Down Germantown Avenue: Part One

Part 1 of a student film illustrating Elijah Anderson's book, Code of the Street. Part 2 available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH941Z_zjIE Further details at http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/curriculum/code_film.htm

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• sociology
• philadelphia

[Tubes12AX7k]

For anyone else who watches this, I've read the book that this video is based on. The author, Elijah Anderson, is an African American professor who (I think) teaches at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The author describes the urban environment of Philadelphia, and describes how he tried very hard to help some individuals in the community out, with some mixed success.

[rainey99]

....why in his comments does he use the term, "Poor', this and "poor" that....why couldn't this college educated person use the term "low income" not everyone who lives in Germantown are poo........ I refuse to watch anymore of this.......

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[Ettoredipugnar]

6:05 Germantown and washington lane.

[tat19841]

doing my family history led me to germantown PA. everything that they built turns to compleate and utter garbage, there is no damn excuse to live like animals with the gangs and crime. give me a damn break, just beacuse you don't have that much in life it makes one stop and say "ya know i don't have much, but what can I do to degrade my suroundings more" it makes no damn sence, I have no health care, i have no job and no opertunitys but I am in college to fix that for myself what is your excuse

[Ianbamberger7]

That Borders is now unfortunately closed, at 3:10.

[yarmo28]

I don't know Philadelphia at all, but you've put your finger on a cancer that gnaws on American communities across the country. When we as a society ignore those who have no jobs or minimum wage jobs, who have no or insufficient health care, to have substandard education, to have no hope, we agree to gross inequities in our country. Our response should not be more police, but rather more social and economic justice.

[jamelweeks]

Brick Yard Mafia

[lookEhere999]

exploited??how so, the film just shoots whats there and the book just comments on the expereinces the writer has had over the years.

[tenorismo]

I grew up in Germantown. I lived with white and black people. I hate these socilenginers/ egghead afro-centric/nitwits/ white intelectuals that never shared a common railing ,and sat on your porch with white or black neighbors. Im white Italian American . I lived on High street down from G'town high school. " Germantowne ,the only towne "

[knockedoutnrobbed]

this guy is a f in racist n jus xploited the hood. fuk him. i want young bob 2 film this