Demographics of the United States

the topics of race, perceptions of minorities and attitudes towards punishment among adults residing in the United States. These data, taken from the American Mosaic Survey, are used to examine the association between perceptions of African Americans as threats and punitive sentiments. Further, we test if perceived threat explains the statistical association between aggregate demographics and punitive attitudes, a relationship proffered by theories emphasizing minority group threat,”…

civilian and military morale, increase industrial production, and foster a sense of Anglo-American cooperation. Peripheral effects of the BBC’s broadcasting experiments include jazz and pop gaining cultural legitimacy, and the development of market demographic research in broadcasting. However, broadcasting pop and jazz music also had unexpected consequences that exposed developing anxieties…

and describe the condition that Detroit is in, as well as give perspective for policymakers to come up with ways to deal with and improve the community based on said factors. Detroit has seen both a dramatic population decline as well as changing demographic transition since it hit its peak population of 1.8 million in 1950. The city has reduced its population 60 percent since the mid-century period…

Unjust Deserts: The Effects of Retail and Residential Redlining on Public Health in Communities of Color in New York City Introduction When one thinks of segregation in the United States, he or she tends to imagine segregated restaurants in a pre-1960s Southern community. It’s almost impossible for one to believe that in the following decades covert segregation would not only continue, but be pertinent in Northern cities such as New York City. However, through a combination of racism in the…

change in the population transitioning from cities to the suburbs has been occurring. After 1950, this movement originally gained momentum and become the leading demographic style for nearly all-crucial U.S. metropolitan areas. This migration has pushed many more Americans to live in the suburbs now than any other location in the states. Today, a good amount of middle-class African Americans have moved out to the suburbs but the most common people who branch out there consist of…

Donald J Trump is the 45th president-elect of the United States of America. However, of the 231 million people eligible to vote in the United States, only 48.1% of Americans are are pleased with this outcome. States, as well as thousands of Americans across the country are demanding ballot recounts in hopes of redirecting the outcome and the fate of the country. Many are dumbfounded, wondering how a businessman from Queens, New York with no political background whatsoever managed to pull this…

Personal Evaluation In my opinion, the Costco Wholesale Corporation has placed high importance on both customers and employees. Furthermore, they not only have warehouse chains all over the US, but they also have chains in multiple countries all over the world. If I were to be hired by Costco Wholesale, I would be able to travel outside my hometown as well as receive multiple employee benefits. Furthermore, Costco places a great deal of value in corporate social responsibility and environmental…

population is more than what its physical resources can support to maintain adequate living standards. Singapore, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Korea Republic, Jordan, Iraq, Belgium and UK are among the overpopulated countries of the world. It has been projected that India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, United States, Uganda, Ethiopia, and China will account for half of the world’s population increase by 2050. A region or country is said to…

workplaces, to find out if the possibilities of sexual harassment and sexual assault occurring in the military can be predictive. “The military, including the reserve component, is large enough to provide an adequate sample of individuals across various demographic group memberships (sex, race, ethnicity, age) for meaningful comparisons,” this information is utilized along with the surveys to find out if the environment has a correlation with sexual harassment and sexual assault (86). The…

Signed by John F. Kennedy, Executive Order 10925 required federal contractors to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin" (ProQuest Staff). Today, affirmative action is used, but it has a completely different meaning. It now means to give people of a certain race, religion, or gender an easier way to get ahead, whether it is in jobs or college admissions.…