Demographics of the United States

The first chart depicts the difference between Poverty, Probability, and Statistics. It talks about these things and how they change between one generation and the next. The chart states that poverty is everywhere. It states the role poverty is having on people and their incomes. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. It also presents the inequalities of wealth, and how their incomes affect them based upon where they live. The second chart depicts the differences among immigrants’ income in the U.S. It also bases it off where they came from, For example, The wealthiest race (from country of origin) appears to be China according to this table. A reader will also notice that these charts not only measure wealth, but the years those ethnics have been around as well. Which is why China appears to be ahead of all others. A growth in the number of immigrants is expected to rise by 20%. If such an event occurs, the idea that immigrants are in a sense, “stealing” American jobs would be evidently true. An arise in 20% would mean that, statistically, we can expect more than 8 million people to migrate to the U.S. within the next decade. Our country’s current economy couldn’t handle such an increase in numbers of people financially. It has already jumped by…

Hispanics are the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. According to data published by the Pew Research Center (Hispanic Population Trends Project 2014), Hispanics account for about 17% of the U.S. population and they are expected to surpass Whites by 2050. Similar to the immigrant groups at the turn of the 20th century, a large number of adult Hispanics are foreign born, do not speak standard American English (41%), and must go through the acculturation process to merge into…

Is TV Too White? Most, if not all characters featured on television programs are white. On the off chance that there are Asians, Blacks, or Latinos, they all usually have one thing in common. Asians are depicted as quiet, sexless, geniuses. Blacks as loud, comical, uneducated, or sassy. Latinas are portrayed as feisty, sexy, domesticated, and dumb. Anyone who has ever seen ‘Modern Family’ knows Sofia Vergara’s character, Gloria, is a walking stereotype. Though inclusion is important on…

For the first mini essay, I will be focusing on the topic of ambivalence featured in Latino stardom. Ambivalence is defined as the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. In other words, Homi Babha defined ambivalence as “a feeling of “off-ness” towards something you don’t understand”. I will be pulling from Are All Latins from Manhattan? Hollywood, Ethnography, and Cultural Colonialism (Ana M. Lòpez, 1993). A problem that is featured with ambivalence in…

Choi, a close friend of mine is an Asian American that I chose to interview. He is an academically average student that has his strengths and weaknesses in school. I was curious to hear what Choi had to say because of the recent readings and discussions we have had in class. I thought it would be interesting to see how he would react and answer some of these questions that were proposed. Before conducting this interview, I had anticipated that there would be a clear and definitive difference…

Each year, millions of students apply to college. They spend hours slaving over applications, essays, and admissions tests so they can be accepted into their dream school. It has been said that hard work reaps great rewards, but often in the college admissions process, more than ambition and an impressive application is required to get into a university. In today’s world, race can play an important role in determining whether a student is accepted or rejected. Although colleges are no longer…

Gibsland – Coleman School Complex is the smallest school in Bienville Parish. Gibsland’s physical plant consists of two separate school buildings connected by a covered external walkway. The school is a complex school therefore, one side consist of K – 6th grade students and the other 7th – 12th grade students. The school has a typical one – story ranch style layout, with average classroom sizes not exceeding 900 sq. ft. The physical school building is over 30 years old and has only…

Introduction Based on the data given, one can find the racial and gender breakdown of Walters Elementary School. Beginning in the 2004-2005 school year, the enrollment of white males was at 17.34% and white female enrollment was at 14.30%. Hispanic male enrollment for the 2004-2005 school year was at 11.08%, while Hispanic female enrollment was at 23.41%. Black males were enrolled with a 23.41% enrollment rate, while black females were at a 23.50% enrollment rate. In the 2005-2006 school year,…

topic and can expand on my findings and knowledge with the Signature Assignment. Information I’m currently completing my senior residency at Cesar Chavez Leadership Academy in the Roosevelt School, in an urban area in South Phoenix. I’m placed in a 1st grade ELD classroom with 4 ELLs and 1 monolingual. I have a total of 18 students in my classroom. The school is K- 8th grade and there were at total of 424 students enrolled in 2014. 12 of those students were Caucasian, 0 were Asian, 3 African…

play. After viewing films like American Me, people believe that many Latinos are violent and are in gangs or cartels. Likewise, the stereotype of Latino males being Latin lovers skyrocketed in the 50s. A film was created due to this stereotype and its popularity. The movie, Latin Lovers, is based in Brazil where the handsome Latino charms the main character. These detrimental stereotypes are harmful because it overlooks the individuality of a person. It also inhibits personal growth and lessens…