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These stereotypes are supported by the negative indices which appear (poverty, high rates of non-attendance at school, unemployment, violence, precarious housing, amongst many others) - matters which prevail in the media, and appear in political discourse and, to some extent, end up being reproduced by the residents themselves, therefore consolidating stratifications between them.

Presented by the    Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, the study Memória, identidade, cultura e movimentos sociais na zona oeste carioca - Memory, identity, culture and social movements in the West Zone of Rio, by William de Souza Vieira, states that The West Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro is a region which covers several different neighborhoods, such as: Jacarepaguá, Campo Grande, Barra da Tijuca, Sepetiba, amongst others.