[Ashley-M23484]

I doubt this is a matter of race for one very big reason, which happens to be next door. My neighbors are white and live in the filthiest of lice-filled conditions I have ever been unfortunate enough to see. I live in an affluent African-American neighborhood, but none of my other neighbors have houses in as poor of a condition as the 5 white people (2 parents and 3 adult children) living in the 3 bedroom house next door. I am not exaggerating when I say that I visited their house ONCE and the foul stench pervading from every corner of the house was unbearable. Their front yard is littered with cars on cinder blocks and their grass is NEVER mowed and filled with tire tracks. I believe they are not this way because they are white, but because they are living in a neighborhood in which they don’t take pride. The Black people feel socially obligated to keep attractive lawns out of respect for their peers, something I doubt my white neighbors feel. They moved into an affluent neighborhood because they could afford the house (barely), but not the lifestyle. What you are talking about is an economic issue and happens to people of all colors in neighborhoods of all colors including my Black neighborhood with the oddball white people and their raggedy lawn.

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Name : Ashley-M23484, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Presbyterian, Age : 18, City : Charlotte, State : NC, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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