I hate people that litter and I hate that littering is so prevalent in our lower income communities because these are the most numerous black communities in the first place. I spoke about this with a someonebefore and the city deliberately refuses to have the same level of street sanitation in our communities that they do in others. The trash cans up and down 79th are far and fewer between and filled with trash that the city doesnt regularly pick up like they should. Like they do in OTHER communities. This just helps bolster bad habits of littering because theres often nowhere to put it or it just falls over and blows all over the place. So kids growing up seeing trash everywhere as normal and they turn into adults that just throw trash on the ground.
The rebuttal i got was "why would the city come and get trash if people are just throwing it on the ground anyway". To which I said "Because thats exactly what they are specifically paid to do." Its on everyone to keep the community clean but its especially up to the people who take money from these communities (taxes) to keep it clean because thats their they are being paid to do. Blame starts at the top because there is no shortage of resources or morality involved to keep them from doing it. THEN the blame can be put on the people themselves. When they are seeing that its clean, its easier mentally for people to keep it clean.
This isnt a direct response to anything you said though. Just a conversation I had before with someone that I recalled reading your post.
The 1st bolded is true. Kids mimic what they see, especially if they don’t have anyone at home to tell them otherwise.
The 2nd bolded is bullshyt. People who see no value in community usually don't respect it, unless someone can explain to them why they should do otherwise. I myself have spoken to people about the littering issue. And just like you explained above, you have a
segment of people peope amongst us who believe that if someone else is going to pick up the trash, then its ok to throw it on the ground. I've talked with
employees of the park district and they said they can't keep up with the litter in the park.. I also know people who do building maintenance for CHA buildings on the north and southside. They say that shyt be fcked up every other day with trash. I got tons of pictures to back up what im saying because they are sent to me.
And i guess im in a minority because I don't care if someone is paid to clean im, im just a person who doesn't throw trash on the ground. I wasn't raised that way and i was born within a impoverished community..
