Ethnic groups in the United States

Webster’s Dictionary describes Culture as “Characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.” These five subjects are the basic make-up of what we call “Culture.” Vietnamese culture is very complex, in part due to the participation of many groups in Vietnamese history (LaBorde, 2010). Vietnam embodies the Webster’s definition by having a rich and diverse history in each of the subjects and many…

across ethnic groups, socioeconomic classes, and public and private sectors to ensure america has a just society for all races and classes. Furthermore, one can…

“Models of American Ethnic Relations”, George Frederickson discusses four distinct models of ethnic relations: cultural pluralism, one-way assimilation, group separatism, and ethnic hierarchy. In the cases of the film “Crash” and the passage “From Rez Life”, this perception of racism within models in ethnic relations is acknowledged and analyzed with some similarities between the two works, however there are also some differences in the portrayal of relationships between American ethnic…

As a young child, I came to the United States at the age of five from Trinidad and Tobago. Growing up in the West Indies, which is described as a melting pot, everyone was equal and there were no disparities between cultures. As a West Indian child our culture was different, everyone was welcoming and we did not see race or ethnicity among people. At a young age, I gained knowledge about my ethnicity and background, because my Caribbean culture was always instilled in me through various cultural…

American experience; one whose norms define the variations in American cultural and literary landscape. While no single text tells the whole story of immigration, the larger narrative is always implicit. Examples with variations are provided by any ethnic group whose people write about moving and adapting to America. These migrant stories are narrated in journalism, cinema and fiction in the tradition strategically sentimentalized middle-brow fiction. While policy effects the reality of…

actions such as “racially-biased stop and frisk,” using race to make a traffic stop and ethnic discrimination. Racial profiling in the United States dates back to the 17th century when police officials were allowed to stop and detain Negroes. The practice has continued since that time despite the abolishment of slavery and American ideology of liberty and equal rights. In the modern age, several ethnic minority groups are victims of racial profiling including African Americans and Latinos.…

very complex, dynamic and unique. Unfortunately, people in society use skin color to describe an individual. “Race and ethnicity are dynamic sets of ideas and meaningful actions, both formal and routine that people use to distinguish groups of people from other groups and to organize their own…

may think that just because both regions Mexico and Puerto Rico speak the same language they are very similar. Well, they are but they also have a lot of differences as well. Mexicans and Puerto Ricans make up two of the largest speaking groups in the United States. Although the two cultures have lots in common, for many years there has been much animosity between the them. There are resentments due to illegal immigration, crimes, and collective judgement from non-Latinos that assume both…

What makes an American, ‘American’? The answer to this question will vary greatly depending on the respondent’s beliefs and cultural background. As the United States continues to grow and evolve in areas such as race, ethnicity and culture, the image of America changes as well. In an article entitled ‘Nation or Notion’ by Patrick J. Buchanan, he argues that Americans need a common identity based upon ancestry and culture to survive as a country. On the other hand, an article entitled ‘What Does…

you are still an immigrant? During the 17th century, British colonizers came to the America’s to explore and expand the British territory. Years later, the colonizers revolted against the British crown and created the United States, inventing and assimilating into a new ethnic group; Americans. Throughout the centuries, immigrants have helped shape the American identity by changing the meaning of truly being American and through assimilation. According to Richard Rodriguez’s argument “Blaxicans…