Ethnic groups in the United States

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…

In 1970, the United States government came up with the word to describe a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. This is a word we are all familiar with when it comes to referring to this group of people. This word is “Hispanic.” At the present time, the United States Census Bureau defines race in five categories and does not specifically define Hispanic with a category of its own. The categories include: white…

country that came after the genocide, can be traced back to Belgian colonialism in the early to mid 1900s. Rwanda’s social climate was never perfect, but Belgian involvement deepened the problem, and created a country with violence between two ethnic groups, and leads to the troubles of Rwanda that still exist today. History The earliest settlements in the area of present-day Rwanda date back to around 10,000 B.C., these being the original Twa people, a minority of which…

leading to fear and economy breakdown of a nation. Terrorists are motivated for various reasons and one of the prominent reason is ideology in recent terrorism acts. One of the outstanding issue in terrorism in United States from terrorists perspective is shift of tactic of terrorism act from group attacks to lone wolf attacks. An examples of such are the Las Vargas and the Texas mass shootings, these new tactics used pose…

endgenocide.org, there are “various of ethnic groups and republics that sought for independence” during Slobodan Milosevic lead. The Serbian leader took advantage of the nationalist’s feelings to gain more power and control over the country, and especially the people. The war that has caused a lot of damaged not only to the people but to the whole country as well. Apart from seeking independence, Bosnian Serbs also wanted to be part of the dominant Serbian state that had been long envisioned by…

is how they will combat the increasing number of immigrants that are coming into their country. Until recently, Italy’s contribution to world migratory patterns had to do with their contribution to emigration, as millions left to travel to the United States throughout the early parts of the 20th century. However, currently Italy is going through somewhat of a crisis on how to deal with the immigration influx occurring throughout their country, as well as many other Western European and European…

Political violence is defined as the use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals. Usually, political violence occurred between states. In some circumstance, states use political violence to achieve political goals. Many times political violence occurs because civilians who are rebelling against their government or because a politician is trying to achieve their political goals by coercing the people and government officials. This creates a problem because it creates a…

Introduction The Northern Mali Conflict is best described as a civl war but has become increasingly complex since its beginnings in 2012. The conflict started as a civil war along ethnic lines and triggered by the Libyan conflict. A schism between secular and Islamic rebels served to further complicate the conflict and pose new threats to religious minorities in the region. Food shortages, rampant poverty, religious prosecution, and a politically weak Mali have resulted in hundreds of thousands…

In the United States, there is the belief that an individual, no matter who they are or where they come from, has the ability to succeed as long as they work hard for what they want to achieve. This belief is known as “The American Dream”. Despite “The American Dream” being a hegemonic belief, in reality it is not true. Within the United States there are systems that uphold inequality. These systems of inequality make it difficult for certain groups of people to achieve the so-called “American…

Prepared by: Hasan Abbakar Mohammad (September 2015) Introduction ‘Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination (UNHCHR).’ The above quotation illustrates that human rights are ‘the basic rights and freedoms that belong to…