Ethnic groups in Europe

of becoming politically active is the same among all racial groups particularly among children of immigrants. The educational level of the parents, the quality of the child’s schooling, and community involvement are all shown to have varying effects among whites, blacks, Asians and Latinos. However, these racial groups are overly generalized and do not correctly represent the diversity…

ability to utilize discretion is the beginning of what could lead to a long judicial process. When making a traffic stop, they have the decision to issue a verbal warning or issue a ticket. A major downfall to law enforcements discretionary character is ethnic or racial profiling. When examining racial profiling from the standpoint of law enforcement, it is defined as an officer focusing on an individual’s ethnicity or race verses focusing on the individual’s behavior (Greenleaf, Skogan, &…

of these immigrant groups assimilate fairly quickly and are accepted as Americans within a couple of generations. For Asian Americans and Latino Americans, though, it has been a different story. There are a few different reasons as to why Asian and Latino immigrants may have been and continue to be treated differently; these include, discrimination because of the color of their skin, their willingness to do hard work for low wages, nativism, and the strong community and ethnic bonds of Latino…

Hispanic Americans, unlike other ethnic groups in America, "became the unintentional beneficiaries of international pressures on Hollywood which worked in their behalf" (Woll 1980:253). Hollywood wasn 't fair or kind to the Hispanic images that they portrayed on the screens. As suggested by…

ethnicity. Race is a part of us that will always be with us. At times, we may wish that we could change our race, but we cannot; we must accept our ethnicity at some point in life to mature. We are all born to a certain group of group people before we have a choice to determine what that group may be. In my case, I was born into the Lebanese community, which includes multiple aspects. My closest experiences with my race have been instilled on to me by my parents and social endeavors. My parents…

I’ve usually learned in hard way because frankly, I love to challenge myself to expand my personal capacity. Although I had already talked to one of my classmates about having interview with her as a Caucasian woman, I decided to do it with my cousin’s friend, Jacob, who I met in my place for the first time during Thanksgiving holidays. Interviewing Jacob about his interactions with other cultures has made me realize that I have a lot to learn about the meaning of the privilege and holding it.…

Throughout history, traditions or cultural practices play a huge role into any race because these traditions define who we are and where our roots come from. Some of these practices can come from anywhere like a far away region like China or somewhere close like Mexico. Although, these traditions come from different places, but were originated is from different era's of time, which can lead up to a race's background. Even though it leads back to a certain race, it only a fraction of an entire…

Census Bureau First, provide a definition of the terms conceptual definition and operational definition. The term for operational definition is a term by describing the set of manipulations necessary to create the presence of the object and it must be clear and concise (Babbie, 2010). It also it is the operations used to measure or manipulate it. The concrete and specific definition of something in terms of the operations by which observations are to be categorized. The term conceptual…

What is race in a biological aspect, and what are the differences and similarities were the typological and population models are defined were classification are concerned. Race is defined in a biological aspect as being genetically distinct populations within the same species that typically possess relatively minor organism that make up their genetic differences. While there are many similarities between typological and population models, there are also many differences; one of those…

most emphasized in spirituality and harmony among others, the duty to their group and group property. Very different from the white American perspective that focuses more on the material and the individual. African Americans are distrustful, and that is why society lists them as criminals because of national statistics. So their distrust is by tradition and by history, and not just by belonging to an ethnic minority group. As therapists, we must understand their defensive position and their…