Minorities

The government is able to control them when they are locked up in these institutions. This is illustrated through racial profiling and terms such as “driving while black”. In conclusion, blacks are being overrepresented as well as any other minority groups in the prison system allowing the government to control these individuals. Paul Grimes and Kevin Rogers focus on the growth in the prison population describing the “get tough on crime” policy as problematic. There has been an increase in…

In the video Legal Director Myron Quon Model-Minority Myth & APAs (2007), Quon discussed numerous different negative outcomes from stereotyping Asian Americans. The first Asian American stereotype that was mentioned was about the minority itself and how it should be categorized. Asian Americans are not really being recognized as a category. Oftentimes, when asked anything regarding race, they have to label themselves as “other” because there are no options stating that they are Asian…

historical discriminations, affirmative action has, inherently, built reverse discrimination against Asian and white males. Due to a limited number of accepted applicants in high-level institutions, the preference that affirmative action gives to minorities have had dramatic effects in the acceptance rates based on race, with the Asians and whites face much harder competition amongst themselves. Consequently, as Ron Unz points out, affirmative action serves as quotas on Asian Americans, and…

level. People discriminate in different ways, some aim to benefit minority groups in society, while others aim to obstruct the minority. In order to achieve equality between all, as is arguably required in in a democratic society, it is necessary for the State to intervene for the good of society. The principle of affirmative action is an example of discrimination in society. It is instituted on the basis that it assists minority groups who lack equal opportunity. The purpose of affirmative…

Russo, David M. Professor Okeh 2/16/15 Minority Report Questions 1. What makes and action moral or immoral? It depends on the initial actions though. If you are going to commit a crime that either hurts someone else or in that circumstance then it is immoral. To make an action moral would of course be the opposite of committing a crime and causes no hurt to another person. Just like with the pre-cogs predicting the future of people committing crimes before they happen. That makes moral…

Second, while many students come from different culture and ethnicity , college is often a mix of different people from different walks of life . Barner believes that "It's a culture shock,", he said "I'm coming from New Orleans where it's majority black, most of the community I have seen and interacted with is black, and then you come to Grinnell, it's just different". Currently, diversity represent a big part of college admission. Since we will likely collaborate with many different…

antics at the university. There are course materials absent of any authors other than white men and the token minority person to demonstrate “diversity”.…

Affirmative action is important in higher education for minority groups in that it is a critical need to successfully develop role models and achieve diversity. According to the United States Census Bureau, more than half of all U.S babies today are people of color, and by 2050 our country will have no clear racial or ethnic majority. Communities of color are tomorrow’s leaders in many areas in society. For years minority groups in the United States are generally disadvantaged in reaching their…

me an opportunity, but I cracked the books, did the work, and passed the tests” (Rockwell). People seem to have the misconception that minority people might not work as hard when the standard is supposedly set lower, but instead an opportunity would only encourage people of color to work even harder to achieve something that was previously unattainable. The minority groups who do get into college with the help of affirmative action are not slackers and work hard to defeat the unfair prejudices…

1). Depending on the social climate that minority groups put their selves into can influence their motives. If minority hangs around with minority groups their motives, and standards can become low, because everyone else in the group will be on just about the same level. If a minority was hanging around with the majority group, he or she motives will be a little different. They will strive to act and perform their best just as the rest of the non-minority. This can also work in both ways for…