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‘others’. As ‘others’ are different, they do not see them as part of their society hence racism occur. Racism is defined by Kalpaka and Rathzel (1994) as “in cases where a group is constructed this way (physical features) is evaluated as inferior to a different group and this evaluation leads to exclusion and marginalisation of this group.” Germans also view ‘others’ as poor with low income, uneducated and living in areas with high crime rate, hence segregation…

individual with a sense of belonging and a sense of historical continuity (pinney 1996). In this paper I will examine the Hispanic group collective history and interview a friend by the name Christina. Who selects her ethnicity as a Latino ethnicity and I will compare the information, to that of researched throughout the paper. The Latino population is a diverse group among the United States. Thus including backgrounds such as Puerto Ricans, Mexican, Dominicans, Cuban, and Central Americans.…

discrimination in the past or does it continue racial discrimination because it is making it harder for white males to get jobs and into school? In your own words, briefly summarize how one side would answer the topic question: Women and minority advocate groups may answer that in the past they have been discriminated against in the education system and the employment process and after everything they have faced affirmative action is needed to repay them for the discrimination they have gone…

Affirmative Action is an unjust practice in the college admission process due to the fact that it is sometimes valued more highly than factors that involve merit. The University of Michigan is merely one of the multitude of universities in the United States that gives minority applicants an unjust advantage in the admissions process. The admissions program of the university was examined by the Supreme Court in a case regarding the constitutionality of the Affirmative Action practices in their…

parts of the world, and has many effects on society today. The Farlex dictionary defines racial profiling as the following. “A form of racism consisting of the policy of police men who stop and search vehicles driven by people in particular racial groups” ( Farlex 1). This type of profiling leaves many colored people wondering why the justice system lacks in serving justice to African Americans males. Profiling results in unfair punishment as much as it creates assumptions. The system can…

A group is two or more interacting and interdependent individuals who come together to achieve specific goals. Bruce W. Tuckman’s description of the stages of group development is the most predominant and widely recognized model describing the way people work together and presents a “simple means of discussing and exploring team dynamics” (Bonebright 2010). This paper provides a reflection of my work team; a group whose members work together on a specific, common goal using individual and…

Affirmative Action is a federal agenda passed in the 1960s designed to counteract historical discrimination suffered by minorities and other underrepresented groups in the United States. To foster diversity, institutions with affirmative action programs prioritize the inclusion of minority groups in employment and education. For example, Affirmative Action programs have allowed minorities entry into certain professions formerly deemed off limits. However, one can argue that affirmative action…

Tuckman’s theory describes the fifth stage of a group development. In 1977 Dr Tuckman study the behaviour of small groups in different environments and he notes that groups go through five different stages in order to achieve the highest effectiveness. (Martin et al., 2006) Forming This is the first stage when group member has their first contact as group is an introductory stage, where people want to be accepted by the other member of the group and they try to keep away from any conflict by…

discriminate when hiring employees for projects paid for by the government. Though this Executive Order is like the Executive Order created by John F. Kennedy, it was implemented after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it included women in the list of groups not to discriminate against. This Executive Order later became a federal law in 1977 which requires “10 percent of funds for public works be allotted to qualified minority contractors” (Britannica). Affirmative Action isn’t aimed at just…

Affirmative action is the policy of increasing representation of minorities in areas such as employment, education, and culture which they have been historically excluded. These policies often involve preferential selection, affirmative action thus generates intense controversy. I will evaluate affirmative action in one of the most widely debated areas of minorities in university admissions in the States using GR-type reasoning. University admissions initiated affirmative action in the 1970s…