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is an ethnicity. Jewish is an ethnicity (albeit also ethno-religious), African American is an ethnicity. Race refers to the categorization of people based on common appearance and skin color. It is a social construct and has no basis in biology whatsoever. Black is a race, Asian is a race, White is a race, etc.. Sometimes Indigenous is considered a race as well. Nationality is the nation in which you live. American is a nationality, German is a nationality, Irish is a nationality, Kenyan is…

decide when enough is enough when push comes to shove. This movie takes place in Brooklyn, New York during the summer and those long hot summer days. Mookie, the main character, works at Sal’s pizzeria in a neighborhood where it is most African Americans with a few other ethnicities that include Latinos, Asians and Whites. Sal has owned his pizzeria for almost 45 years, he…

there was an African American women who actually took the time out to find the history behind white privilege and white identity and where they come from. She created the honest truth on the true history of whiteness. I personally enjoyed the video because I learned more about part of my ethnicity that I did not know before. Being mixed with white, black and Native American I’ve never had the chance to know the full background about my ethnicities other than my African American side. So to here…

his working-class Mexican American family to the idealized white families shown on television sitcoms like the Cleavers of Leave it to Beaver and the Andersons of Father Knows Best. His early failure reminds us that American families are complicated. Nevertheless, his essay suggests that working-class families of color like the Sotos can be just as functional as Beaver Cleaver’s family. Soto contrasts the families televised with his own to suggest how Mexican American boys are taught to…

today’s society. A survey by ABC News found that at least one in ten Americans held prejudices against Hispanic-Americans while four out of ten did the same regarding Arab-Americans (ABC News, 2007). Groups which have been discriminated against in the past include the African-Americans, Latin-Americans, Asian-Americans and non-Protestant Anglo-Americans such as Poles, Jews, and Italians. However, racial prejudice among Americans has reduced markedly over the past few decades. Question 5: Race as…

The significant timing of the mass migration of black communities to urban cities created a rare opportunity for African-Americans to escape their bounded poor economic status and instilled hope for them to aspire for more skilled jobs and a better future. During the outbreak of World War I, there was a huge demand for jobs that became opened for African-Americans in industries such as the meatpacking, automobile and railroad. This economic opportunity led to Black migrants employed in higher…

the transition. Some Mexicans decided to adopt many American customs, while others stuck to their roots. Ultimately, their lifestyles were influenced, but many Mexican traditions were conserved. Some of the customs that Mexicans retained include religion, food, and entertainment. They kept these traditions like a piece of home. It made new life in the United States feel similar to how they felt before they immigrated. Mexicans found the new American setting easier to adapt to when they did not…

minimal information to link slavery to the reason why the majority of African Americans are in economic trouble as of today. Even if the African Americans had it the worst, the fact that many other races that were mistreated or enslaved have jumped back up to a good economic condition. In WW2, the Italian and the Japanese were forced into internment camps and had, many pieces of their property confiscated and sold by the Americans in WW2. Many holocaust survivor relatives reside in America today…

ever evolving social tensions plaguing the country. The common foundations of issues within American Society were Nativism, racism, and religious persecution ("Social Tensions - AP U.S. History Topic Outlines - Study Notes.”). With these problems also came reform movements and whether these movements were successful or not, they resulted in a lasting change for America’s future. The rapid growth of American cities in the 1920s resulted in a great migration from within and out of the country…

from different countries. For example, South Florida such as Miami has a lot of residents from South America such as Colombians, Brazilians, Venezuelan’s are the most common people you see in Miami. In addition, New York is a good example of having Italian and Puerto Rican immigrants also the Irish coming from Ireland to live either in New York or Boston, Massachusetts. California and Texas on the other hand has a lot of people from Central America such as Mexicans, Hondurans, El Salvadorians,…