Stakeholder #1

1. Can you describe this stakeholder in 200-250 words? If they're an individual, vividly describe how they look, what they wear, how they move. Tell us how they sound, how they talk, what their mannerisms are. Conjure them in our mind's eye, by appealing to at least THREE of our FIVE
senses. If the stakeholder is an insitution or group, then describe the institution and how it appears in the world. How do people encounter this group or institution, digitally or physically? Describe their
website or headquarters or something else that physically represents the group to the world at large.

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           One of the primary stakeholders in this controversy are the residents of Flint, Michigan. The residents of Flint range from young children to senior citizens and of all ages in between. The youth of Flint are small in stature, soft of complexion due to the little amount of time their skin has been exposed to mother Earth. The average citizens of Flint are female and male adults whom have Michigan mannerisms like subtle emphasizes on some letters in the English alphabet like the letter o. Also, these people may be described as poisoned because of the water they have been consuming for a long period of time. 

    

     The ethnicity of these residents are mostly African American, then Caucasian and other minority groups. These people look like average American citizens and speak with an American northern accent. The people of Flint dominantly speak English, with the exception of some minority groups which may speak a foreign language such as Spanish or French or Mandarin.  They wear common American apparel like jeans, shoes, t-shirts, and for the most part of the year they wear warm clothing due to the cold, snowy environment in which they live in.  Knowing about the fear to use the pipe water to bathe, some of these citizens may have a slight foul stench…just slightly.

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2. Can you identify THREE specific claims being made by this stakeholder? The claims should be public and about the specific story you're investigating. Provide direct quotes for three different claims or ideas made in public by this stakeholder. Each quote sould be clearly hyperlinked to the original source.
"They're poisoning an entire community. A generation of kids will never recover from this. And it's all just to save a few dollars. They played a game of chess with our lives and we lost."

“They not only poisoned an entire community, they tried to hide it, they lied about it, they dismissed, tried to discredit and publicly attacked the people who were trying to prove what they were doing,” Walters said. “They falsified documents, they made jokes about it and still do not admit what they did is wrong. Instead of firing people and arresting people, they are reassigning people and allowing people to walk away with resignation with severance packages. That is not justice for what they have done to my family and every other citizen in Flint. People deserve to go to jail for their actions.”

“We’re drinking water that’s not fit for human consumption,” Wright complained, “and we’re paying an arm and a leg for it.”

3. Can you explain how valid these claims are? Objectively, how much weight do these claims carry? How credible are they? Be specific. Think about how poorly or successfully the stakeholder cites FACTS, plays on our EMOTIONS, or presents themself as a CREDIBLE actor in the debate.
These claims are conclusively valid and they do play on your emotions rather strongly. However, these claims are pretty spot on to the factual truth of what they're saying. The citizens are paying about 130 bucks a month for dirty water, kids won't recover from this, and the government did try to falsify any accusations on the validity of the Flint River water at the beginning of the accusations.

4. Can you explain how these claims are similar and/or different to the other stakeholders? Be clear and precise - does this stakeholder have anything in common with others involved in the debate? Who do they have the least in common with? Why?
These claims are similar to those of Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, which claims as well that the water of Flint is dangerous and is poisoning the children. These claims are sort of uncommon with Governor Rick Snyder and his emergency managers because they were all claiming the opposite about the water in Flint, Michigan.