Associate Program Material Racial Diversity: Historical Worksheet Answer the following questions in 100 to 250 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. • Throughout most of U.S. history, in most locations, what race has been in the majority? What is the common ancestral background of most members of this group? • “Germans are the largest ancestral group in the United States; the 2008 census showed that about 17 percent of Americans saying they had at least some German ancestry. Although most German Americans are assimilated, it is possible to see the ethnic tradition in some areas. In Milwaukee, they have a population that is 48 percent German ancestry” (University of Phoenix, 2011, p. 117). The text also goes on to say that Germany is just one of 20 European nations from which at least 1 million people claim to have ancestry in the United States. There are also more than 36 million Irish Americans, and the Republic of Ireland had a population of 4 million in 2008. From the staggering facts on the populations of certain immigrants that made up the majority of the population for many years. Race is socially constructed, as we learned in Chapter 1. Sometimes we come to define our race by the majority even when of a mixed race. People who are the children of an African American and Mexican American are biracial or “mixed,” They come to be seen by others by whatever has been socially constructed to their best interest. In today’s society,…
The United States is known as a melting pot when it comes to different cultures and races. In America, areas such as the Midwest and South often see racial discrimination in everyday life. From the workplace, to the streets you live on, this notorious problem limits the opportunities of countless people compared to people who are white. The groups that face the most discrimination are African Americans, Muslims, Hispanics, and other groups such as Jews and the LGBT community. Racism is a…
Change is inevitable: technology advances, families grow, and the environment deteriorates, yet some factors seem to evade change and persist throughout history such as racism and discrimination. According to Merriam-Webster, racism is the hatred and intolerance of a person based on the race to which the person belongs. A common misconception regarding racism is that it goes both way, since people of color cannot discriminate but white people can. Discrimination cannot go both ways, since only…
Summary: This article goes on to talk about how mostly, minority have more difficulty of finding a job than whites when they get out of prison. People of color are more impacted by this predicament. The impact of having a criminal record mostly amongst African Americans who may already experience racial discrimination in the labor market is rougher than that of being white. The arrest record keeps many people unemployed even if they have served their punishment, or are qualified for the job they…
Introduction Racial discrimination is a real problem in American schools where African American students are segregated and their rights violated in many ways. Racial discrimination is especially advanced in public schools where majority of the students are colored. In these institutions, the government has failed to offer credible support thus subjecting them to serious problems making the learning process close to impossible (Blank et al, p.108). The departments of justice and education have…
From the beginning of this semester I heard a lot about the racial discrimination. Actually, racial discrimination is a major tendentious plight in our society. In this world, there are many racial groups and people were always focusing and discussing about their fairness, discrimination and prejudice. These were the reasons which let me to think about racial discrimination and selected this topic as my reflective note. The racial discrimination is any distinction, exclusion,…
and more. After exploring all these issues and more, this author has chosen to finish his last assignment on racial discrimination and Hispanic Americans. This author decided upon this specific issue because he has observed this in almost every town or city he has visited as a truck driver. This author thinks it is unfortunate that minorities are still treated unfairly. As citizens of the United States of America, it is useful to become educated on what racial discrimination is and see how it is…
Among the poor access to educational programs are social inequality and racial discrimination. Children cannot help or decide if they come from a poor family or a different ethnic background. It should not matter if kids cannot afford an education like the upper class because if the less fortunate kids aim and strive for an education they ought to have a chance to earn one and have an equal education just like the rich children. Many aspects contribute to the “Access to high quality early…
findings that the defendant 's race decided the death sentence. Between the years of 1924 and 1968, the state of Texas proved how the death penalty was affected by the accused 's race (Lyon 2015, 81). If a white were to commit the same crime that a black man committed, he would get life in prison, whereas a black man will automatically get the death penalty. This racial injustice also occurred in the state of Philadelphia. Between the years of 1983 and 1993, the percentage of black defendant 's…
evils faced by humankind. It is the belief, that inherent racial differences among people, is the reason for superiority of a particular ethnic group or religion. Discrimination against African Americans is such story. There are many factors that contribute to racial prejudice and discrimination against African-Americans, statistics show that African Americans continue to lag behind whites in every possible category (Taylor, 2003). African Americans for the most part are the last to be hired…