K.L.W.

The projects are a place where nobody really wants to live. Their for low income families who cant afford to pay for regular apartment rent. The projects are infected with drugs, violence, and abuse. Even though the violent rate is at all time high, some people don’t have anywhere to go. I’m sure they do the best the can. Everyday something goes wrong. Whether it’s a fight, shoot out, or just an argument. My 10th grade year my humanities class read a book called Our America. This book was about two young boys who interviewed people who stayed in the Ida B. Wells projects in Chicago. They asked them about their everyday life style. What stood out to was that a young boy by the name of Eric Morse was killed. The two teenagers were just trying to scare Eric so they were dangling him out the window. Eric acting the way any person would was squirming trying to get back to safety. Since he was moving so much the lost their grip and made a mistake and let him go. Eric Morse fell from the 14th floor window and died. Things just that simple can cause a life time of agony. Not saying that only these types of things happen in the projects but most of it does. The crazy part million dollar questions is, why isn’t the government stepping in to do something? they what till a crime is done to take action. Why can’t the projects be treated like the city and the suburbs? All people are equal right or are that just what they want us to think? I wonder will president Obama start some type of plan to help the low income families. As the years go by I wonder will America ever be the land of the free and brave.