Demographics of Indonesia

Growing up in New York, we are consistently surrounded by all types of ethnicity, race, gender and so forth. We’ve all come to learn how to appreciate all the things in our life. Being of West Indian background, I consistently get confused about what I am or what I am not. I’ve come to appreciate so much about my ethnicity that I did not care about before. Traditions that I follow are widely being viewed at with such awe from other races and backgrounds. My family plays a big role in how I…

Descriptive Overview • Number of Students & Teachers: 19 students and 2 teachers • Age range of the children: Seven to Eight years old • Gender Balance: 8 girls and 11 boys • Linguistic and Ethnic diversity: Unfortunately there is little linguistic or ethnic diversity in this class. There are no English Language Learners in the class. As far as ethnic diversity, one student is half Chinese, one student is half Japanese, and one student is half Mexican. One student speaks some Spanish that was…

In the movie “the exiles”, Kent Mackenzie illustrates the urban life of a group of young American Indians living in Los Angeles after urban relocation. They struggle to overcome many obstacles and try to survive in the city, yet they all hold their own visions for their city life. Many American Indians left the reserve, hoping to find a good job, a nice home and education for their children (Rocky Mountain PBS). However, when they arrived at the city, they found that everything they knew was…

“Race itself is a social construct, a learned category. It’s meaning is communicated through interaction with our own and other racial groups” (Howard, 2006). In other words, popular to contrary belief, race, for the most part, is not designated by physical properties; rather race is created based on social groupings of individuals. Additionally, race may be considered a hierarchical system, where one race is ranked atop another. More often than not, the Caucasian, or white, race is…

America the melting pot of the world. Where all sorts of cultures and races coexist together, sometimes getting along and other times not so much. Now a days, when applying for a job or school, for some reason it must be known what race you belong to, or what color you are. Does it really matter? In today’s society it appears to be pretty important to know such a thing about someone. These issues can sometimes psychologically and emotionally hurt someone knowing that they are either both or…

Computer exercise one and two Nominal level data was identified based on the parameters that it is mutually exclusive and exhaustive. It cannot be ranked but it maybe assigned a number such as one or two for classification purposes Burns, Grove, Gray (2013), Using the bladder study provided in SPSS, nominal level data were identified as, education level, ethnicity, zip code and marital status. Two modes were identified from the nominal level data. For ethnicity the mode was African American (n…

Having an underrepresented director may have facilitated more underrepresented characters being cast on screen in film, television, or digital series. Additionally, communities are aware of Hollywood views but are inactive in fighting the stereotypes. A study, “The Multicultural Economy by the University of Georgia”, notes that Latinos make up 25% of movie ticket sales and “command roughly $1 trillion in spending power.” This illustrates how Latinos are able to use their power and…

In Fred Pearce article Tv as birth control, he introduces his argument by asking a simple question "what is U.S family sizes compared with those of india?. This question gives the audience a background introduction of the main idea of the article, which is the how TV helps reduce the fertility rate in under developed and developing countries. He talks about some difficulties india faces is having a lot of young women of childbearing age. Hence, Pearce purpose of this question is to state that…

Today, we live in a society where current events and the social issues of race, class and gender engulf our lives. These issues and events can be some of the most important experiences we, as humans, will ever have the privilege to live through. Although several of our experiences can be caused by some of the most tragic events in our lifetime, others make us appreciate how lucky we are to have the lives we have. Either way, each of our experiences has had a part in shaping who we are today.…

Many individuals in the United States believe that we live in a post-racial world and that racism and discrimination are part of the past. They believe that everyone coexists in a world where segregation and inequalities no longer exist based on race (Dyer 2004). This, I don’t consider it to be true. Currently, many inequalities based on race are still present and a minority of the population in this case, rich white men, still control many aspects of life such as politics, education, and the…