Questions for the reading

1. Why hasn't the government tried anything to help the city of Detroit when it is obviously in state of turmoil?

2. Will Charlie LeDuff address the racism that is occurring at the end of the second chapter and is racism really bad in Detroit?

3. Will LeDuff be able to salvage (at least to some degree) his dying city through his reporting?


From what I have read so far, Detroit is very dark and depressing place to be. I anticipate that LeDuff will inform his audience on how things came to be this way and if there way to restore the dreadful city. He writes in his prologue that what's happening in Detroit is spreading, and I feel that LeDuff will explain to us why that is as well and how we can fight it.

After watching the Michael Moore film: Capitalism, A Love Story in class, I feel I was better prepared for the context of this book than if I hadn't seen the movie. Both discussed the downfall of Detroit and showed how the idea of the American Dream is dwindling.