Functional groups

Affirmative action As students begin to apply to colleges, they experience the effects of affirmative action for the first time. At first glance, it appears to be completely illogical and unfair. How can someone’s increased chances of being accepted improve equality? However, because of the rampant inequality and racism currently in America, affirmative action is required to level the playing. In America today, affirmative action is needed both because it leads to a more successful workplace and…

Kyle Lascano Psychology Chapter 4 Journal As developing adolescents progress in their growth towards striving and being productive for their societies, their future adult-selves may vary physiologically, cognitively, and morally. Depending on the culture they were exposed to, the possible results after adolescences will have major differences. I, myself, am a child that spent majority of his childhood in a culture that revolved around the Asian standards; however, certain circumstances have…

self-consciousness and deep need to be accepted by the group. Such factors as not being to wear their own clothes She idleness that does not allow them to use up the surge of energy that occurs during adolescents of energy that occurs during adolescence, the boredom (to which teens are especially susceptible), I suppose the prevalence of tattooing in inmates (although I do not know how they obtain them) gives them a sense of identification with a group yet distinctiveness at the same time. It…

Affirmative action is defined as, “admission policies that provide equal access to education for those groups that have been historically excluded or underrepresented, such as women and minorities” (“Affirmative Action Overview” n.p.). Affirmative action is a controversial topic when it comes to college acceptance and admissions. The Grutter v. Bollinger Supreme Court case concerning racial diversity in public colleges across America had greatly impacted many policies on affirmative action in…

and development of American foreign policy, but some ethnic groups are consistently more successful at influencing policy than others. Various foreign relations scholars have tried to explain this phenomenon that crops up again and again in American foreign policy. Among them are Tony Smith and Alvin Tillery, Jr., who developed different but complimentary theories to explain the origin of the discrepancy and analysis of how ethnic groups can lobby more effectively. Yet other scholars, such as…

As minorities, my family and I resemble ants. We try not to get stepped on, we fight to bring home the most we can, and we constantly prove ourselves to be incredibly strong. Neverending challenges threaten to defeat us, but with the support of our community, we are ready to overcome them. Being a minority placed several obstacles on my path. I’m easily unnoticed, belittled, and underestimated. As a young hispanic woman, being stereotyped is not something unfamiliar to me. I constantly…

Today was the fifth day of class, and for the majority of the class, Dr. Bennett-Alexander discussed affirmative action, a set of laws, policies, guidelines, and administrative practices “intended to end and correct the effects of a specific form of discrimination.” It is remarkable to hear Dr. Bennett-Alexander name certain events from 1619 to 1980 from the back of her head, I certainly cannot accomplish that. From 1619, when the first recorded Africans arrived in the United States of America…

followed by numerous amounts of people. But, one of the more illegal and dangerous “follow the leader” game in high school, is underage drinking. From what I have seen happen with my peers, when one person starts to drink, their whole entire friend group is suddenly throwing a party over the weekend and everyone there is drunk. Freshman year, I noticed that none of my peers drank alcohol. It didn’t even cross my mind that people were drinking underage. Sophomore year, I started realizing that…

differences, while the term ethnicity describes a shared common culture. Race is variation among a group of human beings that is biologically determined—biological differences used to describe varies population. Physical differences; such as, the color of their skin, or texture or color of their hair; allow people to make a distinction based on looks. On the other hand, ethnicity is a form of identity—a group of culture whom share a common culture. This includes traits such as practices, norms,…

nationality, or racial group that may share some of the following foundations such as culture, religion, race, language, and even place of origin. Ethnic and racial identity are very important in today’s society especially in minority groups such as Native Americans for example. Ethnic identity plays a huge role among minority groups because they experience the contrasting and dominance of the major ethnic group. Although I consider myself as part of one of the mayor ethnic group, most of my…