Final Post!

After completing this project, I have noticed several gender, racial and class inequalities in the small area of Downtown and Olde Town Augusta.


For one, there is a great divide between neighborhoods in Olde Town Augusta. One is walking on Broad and Greene streets which appear to be great neighborhoods and then walks one block over and is now in a shady neighborhood all of sudden. The racial inequalities are in that divide also. It is mostly white people that live on Broad and Greene streets and mostly black people that live on East Boundary and Ellis streets. Inequality is at the child support office. Not all women or men with custody of their children are lucky enough to receive a child support payment. It is mostly the lower class people that struggle with the child support office. There is sex and racial discrimination in the bars and restaurants in Downtown and Olde Town Augusta. Most of the cooks are men. Most of the servers are women. Most of the cooks are black. Most of the servers are white. Most of the bartenders are white. The girls at Heritage Academy have to wear skirts whereas the boys have to wear pants. The bus system is very inefficient and ironic because it is supposed to cater to the lower class, especially those of East Augusta, and yet the buses have a ridiculous schedule. The lower class may have to get to work in fifteen minutes or work until three in the morning, yet it takes the bus two hours to get anywhere in Augusta and it only runs until five in the afternoon. It is there for the poor people but still does not cater to them.


Gendered differences in Olde Town society are certainly evident after completing this project. I believe two changes that can be made in Olde Town Augusta that would do a lot of good in the long run include letting the girls and boys of Heritage Academy wear whatever they want and to teach them about gender and also to improve the discrimination practices of Downtown Augusta in restaurants and bars. Someone must enforce the discrimination to stop Downtown as far as women being able to work in the kitchen and races other than white working in the “front of the house” in restaurants and bars. These are changes that should have happened decades ago, but still have not. Everyone is accustomed to these practices and that is the worst thing of all, just like patriarchy. We are all apart of it, and we have the power to change it, so what are we waiting for? 

Thanks for reading.