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A 5 page paper which examines whether or not any heroes emerge in this account of the housing controversy in Yonkers, NY during the 1980s. No additional sources are used.
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the survival of ideals. Those qualities of heroism so elevated to lofty heights thousands of years ago by Greek literature remain pretty much still engraved in stone today.
They remain people in a position of leadership who display bravery during the heat of battle, and are willing to make unpopular decisions that are necessary for the preservation of
the common good. Heroes are not always recognized as such in their lifetime if they take controversial stands that inspire wrath instead of praise. But heroism is not
and never will be a popularity contest. It involves a critical assessment of actions and motivations, and also requires the passage of time in order to gain a more
accurate perception that is fueled by reason instead of emotion. Uncle Sams domain has always been a house divided, with white affluent classes living on the upscale side while impoverished
classes of color occupying the other. The cultural melting pot that has long represented the idealized version of American democracy has only ever existed in myth, and cities across
the U.S.A. are populated in unequal clusters according to ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Yonkers, New York is one such town; with the white classes living in the east side
while black citizens were relegated to the west side because that was the only location government subsidized public housing was available. The long simmering tensions boiled over when the
United States Department of Justice along with the Yonkers N.A.A.C.P. claimed that west-side black residents were being denied access to the more prosperous areas of the city. In a
voluminous 657-page decision, Federal District Court Judge Leonard B. Sand ruled in 1985 that both the city of Yonkers as well as the local school board were guilty of segregation
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