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    how factors like ethnicity and gender as well as other social constructs determine the mobility of second-generation Mexican American men and women, focusing on their education and career success in America. It explores the theoretical issues in regards to them not fitting the research statistics for Mexican Americans in New York City. As well as discussing results of gender roles of parents at home, gendered ethnicity in the labor market, and the dynamics of gendered ethnicity in school…

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    Ethnicity, race, and nationalism are interrelated. We cannot define one concept without elaborating how the other concept plays a crucial role to shape up its agenda. Such as, Nationalism derives from ethnic beliefs, and from cultural religious similarities. Nationalism deliberately supports it 's deeply enrooted believes towards ethnicity. However, race plays a significant role to distinguish the differences between ethnicity and race itself. Due to that, people feel a sense of identity, in…

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    As I got older I learned that race and ethnicity would two totally different things. Race is used to define a person in society by their skin color, while ethnicity is the culture in which you grew up. A lot of people get the wrong idea of a person just by their skin color and assume they come from a particular culture. That’s how a lot of people get insulted and don’t want to speak to you. Ethnicity defines what you believe in and where your ancestors can from. People should not be classified…

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    The greatest predictors of poverty in America are race-ethnicity, education and sex of the person who is head of the family(Henslin., 2013., p. 232). Race-ethnicity is the strongest factor in poverty and while white people are poor it should be considered that they are a very large group comparatively to many of the minorities that make up the population of the country as Henslin states that twelve percent of whites are in poverty, but twenty five percent of Latinos, twenty six percent of…

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    will argue of all the factors that shape my positionality, the three that have impacted me and my positionality the most are my ethnicity and race, socioeconomic class in my community, and religious upbringing. Often times, race and ethnicity is combined into one conforming definition, but they are separate aspects in the shaping of my positionality. Race is…

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    Race/Ethnicity Memo

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    The purpose of this memo is to inform families about the relationship between race/ethnicity, and social class in defining contemporary marriage and families. One similarity is at present society most people marry for personal fulfillment. Financial stability is important, but couples would still get marry. I have learned that different race has different values about marriage and families. African American, they have a larger decline in marriage than other race, because of their implications…

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    Race is associated with biology of human beings, whereas ethnicity is associated with the origin and culture. An individual coming into a society where his ethnicity and race is unfamiliar, an opportunity is open for both the individual and the population of that society to learn and get to know each other. It is imminent that the people of different racial backgrounds, especially multi-ethnic groups, will face all kinds of stereotypes when coming to a new society that is completely unfamiliar…

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    sort of race and ethnicity classification as well as discrimination and prejudice. In my discussion, I am going explain the evidence I have on discrimination and the effects the issues have on my life experience. Race and ethnicity are sociological classifications because I think society classified some race and ethnicity as superior to others. For example, in the USA, Hispanic, African American and Asian American are considered minorities and are at the bottom of race and ethnicity class.…

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    and Sarawak which well known as Land Below the Wind and Land of Hornbills. According to Bujang (2002), a lot of ethnics group is one of uniqueness of Sabah and Sarawak. Basically, do you ever know the ethnics in Borneo? Abraham (1999) states that ‘ethnicity is seen as crucial in understanding the functioning of most contemporary societies including multi-cultural societies in Malaysia. In Sarawak, the Ibans is an indigenous tribe in Borneo which formed a largest ethnic group with about 30 per…

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    Ethnic Identity Stage

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    project. People dispersed over the face of the earth and hence we saw the separation of people, the birth of different languages, cultures and most importantly people groups or what we now call ethnicity. However, over the centuries, with the advancement of technology, the boundaries of race and ethnicity have changed drastically. Diverse people groups…

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