Kern County

Data Andre L. Beasley Sr. University of Saint Francis Background A Texas resident with multiple sclerosis (MS) contacted the Texas Department of Health (TDH) to report a suspected cluster of MS cases among people that spent their childhood in the Kern-Place-Mission Hills area of El Paso, Texas in 1994 (Henry, Garabedian, Wagner, and Shire, 2007, p. 5). Fifteen individuals that lived in the area from the 1940s through the 1960s, had multiple sclerosis, which was above the national estimates…

Farm owners in California needed the migrants to complete the harvest but heavily resented their presence. For instance, when they moved into a particular district or county, residents always showed them that they were not wanted there. Others saw them as seen as ignorant, unhealthy and dirty people. They were also seen as a liability in as far as there was increased need to use taxpayers’ money on policing within communities…

Homeless Census Reflection Journal I participated in the Homeless Census on Wednesday, January 27, 2016, which took place at a homeless shelter called the Mission at Kern County. I was assigned to interview homeless people at the mission. I interviewed eight people, and all of them were males between the ages of 37 to 64. Most of the people that I interviewed were homeless for several years (highest 22 years). Approximately half of them were born in the Bakersfield area. Also, most of them were…

The concept of a social problem is a condition, event, or situation that constitutes as troublesome that needs to be changed. A social problem is not considered to be a social problem unless it is seen as a violating or threatening the fundamentals of society. They span the entire spectrum of the population: white, black, Indian, and Hispanic men, women, and children. No race is exempt; homelessness is an equal opportunity social issue. At the Bakersfield homeless shelter, I worked in the…

The " Grapes of Wrath" is a novel that’s written by John Steinbeck, it’s a historical fiction novel published in the 1939. Throughout the book it demonstrates the topics of love, strength of agreement, and renewal. The major characters that are involved in the novel are Tim Joad, Jim Casy, Pa Joad, Ma Joad, and Rose of sharon. This novel is to be well known for the significance and important moments that are mentioned throughout the novel in America. This novel was constructed during the Dust…

chosen due to the close proximity of dairy farms and multiple highways that cross the United States. At the Nestlé Dreyer’s Ice Cream factory, were in the peak season, the company employs a diverse group of approximately 1,000 individuals from Kern County and neighboring settlement’s. The number of employees is even larger when including the Nestlé’s Research and Development Center (R&D) were employees represent different markets of Nestlé. R&D is where new designs are manufactured in new ice…

If popular music is a reflection of society then Irving Berlin’s music is no exception (Martindale 274). His music was the soundtrack for much of the twentieth century: it went to war with the soldiers during two World Wars; it brought hope and inspiration to the entire country during the Great Depression, and celebrated the American way of life (Martindale 274). Israel Baline was born on May 11, 1888, in Temun, Russian Siberia. When Israel was only four years old, for fear of persecution from…

Los Angeles “The Town of The Queen of Angels” was the name of Los Angeles in the late 1700’s. The city of Los Angeles is very big and has lots of pretty places and lots of things. Los Angeles has many landscapes, mountains, sports and places to go. Most people move to Los Angeles if they become successful in sports, music, writing, or singing because Los Angeles is an entertaining place with lots to do. Los Angeles was not always called “The City of Angels”(Hively). Los Angeles was called “El…

I was born and raised in Bakersfield California on September 19, 1992 in Kern Medical Center shortly after midnight. I would not be in Bakersfield if it were not for my grandparent packing up and moving from Mississippi with 6 children inside of a van. My grandfather Cardell Martin was born in a little town outside of Greenville, Mississippi and my grandmother was born and raised inside in Greenville, Mississippi. My grandfather worked in the fields and well as my grandmother who picked cotton…

John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath fought major backlash from critics and battled grievances from offended readers on its way to becoming immortalized in literary history among the greatest works of all time. The Grapes of Wrath, at the time of its publication, was disliked by many Americans, who had lived the tumultuous lives portrayed in the book, but with age has become a prized, frequently-referenced description of life following the Dust Bowl. This essay follows The Grapes of Wrath along…