Dominant minority

POLS 500A: Research Design Research Summary Black Cities/White Cities: Evaluating the Police Michelle Fletcher Prof. Stephen Bloom Fall 2014  The article “Black Cities/White Cities: Evaluating the Police” by Susan E, Howell, Huey L. Perry, and Matthew Vile (2004) empirically tests the assumptions that many Americans have about citizen attitudes toward law enforcement agencies, and how citizens evaluate the police. Generally, research in this area involves performing a comparative analysis of…

Affirmative action was to ensure that all Americans were treated equally disregarding their race. The meaning some how has lost its value and the understanding behind it. Diversity takes part in the controversial topic. For example, Blacks as a group have always acquired less education than Whites as a group. However, society stereotypically assume Blacks as weak minded when hearing dropouts. There continues to be controversial wrangling over Affirmative Action Program, and the future of this…

historically been more likely to use genocide as a tool. This could be in part, due to the fact that these states do not have the same checks and balances on power in place that democracies do. Democratic states also place priority on the rights of minority…

As more of the world becomes accessible, intercultural communication is becoming an evolving field of study that combines the interactions between individuals and groups from different cultural backgrounds. It has taken a considerable amount of time to get to the diverse point that the world’s society is at now, with more acknowledgment, acceptance and discussion around diversity. However, one can question is what ascribes and defines this identity that we acknowledge as being diversity. It can…

The government is able to control them when they are locked up in these institutions. This is illustrated through racial profiling and terms such as “driving while black”. In conclusion, blacks are being overrepresented as well as any other minority groups in the prison system allowing the government to control these individuals. Paul Grimes and Kevin Rogers focus on the growth in the prison population describing the “get tough on crime” policy as problematic. There has been an increase in…

They also elaborate on ideas from a couple academic sources. Specifically, they discuss “the connections between anti-communism and homophobia” (269) using the book, Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970, by John D’Emilo. Although they do not cite it, this idea of intersectionality, which they discuss quite extensively, originates from work of Kimberle Crenshaw, who explained intersectionality as thus: Consider an…

seems that most American citizens no longer believe that the American dream is attainable. The article shows that the majority of citizens who believe this are the lower class and minority groups. Rising above one’s circumstances and social class is extremely difficult in today’s society, especially if you belong to a minority group (unpublished work).The government has rules and stipulations set up that keep everyone “in their place”. “For instance, some believe they must have the financial…

Affirmative action has been a controversial topic in the society over the last few decades. The fight for equity and equality has led the heightening of the fight for equality and justice in the society. In this regard, there have been many fronts set up to have such policies well implemented in the society. The implementation of the policy has been an essential part of the society that has been debated for long. Among the many fronts upon which the affirmative action policy has been seeking…

me an opportunity, but I cracked the books, did the work, and passed the tests” (Rockwell). People seem to have the misconception that minority people might not work as hard when the standard is supposedly set lower, but instead an opportunity would only encourage people of color to work even harder to achieve something that was previously unattainable. The minority groups who do get into college with the help of affirmative action are not slackers and work hard to defeat the unfair prejudices…

an increase in globalization of organizations and immigration levels. It is telling that Risberg and Søderberg (2008) emphasized that diversity management has become a managerial practice where a particular organization offers what is described as minority group accessibility to particular job market and career opportunity. Then, the particular organization usually benefits from the diversity these individuals tend to bring to that organization. More importantly, diversity management is not the…