3C Fresno/ Chico

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3C Inland areas: Fresno vs. Chico

Contains a web link to your locations. (eg you can use the tools in your blog where you paste your work; there is a little icon that looks like a link) .25 points

http://www.chicoer.com/news
http://www.americantowns.com/ca/fresno
http://www.americantowns.com/ca/fresno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK78jNrMkYM

Contains an explanation regarding how this component (any aspect of it; eg content of videos, content of websites) connects to your study of humanities. .25 point

For both inland cities I chose to look at both news and videos of what goes on with the youth of the towns. Both cities have reputations the follow them based on their youth and so i focused on the younger generation for both searches. The youth of both cities represents a diverse mixture of cultures for different reasons. The subject of youth in our inland cities is important to our study of humanities in that they are our future and the future of our culture.

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What are some assumptions/stereotypes you think people have of each location: 1 point

There are plenty of stereotypes for both these locations. Some of which I encountered in my searches of both media and entertainment for both. Some of the main stereotypes for Fresno is that they have an abundance of gang violence mainly because of the high Latin population. People assume than in being diverse and a melting pot of cultures this is direct correlation to the violence that any one city endures. Some of the stereotypes for Chico are that only college students or beer factory workers live there. When in fact Chico has plenty of residents that do not part take in either thing. Some of the assumptions about Chico are that because the are what one would refer to as a "college town", it is run and controlled by its youth.

List 3 things that make each location similar: 1 point

1. The obvious similarity is that both cities are in the state of California and do not touch any ocean. They are inland cities hence the title of this project.

2. Both cities are in what is referred to as The Greater San Gaquine valley. That means that both cities are geographically speaking very close to eachother.

3. Both cities have very high temperatures during the summer time reaching well into the hundreths. Reason being that although Chico has a higher elevation both cities recieve the rath of California summers.

List 3 things that make each location so different: 1 point

1. Chico California has a population of 105,975 and Fresno California has a population of 486,971. Therefore there is definitly variation in the population size of both cities.

2. Fresno has a high population of farmers and farm workers while Chico has a high population of students and also factories and factory workers.

3. Fresno California has a Latin population of 39.99% and Chico has a Latin population of only 12.1%.

Questioning: What else would you like to know about these places? When completing the question section, lead your audience into the question by stating a fact you do know, yet you still have the related question. This way, both your audience and you will have an educational experience. .5 point

A riot recently broke out amongst Chico State students that called for police enforcment and aid, yet Fresno California has a worse reputation for violence and chaos. Is it because the Latin population is higher and therefore an excuse for people to stereotype Fresno?

5. Using your classmates work from last week, tell us one thing you learned from 1 student. Is this one thing some common experience you share or some experience that is completely different than what you experienced? Is this one thing related to our class theoretical foundation and if so, how? Is that one thing related to historical or cultural context of this country or a different one? Link that persons blog to this entry (eg cut paste that blog entry here) . .5 point

I looked at Christina Topanga's 3B project on two different beaches in California. She makes a great point that California's beaches are very important in part because this aspect of California is how it is recognized by the rest of the country. We are viewed as beach going, surfing, tan blond people, when in reality i can not even swim. I have gone to other states and other countries where I have definitly experienced this stereotype from other people. This is definitly related to our class foundation because we as a state make up our own culture but in a sense what others think of us also defines us as a culture.

http://christinarose89.blogspot.com/2008/10/3b-beaches-topanga-and-doran-beach.html