Ethnic Germans

utilization of health insurance. Inequalities can be seen throughout the health care system and have a major impact on our country’s (both current and future) health and well-being. Racial disparities are a matter of critical importance as the racial and ethnic minority group population of the United States will increase to nearly 40% by 2030 (Copeland, 2005). Literature and Data Review A driving force behind such inequalities in the simple notion of one having access to health insurance.…

of the past on stories were created by them specifically. Natives have lived on American land for longer than anyone ever remember. The Native American’s were the first ethnic group to find America, however, they live on this land without no disruption nor struggle. There are different types of tribes in the native American ethnic group that distributes different supplies and foods to each family. Each of the tribes has significant jobs that provide equally to everyone. Many of the tribes…

the whole first season of F is for Family, I observed how it portrayed race, ethnicity, and class. The show has some interesting ways of how it portrays these races, ethnicity, and class. The course terms I used from chapter 9 were race, dominant ethnic group, minority groups, prejudice, segregated, and stereotypes. Course terms I used from chapter 10 were sex, gender, masculinity, femininity, sexism, and feminism. I concluded that this sitcom somewhat accurately portrays how people treated…

On a daily basis, food is a huge part of our life, (where) wondering what to eat (constantly) fills our thoughts. In modern culture, we have the ability to choose from a plethora of options, whether we feel more like (it is) Chinese or Italian food. In the western world, we are blessed with these options from (due to) the mass immigrations in past generations and the hybrid cuisines of new people coming in today. Although immigration has allowed us to be introduced to foreign cuisine, the…

The Netflix series Orange is the New Black emphasizes racial stereotypes within each ethnic group it portrays. The racial groups that most prominently serve as the focus of the show are Blacks, whites, and Latinas. The Blacks are portrayed as rowdy, and their backstories involve poverty and broken homes. The whites are portrayed as rich and educated, or as the typical “trailer park junkie,” and the ways they ended up in prison are depicted largely as accidents or misfortunes. The Latinas are…

Introduction For the purposes of this paper, I have chosen to focus on the social identities of white privilege and my Mexican ethnicity in discussing how both have impacted the construction of my social identity. Patton, Evans, Forney, Guido & Quaye (2016) mention in their text “Student development in college: Theory, research, and practice” Ferman and Gallego’s model of Latina/o Ethnoracial identity, which I will use to discuss how my Mexican ethnicity and being white has shaped my social…

3.1. Findings Photo Manipulations 3.1.1 Photo manipulation is used in western media to attract viewers and increase their ratings. Editors use photoshop and many other editing programs to make the picture seem perfect. 3.1.2 The singer Meghan Trainor has had her video edited without her consent. Her figure was modified to look slimmer than the singer actually is. Trainor took down the video down until the video showed her actual figure. This act insulting and rude according to Trainor. This was…

Stereotypes are a set of fallacious ideas or beliefs that people have about someone or how something is like. Stereotypes often lead people to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are of the same type or category. Although some stereotypes are positive stereotypes, people stereotype so often that it turns out to be something bad and unpleasant to hear about. Not to mention some negative stereotypes that have impacted on different groups of people causing…

shootings of African Americans by white police officers, the topic of racial profiling is once again reignited. The issue is especially prevalent and controversial in the United States, chiefly due to the fact that America is a diverse country with many ethnic groups. Such profiling is a form of discrimination by which law enforcement uses a person’s race or cultural background as the primary reason to suspect that the individual has broken the law. The topic of racial profiling has caused a…

American men. More specifically, they wanted to replicate findings that “Asian American men have more rape-supportive attitudes compared to White men and investigate the relationship between rape-supportive attitudes and misogyny, acculturation, and ethnic identity” (Koo, Stephens, Lindgren, George 1). Thus suggesting that the goal of this study was to uncover the relationship between culture in Asian American Men and rape-supportive attitudes. These attitudes take place in the belief of…