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Essay / Racial Tensions - 1443
The town I grew up in is Show Low, Arizona. Around Show Low are many small neighboring towns. These towns all come together to form the White Mountains. Most of the citizens of my community are of Caucasian origin. There are also different minority groups from different backgrounds living there as well. The majority of non-Caucasian residents are of Native American and Mexican descent. There are Native Americans due to the Apache reservation to the east, and Mexicans immigrated due to the large number of construction jobs. The mixing of these different groups has caused many different problems in the White Mountains community. There are old roots of prejudice and discrimination against people of different cultures within the community. Not only is prejudice still very prevalent, but it has also been an obstacle to community progress, which has not only affected community progress, but it is very likely that traditions of prejudice and discrimination will be passed down to the children of Show. Low and the rest of the White Mountains. One major organization within the City of Show Low that you could probably see discrimination or bias occurring every day is in the school systems. They were largely affected by the prejudices of some White Mountain students and parents. There was a heated debate during my freshman year of high school that started with a discriminatory chant that some kids at school shouted during a basketball game against a neighboring town that was also part of the White Mountains. Because of this chant, Show Low High School was placed on athletic probation. Mark Shaffer, a writer for the Arizona Republic newspaper, wrote an article titled: "Angry members of the White Mountain Apache Tribal Council are expected to meet with Show Low school officials March 5 to discuss a chant directed against tribal members and an alleged assault at a facility. two high school basketball games. He went on to mention, "More than two dozen students from Show Low High School stood up and shouted, 'We pay taxes, yes we do.' We pay taxes, and you? during a timeout during a Feb. 4 home game against Alchesay High School, Whiteriver..