with people on an individual basis gives only individual responses. The problems in the South Bronx are not with the individuals themselves, but rather with the organization of the community. The community must change its' social policy in order to make it a better place to live. The community's norm is currently violence and drugs. In order to change this, the community must use more education targeted towards social issues in their schools and community to help people learn to live healthier lifestyles. They must make it known that drug dealing and violence are not "all right", and to help people obtain some sort of unity. The well known community members need to get involved in politics so that their voices can be heard and let the City know their communities needs/requirements. Creating support groups for people with AIDS, ex-addicts, people who have lost a family member, also for people who just need a place to talk and get their frustrations out would help the community as a whole. If the people of the South Bronx would act as a community bound together to help themselves and each other, there would be less tolerance for deviant behavior among its' members. The City must also be made more accountable for its' actions. Clean up and reconstruction of Times Square to Battery Park is a step in the right direction. However, painting a mural of " flowers, window shades and curtains and interiors of pretty-looking rooms" (p. 31) on the walls of empty buildings in the Bronx, just to give the illusion that this area is a good neighborhood it is not....
