Demographics of the United States

In the last decade, Americans have become increasingly aware of the opportunity and wage gaps between racial minorities and females and their Caucasian, male counterparts. One of the areas most affected by this prejudice is the film industry in Hollywood. In this industry, talented members of minorities receive significantly fewer speaking parts and smaller wages than members of the majority. We must put an end to this troublesome trend because every actor deserves to experience the same chance…

Health Organization (WHO), universal health care is a service in which every citizen no matter their financial hardships and demographics can receive (Pros and Cons, 2017). I believe that everyone in the US should have healthcare whether their financial status, citizen status, age, gender, race, or living situation is jeopardized. A lot of health care plans in the United States are based on working status, but sometimes jobs are not guaranteed. In the US insurance is employer based so if a…

However, even before the Homestead Act, many Germans immigrated to the United States after the the failed Revolutions of 1848 that plagued Europe, especially in present day Germany. During this revolution, many poor and middle class citizens rebelled against the stronghold of the aristocracy that rooted itself amongst the masses…

Texas has grown rapidly in the past few decades. The state of Texas has attracted people from everywhere because of the profound high-tech movement, availability of several natural resources, and other numerable sources. The finding of oil and its’ reasonable prices in Texas drove a lot of people into the state. “From 1970 to 1980, as oil prices spiraled upward and people flocked to Texas, its population grew by 2.71 percent per year, while the nation’s increased at a 1.14 percent pace”…

cracker means—a racist insult used by African Americans against whites (“Cracker”). I felt very vulnerable because I did not understand their unfriendly and aggressive behavior. However, being aware of the racial issues that are present in the United States made me understand the situation better, and the girls’ perception of me. It was still a memorable moment, which raised awareness to my “white”…

Molly Ivins’s essay, “Is Texas America?” states various points in her essay about Texas politics, demographics, geography, and education. The “Is Texas America?” essay is according to the author’s perspective about Texas. There are various statements within Ivins’s essay that are supporting and contradictory to the modern-day Texas. The reason there is a difference in the number of supporting and contradicting statements about Texas within Ivins’s essay is because Texas is changing over time…

competitive; because of this, automotive companies face many challenges. Many of these challenges can be found in the industry’s global competition, new technology, environmental concerns surrounding vehicle emissions, and consumer opinions and demographics. Global Competition With hundreds, if not thousands, of vehicle brands for consumers to choose from, the global competition in the automotive industry is a very real and serious threat. American auto makers like Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac,…

the primary driving factor of international migration. The desire of nation-states to regulate national population and to provide individuals one nationalization under the protection of legal institutions contributed to the rise nationalism. Although the countries of emigration like Germany opt for nationality laws based upon jus sanguinis (German nationality law of 1913), countries of immigration like the United States and France developed political citizenship based upon jus soli. In the old…

and the United States, the hegemony has been divided between the executive branch, the judiciary courts and the legislative branch. “Generally, the amount of power for each member of these institutions is to be uniformly divided; conversely, the fairly recent transformation has increasingly concentrated the majority of power towards the hearts of the government” ("Is the Canadian Prime Minister too Powerful?,"2010). In recent years, many political scientist have argued that the demographic…

Probably Part of the 1% and you probably don’t know it.”, talks of the fact that citizens of the United States almost automatically would fall into the top 1% of income earners in…