Dominant minority

often unsafe. Students attending these schools do not have as good of an education as students attending majority white schools. However, minorities still face discrimination in integrated schools, where many teachers have extremely low expectations for minority students. Schools that have multiple curriculum tracks tend to have a high percentage of minorities in lower tracks, which make those students less desirable in college…

In job applications, everyday life, or even school, we can see that people discriminate and view minorities as being inferior, not as intelligent, slow, and maybe even violent and reckless. These symbolic views are unfortunately aiding in this behavior, we can see that the children who were in the bottom of the experiment did poorer and felt inferior…

are grossly overrepresented. According to Marcelo Ledezma, the diversity that our world has is not represented by most school curriculums, and this needs to change. If diverse perspectives are included, it would benefit all students, non-minorities and minorities alike. It is the school's responsibility to seek out these perspectives, not the students. If diverse perspectives are included in the curriculum, it would have many benefits to students. Diverse perspectives could include thoughts from…

supports the claim that Hamilton is a vital intertextual literate activity that positively impacts the lives of members within marginalized communities. For example, within my preliminary research with first-year college students who occupy certain minority groups, I found that the overall consensus was that Hamilton provided community outreach because of intertextuality of the text. Collectively, my two interviewees stated that Hamilton’s lyrical components truly has positively influenced their…

“model minority” in the United States. Louis Wirth, “a scholar from the highly influential "Chicago School" of sociology, defines ‘minority’ as a group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the others in the society in which they live for differential and unequal treatment and who therefore regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination" (Parikh 161). In the article “How Chris…

prominent civil rights and legal advocacy organization, recorded almost 900 incidents of hate-motivated harassment, intimidation, or violence in the United States. This “outbreak of hate” was primarily directed toward ethnic, racial and religious minorities, and perpetrators often invoked President-elect Donald Trump’s name during their assaults. These incidents were self-reported, thus it is likely that they represent only a small portion of all election-related hate crimes that occurred in the…

As the leaves begin to fall many students make their way back to the classroom, the anticipation of the new semester begins. As a Hispanic college student myself I am familiar with the many effects of stress that consume many college students therefore I will be discussing in my research the effects of stress among Hispanic college student. To begin I will be asking several questions to my participants regarding different factors that could contribute to the levels of stress students experience.…

choice, as their social standing gets based on ascribed status or what they are born into. At one point America became like a caste system due to sociological factors making those who were poor even poorer, and a practically non existing chance for minorities to overcome unfortunate circumstances. Class systems are open, as their social position is focused on their…

understanding behind the intersectionality of race and sex. The assumption that race and sex can be divorced and examined separately prevents many people from grasping the concept of black feminist thought. African-American women are a part of a minority race and minority sex, which they must live with on a daily basis. Therefore, examining race and sex separately is a distorted, biased, and inaccurate view on African-American women in society. As a member of the two of the lowest castes in…

When I first entered sociology 235, I expected to learned topics about race and ethnicity in the United States. I wanted to know more about how one’s race and ethnicity can impact their daily lives. Also, I want to become more competent about diversity. As an aspiring social worker, I wanted to understand how the words “race” and “ethnicity” are define. I also wanted to learn about the relationships race and ethnicity and inequality. Understanding this would enable to better services client of…