Friday, May 30, 2008

Rockridge


Before going to Rockridge I didn’t it know anything about it or where it was located? When we went to Rockridge it didn’t’ feel that it was part of Oakland.
In Rockridge there were a lot of stores like Safeway, Taqueria, sushi, pizza, supermarket, books, and much more. I didn’t see a lot of minorities in Rockridge being part of Oakland it was not like East Oakland. There where more Caucasian and Asians in Rockridge you barely saw Latinos, and African American.
When we went to a Taqueria it stated at the bottom of the sign fine Mexican food, the people working there were mostly Asians and there was only one Latina. This food was not like in East Oakland it is much better than Rockridge. The majority of customers we saw were Caucasian, some African American, and some Latino’s.
I noticed that there were stores of clothing and the owners were women were we interview and they were polite. What I liked about what they said was that they look for each other when it comes to safety. In one store where we interview it were only one to two people that are in the store. She said that sometimes people with mental disorder come to her store, which she ignores. We even got advice from one woman we interview to give a strong firm shake and to look at them in their eyes. From one interview I like how their community is trying to make it safer so there would be an increase in police. In Fruitvale they do the same now it is much better.
The only thing that is similarities is that it is a small community like Fruitvale. Overall I would say that it is different it in people and the many little stores there was.

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