Ethnic groups in the United States

of the Jewish religion still undergo discrimination in their journey of following religion due to their troubled past, and the anti-Semitic views held by society. Anti-Semitism by definition is discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic or racial group. Anti-Semitism has been around since the beginning of time. Back in time, the romans demanded Jews to convert…

In the United States, we have a fairly common practice of Institutionalized racism, which is the system of inequality based on race, and unfortunately it happens more than you would expect. It occurs in institutions such as Public Governments, Private Corporations, and of course Universities. The term Institutionalized Racism was first introduced in the late 1960’s by Black Power activists Stokely Carmichael and Charles V. Hamilton. This term was defined by William Macpherson to mean, The…

Racism in Society In the United States, racial inequality has always been a problem and continues to affect millions of lives to this day. From discrimination, to segregation, to even seemingly harmless stereotypes, people are singled out, isolated, and oppressed by society because of their race. Whether it is applying for a job, enrolling in college, interactions with the law, or even normal everyday activities, all races are not given equal opportunities. This contradicts the ideology of a…

only to be faced with your employer throwing verbal abuse at your face and then sending you off with your paycheck with barely anything to survive off with. Most families in America mainly ones that fall in the minority group face being discriminated against by society. Activists groups exemplified in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) fought for political, social, education, and economic equality for individuals and breaking the racial discrimination barrier.…

the 1980’s and the latter is currently in the midst of what seems to be endless occupation by the United States that threatens to turn into a civil war. In 1981, Israel attacked Iraq to end their aspirations of becoming a nuclear power. Now, the Jewish…

French which, in my opinion, was also an important milestone in building the confidence needed to rebel against Spain. For the next 33 years after Mexico wins its independence from Spain, the country will go through ethnic turmoil and in-fighting between the newly formed social-political groups and power struggles that will essentially bankrupt the already struggling young country. Mexico’s independence from Spain was a great accomplishment, but their troubles were not yet over. On February 24,…

This divide happened between the different ethnic groups residing in the vicinity at that time. Said ethnic groups included those who were Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian peoples (3). After Bosnia gained independence in 92 it rapidly became a hub for violence and death (3). Like in Rwanda a “brother’ people targeted each other and yet again titled it an ethnic cleansing process. In this war 100,000 lives were claimed (3&4). In one of the more recent…

When it comes to complex topics such as the causes of civil wars, many in the field of political science have differing opinions on how they start and how to classify them. Many of the written material read for class, such as Jesse and Williams’ “Ethnic Conflict”, stride more towards a constructivist side of civil war, reinforce more of a primordialist view on Civil Wars. Some political scientists look more towards the actual details and side more with the qualitative side of political science,…

struggled for power. In South Africa, for example, the white minority executed power under apartheid, a system that separated whites from other South African groups. As a result, the whites maintained power, and more importantly, retained the wealth that South Africa had to offer. As a result, the whites became richer, and the other groups became poorer. Despite the end of apartheid, South Africa still has one of the highest income inequality gaps in the world today, showing that the effects of…

are rising with no end in sight even while quality degenerates and access to care is limited. Many United States citizens may consider the American health care system broken, which is not far from the truth; the system has failed many. There are millions of medically underserved Americans that are unable to afford or access any kind of health care regardless of quality. These people are typically ethnic or racial minorities, the elderly, low-income communities, individuals struggling with…