Ethnic groups in the United States

generalizations of people groups such as Hispanics, Middle Eastern people, and several additional races. Racial discrimination is not something that should be should be supported, or celebrated. On the contrary, racial discrimination, of any measure, should be frowned upon and opposed. Racial discrimination should be opposed for the role that it plays in gang violence, hate crimes, mental health, and oppression. Historically, racial discrimination created…

nations have been a part of diverse populations and among many early cultural groups of people that migrated to the United States where people from Africa, Spanish, European, Dutch, French and British colonies. These early settlers have not only shaped American history, but continue to transform the United States, today. According to the World Atlas, (World Atlas, 2018) among the three largest nationalities or ethnic groups in the country today are Mexicans, which constitutes at 58.5% of the…

Chain migration is a very controversial topic that is becoming a major topic of discussion. Chain migration is when a U.S. citizen or a green card holder in America sponsors an immigrant to come into the united states. Some people belief that this is a form of family reunification, but others believe that this is not a fair process in which someone is able to come into America. Since this is a controversial topic there is many positive and negative effects towards chain migration, and there is…

can influence the effectiveness of the company's performance. Diversity in an organization involves the development of a work culture where people of different races, genders and nationalities can blend to achieve the same goals. By studying various groups, we can determine the effects of diversity and what particular gender dominates in the workplace. In our society, there are occupations that economists call “pink collared jobs.” Pink collared jobs refer to professions that are dominated by…

Transnational terrorism is a type of transnational non-state actor that influences, and has been influenced by globalization and global politics . Terrorism organisations work both on a local and global stage and impact states and their powers on both of these levels . Terrorist organisations are not something that is often compared to NGOs, but they do operate in the same manner in which they interact with both states as well as their relevant populations and institutions, except they usually…

Biases are based on preconceived ideas and notions towards a specific group of people. These bias are in fact prejudice in nature and exemplifies the idea of supremacy. Sometimes these bias become an integral part of our society. This is evident when a leader of a first world nation could make a travel ban, banning immigration from a specific nation because of religion or ethnic background. As a society we retain these bias because of historical circumstances or ignorance. In Canada this is…

why barber shops have those tubes with rotating red and white stripes in front of their saloons? My dear colleagues, those were the symbols that represented the humble beginning of the United States (US) healthcare system. According to Niles (2015), when the practice of medicine first begun in the United States (US) tradesmen like barbers can practice as physicians (p. 1). The red and white striped poles outside their shops represented blood and bandages because barbers at that time were…

How and why are Latinos being misrepresented in Mass Media? According to Merriam-Webster a Latino is a native or inhabitant of Latin American who lives in the United States. Therefore, there are roughly 54 million of Hispanics living in the United States as on July 1, 2013 (U.S Census Bureau). This makes Hispanics the largest ethnic group in the U.S. Although, they might make up a large amount of these nations populations, Hispanics are still considered a race minority. As a result of this,…

My primary research interest is in the field of multicultural supervision. Being an ethnic minority supervisor for the past two and half year, I learned that there are different challenges even beyond communication and cultural issues that one faces as an ethnic minority supervisor which many times goes unnoticed and unheard during clinical supervision. My research aims to look at the challenges faced by ethnic minority supervisors in supervision and suggest strategies to deal with such issues.…

Access to quality healthcare in the United States has been an ongoing issue for both healthy and unhealthy people for many years. However, since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law and implemented, this issue has gained more notoriety due to the tremendous influx of patients with healthcare coverage who previously had no health insurance coverage. Many of these individuals were from a low income socioeconomic group, so they were quite uneducated about how to even navigate their own…