Ethnicity

Diversity Issues reflection on Ethnicity During the whole semester, we have studied lots of issues related to diversity in America through the textbook and the weekly discussions in this class. I’m born and raised in the East Asia, also the Asian who is studying college in the United States. Because of my identity and life experiences let me have an interest in this course, I care about the diversity issues especially about an ethnicity. To be frank, I have never really known what is the…

Ethnicity: Bullying Bullying in today’s society is a huge problem that is widespread. Bullying can range from children to adults and from race, religion, culture, origin, looks, and sexual orientation. Bullying is portrayed on television, radio and even through music. Typically in today’s world one race or ethnic group will target another race or ethnic group causing the bullying to spread through the genes because it is something that had been taught. This widespread problem can be solved…

There are some things that are inevitable in live, including one's race and ethnicity. Race is a part of us that will always be with us. At times, we may wish that we could change our race, but we cannot; we must accept our ethnicity at some point in life to mature. We are all born to a certain group of group people before we have a choice to determine what that group may be. In my case, I was born into the Lebanese community, which includes multiple aspects. My closest experiences with my race…

As a sociologist in training, I have observed that race and ethnicity is what most people look at in a person they are dating or marrying. For example, a filipino person wants to date or marry another filipino. there are also some other preferences such as age, height, body type, and intelligence or education level but for some people it does not really matter. It may be because of the person’s personality. Chow’s , Lee and Bean’s and Feliciano’s readings prove that racial preference is highest…

Reading and writing about Race and Ethnicity Racism and ethnicity can be said to be beyond the skin color, racism exists from our perception and stereotypes. According to the author, racism is not only biological but develops from one’s social experience and makes people believe that certain race or ethnic group is superior to others. Differences between people are not brought about by biological differences such as skin color but are brought about by environmental factors. People from the…

Willis D. Hawley and Sonia Nieto Wrote an article “Another Inconvenient Truth: Race and Ethnicity Matter” that looks into the problem that race and ethnic backgrounds cause in modern life. They use 4 main writing strategies in their article; Take on the Big Concepts, Call Out the Quiet Argument, Break Down Your Reasons, and Support Your Reasons. Hawley and Nieto take on the big concept by stating that there are “shameful differences in the academic outcomes and graduation rates of students of…

The five chapters that I read from Ethnicity and Family Therapy (McGoldrick, Giordano & Garcia-Preto, 2005) where about Native Americans, Native Hawaiian families, British West Indian families, and Haitian families (2-4 & 8-9 chapters). I was very excited about this assignment and very much enjoyed reading about these cultures. Any and all details I can learn about Native Americans I find really enjoyable. These details will help me with my current job as well. In the Native American…

Emmanuel Garcia September 18th, 2017 AFR 1130 HOMEWORK My Ethnicity Essay In this essay, I will be writing about my ethnicity and race, discussing relevant facts and information, and also explain specific details on my ethnicity. This essay will also explain how my ethnicity affects my life and how can it affect others as well. My ethnicity is Hispanic/Latino, and my race is Puerto Rican. Although, I am Puerto Rican, I was born in the United States, in the New York State, living in…

Introduction Race and ethnicity are integral part of our world. As time has evolved race in our society has become very complicated. Since the 1600s through 1800s racial categories have developed and they keep developing. (Peek, Lori) As Golash Boza said, “In the United States, one of the first things we notice about someone we meet is race.” (Golash-Boza) As time has passed and I have gotten older I’ve understood the importance of my racial and ethnicity background. I have gotten a sense of my…

Whenever the subject of race and ethnicity came up in my classes, I would always sit back and listen to what people had to say. Usually it was because I never really knew the difference between the two. I eventually knew what the difference between the two was and I learned that a lot of people did not know the difference between the two were either. The way I differentiate between the two is race is your genetic makeup, something you cannot control and ethnicity is who your are defined by the…