e angels. Many of these children go into Manhattan around Christmas and see NY how it should be, then they return home and nothing has changed.Drugs seem to be very prevalent around Mott Haven, mostly because it seems as if these men and women have nothing better to do. This just seems to strengthen the stereotype that all blacks are drug users and lazy. Maybe its because they really do have nothing better to do. For many, drugs are an escape from the reality that they live in. Everyday, from 9:00 am to 12:00 midnight people are out at Children's Park buying, selling and using drugs. Calderon, Mott Havens most notorious drug lord until his murder, thinking of the children's welfare stopped the selling of drugs during the hours that children are coming home from school. I believe that was a good idea on his part. This action kind of proved that these people aren't just all about the drugs, they don't want kids to start ending up like them, they have just lost all hope for themselves. This stereotype is what I think makes the state of NY not want to help these people. Why should they believe these people want to improve their lives if their just doing drugs, contracting AIDS and dying?Despite all this, these children still have a light in their eyes. One Stuyvesant principle said, "Everything these kids touch turns to gold." Of course this school is said to produce more doctors than any other high school in the United States. What is the symbolism behind that? For the children of Mott Haven, are they truly innocent until proven guilty? The racist ideology doesn't apply to them until someone makes them feel like it does. These children are not deemed inferior. One child stated that he wanted to be an x-ray technician one day. Even though the child said it with a shrug, the thought was still there.The sadness these people experience is just heart wrenching. No one should have to deal with this kind of racism. No one sho...
