It has given them many.
abandonment issues to deal with, while also telling them they are not.
worthy of living among the wealthier population. Environmental factors.
are involved in the problems arising in the South Bronx. Pollution, for.
example, could be the biggest source of the high number of children in the.
community who have asthma. Asthma is a condition in which one has trouble.
breathing. Without clean air, breathing for an asthmatic is almost.
impossible. A waste burner in the middle of the South Bronx causes a lot.
of pollution and makes the air the people breath, below safe levels of.
cleanliness. Another environmental factor that affects the resident's.
healths has to do with how most of the buildings in these neighborhoods.
are run down and infested with rats. Many of the buildings have no.
working elevators. This causes people to have to walk several flights of.
stairs each time they want to leave their apartments. This is very time.
consuming and tiresome. Then, when they find that there is so much.
violence and drugs in the street, that it is not safe to be out there.
anyway, they usually end up staying in their apartments for most of their.
free time. The cultural differences between these people and others of.
higher income communities is also a reason why they may have problems. .
Racism is very obvious to the people of the South Bronx, especially when.
they go outside of their district. If a woman from this area goes to a.
hospital outside of her district, a hospital that is more than likely.
wealthier and cleaner, she is usually turned away and told to go to a.
hospital in her own district. Others, who are admitted into these.
hospitals, are put on a special floor, mainly for the lower income or.
Medicaid patients. (Amazing Grace, p. 176) Another way the government.
discriminates against them is how they are housed. Most of the residents.
are living in government housing where the government pays their rent.
