What I learnerd from segregation in my own town

Learning about the places you live in is a very eye opening experience. It teaches you a lot about yourself such as your beliefs, cultural identity, how you view others ect.. I am happy that I am able to learn about Waukesha and what culture makes up the majority of my city. The way I view my city and its culture has changed so much from the views I started off with. Before I started this project about segregation I had the view that Waukesha was just another city with more of one race than another and you had to be careful of where you went if you weren't of the same skin color. After my learning about Waukesha and its culture I found out that, yes, this city is comprised of mostly people of Mexican decent but they are hard working people trying to keep their cultural identity true to their people. From the restaurants, to the Mexican specialty grocery stores, to the hair salons, they are all working together to make sure their culture feels safe and at home in this city. My interview with my Indian friend made me also see that in a city that has a majority of one cultural group tends to make other cultural groups band together and keep within their own family groups to feel safe and comfortable. Carroll College is at the center of Waukesha brining in people from other states and backgrounds for their education, with this college being here is helps people understand the differences of where people come from and that we can all live and be together even when there is major segregation.