Ethnic group

democracy makes the society more prone to violence (Collier, 21). With no checks and balances for accountability, poorer countries are harmed by democracy. In addition, elections increase violence since poorer countries’ elections would operate on ethnic-based parties. 2. Elections promote reforms and good policies (chap. 1) Answer: True and False Explanation: This statement is false because in lower income countries with a highly divided society, elections do not promote reforms or good…

accepting the “melting pot “ rule. Post-1965 a neo-conservative view becomes an alternative to the radicalism of “group rights”, with the intent to connect political and cultural; pluralism. So the State should guarantee against using race as a discrimination factor. But, this poses limits because different ethnic groups forced into a melting group are deprived of their culture and different groups start out with different resources and opportunities that just perpetuate social inequality. Race…

I am a fifty eight year old white native American woman, and the middle child of three. I have an older sister, by fifteen months, and a brother who is three years younger than I am. I should probably mention that my dad was not around when I was born. My parents raised our family of five in Port Huron, Michigan. I am a member of the Baby Boomer generation. As an American, we traditionally are passionate about baseball, hotdogs, apple pie, and lemonade, but being an American means much more…

The summers I’ve spent in Tonga were full of good, natural foods that were either picked locally or from one’s backyard. The ingredients used to make a delicious beverage called otai contains watermelon or mangoes, crushed pineapples, coconut, milk, water, and sugar. The combination of these different components made in Tonga gives a unique taste. However, otai made in Tonga differs to how it is made in America. The texture and sweetness of this beverage is different which makes it less…

63.9% for Asians, and 61.5% for African Americans, while Europeans made up 64% (Racial and Ethnic, 2013). From a purely racial factor, those workers who identify as biracial comprised 65.3% of the workforce in 2012. Issues That Create Racial Tension in the Workplace Particular areas that create tension in a multicultural workplace includes the assumption that all members of a particular race or ethnic group engage in groupthink or have the same needs, as well as language and communication…

if your living status is that of lower class then education seems like a far fetched dream. If in fact education is the key to success, why is it only made easily accessible to certain people? Education should be obtained equally regardless of your ethnic background or living situation. This privilege shouldn 't be diversified, and there are ways that can end the division. Education started in the 1700 's in the 13 colonies. Only White Americans were privileged to be able to go to schools…

We are stereotype as lazy people, dangerous, problematic, etc. Also, the immigration policies seem Mexicans immigrants as the largest ethnic group immigrating to the country. Unfortunately, we don’t have the same fate of other countries to enter ease to the United States. For example, Salvadorians are beneficiated with the TPS, which is a permit to reside legally in the country. However,…

idenidity in Ameirca. The main theme I noted throughout the book was development of the West Indians racial and ethnic Identity in America. Water’s gave a general introduction that she was raised in Brooklyn, NY. Water’s introduced her story by sharing her witness the neighborhood transform; the familiar faces she grew up with gradually began to disappear and a diverse array of ethnic people, in this case West Indian / Caribbean, started to replace her old neighbors. Walter’s personal…

often lead to social differences and conflicts between ethnic groups. The article, Communication of Respect in Interethnic Service Encounters, written by Benjamin Bailey (1997), covers the concept of respect between two different social groups; Koreans and African Americans. In addition, this…

changes over time and over distance, with regard to how groups of people see themselves in comparison to others around them. As society moved from interactions between local groups to travel and trade between countries and continents, meaningful distinctions between peoples became less specific. While it was once useful to refer to one’s neighbors by their language or ethnic group, a broader world meant far too many languages and ethnic groups for that categorization to be used. Categories…