The ethnic group that I consider myself a part of is Hispanic-White. The reason for this is because I am a Mexican descendant and I believe that a Hispanic is an ethnic group of people who have heritage in a Spanish speaking country; additionally, I can speak Spanish, and although speaking Spanish isn’t a requirement to being Hispanic, I feel like it adds to it. I don’t like to self-identify myself with any race but I’m considered to be white. I’m actually not sure why I’m deemed to be white, I would assume because it’s the race that is closest to the kind of Hispanic group I’m in. However, I only hold that I’m white when I’m required to answer what race I am because ever since I was a kid, when I would take state exams, I was told that my ethnicity is Hispanic but my race is White; so, I would have to fill out the choice for White on those forms.
I believe that several individuals are somewhat forced to identify with a race through the requirements of institutions; such as filling out necessary forms in order to proceed to either the work, school, or other stuff. Consequently, many people were told throughout their whole life what race they …show more content…
This system undergoes when the society is post-industrial, when there is a large number of service, white collar jobs. In this system, the stratification varies, the contact between groups is more common and the power difference among the groups is the least. The contemporary status of my family in this era is definitely more diverse. There are people in all kinds of fields of jobs, I have cousins in the primary labor market but there are also some in the secondary labor market, I think I have more in the secondary labor market but that is likely because we are families that recently moved to the United States, all our parents were Mexican citizens however my generation of children were all born in the United
I believe that several individuals are somewhat forced to identify with a race through the requirements of institutions; such as filling out necessary forms in order to proceed to either the work, school, or other stuff. Consequently, many people were told throughout their whole life what race they …show more content…
This system undergoes when the society is post-industrial, when there is a large number of service, white collar jobs. In this system, the stratification varies, the contact between groups is more common and the power difference among the groups is the least. The contemporary status of my family in this era is definitely more diverse. There are people in all kinds of fields of jobs, I have cousins in the primary labor market but there are also some in the secondary labor market, I think I have more in the secondary labor market but that is likely because we are families that recently moved to the United States, all our parents were Mexican citizens however my generation of children were all born in the United