AP+Southie+(or+known+as+South+Boston)

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2.) Southie- Historical

3.) Megan Litwicki

4.) Explanation:

Southie was a community set it its ways, leaving room for prejudice and discrimination. In a review of Southie’s history, the setting defines that, “During the 1970s, South Boston received national attention for its opposition to court-mandated school ( [|de facto] ) [|desegregation] by [|busing] students to different neighborhoods” (“South Boston”). South Boston “opposed” the “desegregation” within their community, showing their distaste for change and acceptance. They wanted to follow their traditions, allowing “segregation” to continue by discriminating against “students.” Knowing this, it is blatant that Southie was a community that stood by its origins, and did not encourage new ideas such as “desegregation” in schools. Because people allowed discrimination to continue in South Boston, it gave the community unfavorable “national attention”, thereby impacting the people within it. The community was poor and somewhat hostile, hence the “opposition” to “desegregation”, creating a history that was less than desirable. Additionally, South Boston “...has survived with perhaps the fewest changes in its ethnic, social and religious compositions” (O’Connor, 2). Not only did Southie adhere to its “ethnic” roots, it also followed “social and religious” customs. Despite the changes that went on throughout the rest of Boston, Southie and its people “survived” with the “fewest changes.”

5.) Works Cited:

“O’Connor, Thomas H. //South Boston, my home town: the history of an ethnic neighborhood.// Boston: Quinlan Press, 1988. Print.

“South Boston, Massachusetts.” //The Free Encyclopedia.// Wikipedia. Web. 6 January 2010. Web.

1) [] 2) South Boston: Audience 3) Jamie Stevens 4) There are a wide variety of demographics that have affected the livelihood of South Boston. This makes Southie a unique part of the United States. It is claimed, “South Boston is ripe with culture and heritage” (Boston.com). The different “culture”-s found in Southie allow for a wide variety of ideas to exist within the city. People coming from many different “heritage”-s have diverse ways of living, which affects South Boston and makes it “ripe”. Although the city being “ripe” and “culture”-al is positive, there is one specific audience/demographic that causes South Boston to have a negative reputation. Writer Astrid Blikom states, “[U.S. News & World Report] cited census data showing that the lower part of South Boston had the highest concentration of poor whites in America” (Blikom). Having such a large amount of “poor whites” brings the hardship that is existent to light. Having the “highest” number of these people within the entire country is a very drastic statistic, which shows the extreme difficulty that many have with day-to-day survival. This makes the “lower part of South Boston” very economically behind, illustrating that “poor whites” have had a large impact on the city. 5) Works Cited: Blikom, Astrid. “The New Yuppie Heaven”. //Journalism.emerson.edu.// Web. 27 March 2012. “Southie: The New Reality Show Destination”. //Boston.com.// //South Boston. Web. 27 March 2012.//



South Boston (Southie) Will Cross- Aim

South Boston is a neighborhood in Boston that is very popular among the Irish community. Specifically speaking the working class Irish were common in south Boston (aka Southie). The author of All Souls used Southie because of it’s strong reputation with the Irish mob. The neighborhood was home to many wanted men such as James Bulger. Wikipedia states, “James "Whitey" Bulger, brother of William M. Bulger and alleged organized crime head. Was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list until his arrest in Santa Monica, California on June 22, 2011” (Wikipedia). This notorious crime boss in the city created a reputation for the neighborhood as one of organized crime and underground life. Movie’s such as __Boondock Saints__ and __The Departed__ were filmed and set in South Boston continuing to raise the local’s connection with mobs, crime and death. Michael Patrick MacDonald used this reputation create an atmosphere in his book, __All Souls: A Family Story From Southie__, to show how great the pride people had for their home really was. Thomas O’Connor, an author and resident of South Boston writes, “Devoted to their religion, lotal to their country and committed to the sanctity of the family, such people took great pride in the traditional virtues of tier neighborhood…” (O’Connor 2). O’Connor writes about the great pride that the people of Southie have of their home and how even in the face of crime and persecution they are still stand up and say proudly that they are from South Boston. McDonald touches along this same idea, due to his own roots in Southie he is a very proud person about where he lived.

Works Cited --O'Connor, Thomas H. "Introduction." Introduction. //South Boston, My Home Town: The// //History of an Ethnic Neighborhood//. Boston: Northeastern UP, 1994. 2. Print. --"South Boston." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Mar. 2012. Web. Mar. 2012.

1) 2) Culture 3) Xavier McLallen 4) Explanation

largely protestant or catholic "[T]the Irish Catholic community [began] to blossom with the completion of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in 1803. The following year a new neighborhood was established... [named] South Boston. It would soon become synonymous with the Irish" (Quinlin 31). Southie, officially "South Boston", came about as the result of "the completion of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in 1803". Much of "the Irish Catholic community" that had been spread throughout the rest of Boston flocked to this new "Cathedral of the Holy Cross". The rise in population around this area forced the creation of the "new neighborhood" Southie, which was comprised mainly of those "Irish Catholics" who had moved to this new area, making South Boston as a whole representative and "synonymous with the Irish".

South Boston is particularly famous for the preservation of it's Irish culture over the years. Historically, it is stated that: "Of all Boston's neighborhoods, South Boston has survived with perhaps the fewest changes in its ethnic, social and religious composition. It is one of the last surviving relics of a distinctive way of life that goes back to the early days of immigrant Irish families and old time political bosses" (O'Connor 2). Southie's population has largely adhered to "a way of life that goes back to the early days". More specifically, Southie has had the " fewest changes in its ethnic, social, and religious composition", making the he Irish Catholics and Protestants still the most prominent social class. The "immigrant Irish families" and "old time political bosses" are described as "surviving relics" of a culture that has existed and been preserved for over a hundred years.

5) Works Cited

O'Connor, Thomas H. South Boston, My Hometown: The History of an Ethnic Neighborhood. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1922. Web Quinlin, Michael P. Irish Boston: A Lively Look at Boston's Colorful Irish Past. Guilford, Conneticut : Globe Pequot Press, 2004. Web.