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    This is a unique race of people that has had to overcome a lot from being suppressed by other ethnicity due to their looks and how they were seen as a whole by others. To be a member of this race means that you have to work very hard to get where you want just because of the color of your skin and the stereotypes that people already have of this ethnicity. As a member of this race it is harder to succeed in life you have to work twice as hard because one mistake can completely…

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    in the inside instead, of what shows on the outside. African Americans are born into a world where they are judge when they are first born because of the color of their skin. I will be answering the question what is the relationship between race-ethnicity and the likelihood of being arrested? Is there a difference between the two? Review Of Prior Research D’Alesio and Stolzenberg (2003). Use 1999 data from the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) they exam a possible link between a…

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    different stories. Even in small town where everybody knows everybody, their are differences. There may seem to even be just one race or ethnicity in the town. The difference between race and ethnicity is that race is usually the color of their skin while ethnicity is about the country of origin. These are different than nationalism because race and ethnicity are placed by society while nationality is something you decide for yourself, where you claim home to…

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    never the right answer. By the time I moved on to middle school I had the right response memorized (“Well my dad came here from Guatemala and my mom is Russian but she was born here and so was I”). It hit all the bases, answering the question of my ethnicity, nationality, and family history all in one sentence.…

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    Ethnicity I am an African-American woman and I am proud to be one. By being part of this cultural group some beliefs that I have learned are to be independent. Another is to work towards my goals and not let thing anything stop me. I also believe family is most important. I am very close to my family and they are my biggest supporters. I also have learned that when I start a job I give that job my best effort, even if I do not like it. I was taught that there is no such thing as quitting. I…

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    Equality in Education-Race and Ethnicity What is an achievement gap? It’s the educational measure between a group of students all from various socioeconomic, ethnic and gender backgrounds. In “Multiplication is for White People” by Lisa Delpit, she writes of two themes one being the achievement gap. Delpit believes there are factors that if accomplished could help the urban classroom excel and close the achievement gap. The second theme being “the symbiotic interplay”(Delpit, xviii) of her life…

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    this narrative, the shoes you will be squeezing into will be a size 8.5, and those of a racially ambiguous pseudo-adult with relatively large hair. Throughout the span of my eighteen years of life, I have viewed the quandary that is my mixed race ethnicity with a fair amount of acceptance, but also with an underlying feeling of insecurity. Although I embrace the varied, yet relatively balanced features that I have inherited from my Italian mother and African American father, genetics definitely…

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    learned topics about race and ethnicity in the United States. I wanted to know more about how one’s race and ethnicity can impact their daily lives. Also, I want to become more competent about diversity. As an aspiring social worker, I wanted to understand how the words “race” and “ethnicity” are define. I also wanted to learn about the relationships race and ethnicity and inequality. Understanding this would enable to better services client of different race and ethnicity. I learned that…

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    Over the past decades race and ethnicity have been our main issues all over the world. From long ago during slavery, to civil rights, to now the issues with the 9/11 attacks or the police shootings; race and ethnicity has always been and lately are becoming an even bigger problem in our society. As we have seen on social media the problems about race and ethnicity are definitely being noticed but no solutions have been made. One solution i have for this is do not trust the media on everything,…

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    vs. Ethnicity. Race can be de defined as a group of persons related by common descent or hereditary. Ethnicity can be defined as an ethnic group; a social group that shares a common and distinctive culture, religion and language. Race and ethnicity have many similarities but also many differences, your race can sometimes narrow down your ethnicity and if you know what ethnicity you are, you definitely know your race. You can tell a person’s race just by their physical appearance, but ethnicity…

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