them into low costhousing, they put all of the residents in the same area. Thiscreated their ghetto and kept themsegregated from the rest of the world.Level of Intervention If we look at these people through an exosystem, or "asetting in which a person does not participate but in whichsignificant decisions are made affecting the person or otherswho interact directly with the person," we would ask thequestions "are decisions made with the interests of theperson and the family in mind?" (Social Work and SocialWelfare, p.79) Did the government really think of thepeople of the South Bronx when they grouped all of thesick, troublesome, and low income familiestogether in the same community? What kind of opportunitystructure can people have when the government puts theminto never ending situations such as giving them only enoughmoney to get by, but not enough to get out of poverty? Some people say that it is not the government's responsibilityto get people out of poverty, but then whose fault is it thatthey got there in the first place? No one asks to be poor, noone asks to be homeless. Cultural differences are an excusesome use for treating people of different backgroundsdifferently. But can the government also participate in thisobvious form of racism? Our nation has tried for manymany years now to stop racism and prejudices, but theproblem is still prevalent in communities all over the world. We could also look at the people and their problems usinga macrosystem, or the "'blueprints' fordefining and organizing the institutional life of the society,"(Social Work and Social Welfare, p.79) todecide if some groups are valued at the expense of othersand do these groups experience oppression? Aswe have seen, the people of the South Bronx feelabandoned, this is a type of oppression. They arepushed away from the rest of society, where the only placethey can turn is to this community that isfilled with crime, violence, disease, and povert...
