{"id":13325,"date":"2015-10-01T13:01:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T13:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?p=13325"},"modified":"2015-10-01T13:01:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T13:01:18","slug":"detroit-dont-believe-it-until-you-see-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/detroit-dont-believe-it-until-you-see-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit: Don\u2019t Believe It Until You See It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you go to the homicide capital of the United States, what do you bring? When I was shipping out to Detroit, I was told to bring a <em>loaded gun<\/em> and an <em>ankle wallet<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to my move to Detroit, I journeyed to Washington, D.C. to start my undergraduate career. When sending me off, my parents said to make sure I spend some time on the National Mall and to take advantage of my proximity to Georgetown. No loaded gun or ankle wallet was subtly slid my direction.<\/p>\n<p>There is no denying that Detroit has a bad rap for a reason. However, although the staggering homicide count is statistically founded, the portrayals of Detroit are not. The media has done a good job berating Detroit, and using its people as helpful props to their diminishing messages (looking at you,<em> The New York Times<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>However, Detroit surprised me. Yes, Detroit still has some emasculate men that are capable of sexualizing inanimate objects (as in most cities). But, for\u00a0the most part,\u00a0its people\u00a0are kind. I found this to be true recently. As I was sitting in Lafayette Park, calling a dear friend of mine, a man sat at the park bench across from mine. As I got up to walk around the park, the man said, \u201cDon\u2019t leave before I play you a song.\u201d My fortified city-self scoffed at the man and proceeded to a picnic table at the far corner of the park. Not until I rested my bum, did the man pull out one of my favorite woodwind instruments: the flute. He subsequently impressed me with pleasing tunes. I was blown away (pun intended).<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the next time you find yourself in the city of Detroit, come with open eyes and ears, and leave the firearm at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you go to the homicide capital of the United States, what do you bring? When I was shipping out to Detroit, I was told to bring a loaded gun and an ankle wallet. &nbsp; Prior to my move to Detroit, I journeyed to Washington, D.C. to start my undergraduate career. When sending me off, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}