread your post. I think you should explain more on how stepping into an embassy is like stepped into a different country. The last sentence in the second last paragraph doesn’t really make sense. I can tell you are not finished with the post but it looks like a good start. Just remember to be a little more specific and reread your post for grammar and spelling mistakes.
ReplyDeleteI personally like this post due to the fact of me being such a heavy fan of D.C. I think it is amazing how we live next to arguably one of he most important places in the world! And to this stay it still amazes me that the President of The United States lives just a few minutes away!
ReplyDeleteI like this post because you're talking about how D.C and the area close around it is very diverse in many things. D.C one of the most diverse cities in America along with New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and possibly Los Angeles and Miami to be included as one of the many most diverse. I'm not much of a D.C fan and the areas that are very close around it but this is a really good post by the way. My step-dad said that he went to Chantilly High School which is only like 15-18 miles away from Washington D.C. He went there like back in the 1980's and probably the early 1990's but he said that Chantilly back then was mostly a white redneck kind of like town. Right now I guess that if you go up there today in Chantilly, it's probably more diverse, heavily suburbanized, and newer than what is my step-dad had said about it back then.
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