Chapter 3- Prospect Park

There are many parks in New York City, one that is located in the heart of Brooklyn is Prospect Park where there is always entertainment and filled with so many people from different culture and ethnicity. As chapter 1 says there are many cultural groups that brings some short of diversity where the park divides and have certain group at a certain part in the park. A great park is when there is many different culture that can come together and bring so many different culture for the guests entertainment.

One thing that captured my attention was the way that Africans play music in the park for the guests as some short of entertainment for the guests. He does not play for his own cultural group but for others as well so that brings culture into the park. But according to Low there are days that Africans and Rustafians don't play and those day are where, " the drum beats audible today are often associated to the with such practices" (Low Taplin, and Scheld p.56). Many people like to see the drummers perform, people that are usually there to run or even minding their ow business will stop and see the performance. This allows people from different cultural background to learn and experience something new from another culture. 

There is a problem when it comes to Prospect Park, that is since the park is in bad shape its hard to maintain a cultural diversity. There is a difference in class and ethnicity when it comes to Prospect Park, in the chapter about Prospect Park Low and the other authors wrote, "some users feel that these differences have resulted in hostility, differential maintenance and other ramification of racism" (Low,Taplin, and Scheld p. 60). There is a division between the park and there is a side where all the hispanics like to have a picnic but you will only see hispanics you will not see other ethnicity that is close to them. People like that when its only a specific kind of ethnicity and class is in one side and the rest in the other side.

I think it's unjust that there is such a separation between a park that is a symbol of culture diversity, its meant for everyone to go there, and be able to associate with other ethnicity. The idea of the park is not to scope out your own kind and go where they are, it sounds like a peaceful park where everyone can come and relax, even with the damages and worn down places. If I could I would not mind visiting the park and see what the parks got to offer.