Tag: geographical region
Wrong Side of the Tracks
"When he found out we were from Aetna, he never spoke to us again." https://youtu.be/WMGA4NjP7So Produced and edited for the Welcome Project by Rebecca Werner and Brandi Casada. Transcript for Wrong Side of the Tracks The different areas of town,...
Demonized Community
"... people bought into this notion that no one wants to live in Gary..." https://youtu.be/pJJdJly_o2U Editing by Welcome Project intern Brandi Casada. Transcript for Demonized Community The first neighborhood that I remember growing up in was on the East...
Black Mecca
"That period of time—growing up in Gary, Indiana, I would not want to be anywhere else in the world." https://youtu.be/KPW16J21zXs Editing by Welcome Project intern Brandi Casada. Transcript for Black Mecca 1967 is when Mayor Hatcher won. And I was...
Veiled Racism
“It was legislated white flight… this was actually extremely deliberate.”
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Veiled Racism Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to...
We Just Want to Run
"...it is actually possible for something so wrong to go on with everybody just assuming it’s normal."
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · We Just Want To Run This story is part of our...
Homestead
"They came in their covered wagon to Merrillville..." https://youtu.be/Wd1WsMS0FWI Transcript for Homestead Well, I just did my DNA thing, and it’s basically Western European. That’s traced back to 212 AD. This is the family history; this is the oldest...
Really Nice Subdivision
"I think that a lot of the affluent white people here, if you really got inside their heads, they’d just prefer it to be lily-white."
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Really Nice Subdivision...
It Takes Time
"I can’t imagine why some forward-thinking company wouldn’t want to do something..."
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Division Road This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Produced by Rebecca Werner for...
Division Road
“There can be some tension. But it doesn’t seem to be that way, especially in this northwest area up here.”
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Division Road Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews...