Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

minds of others, these ideas can still affect the lives of others around them. When children become exposed to the idea of racism, it can begin to negatively influence their mental health, by causing large amounts of stress. A survey done by the U.S. Census Bureau on the national health of children, found that kids who were exposed to racism, were more likely to experience disorders such as anxiety and depression. In the Kite Runner Amir explains how after the rape, he “barely saw Hassan ...…

If there is one court case that captured all issues of class, gender and race in the 1910s, the famous Leo Frank Case in Atlanta, Georgia, truly represents that. In the article “The Leo Frank Case Reconsidered: Gender and Sexual Politics in the Making of Reactionary Populism,” author Nancy MacLean discussed the turbulent court case, which was from the beginning, designed to find a Jewish wealthy businessman named Leo Frank guilty, simply because of racial hatred by southern whites, the growth of…

the government doesn’t have much incentive to help the Roma, despite treaties to protect human rights, and IGO allocations available to fund Roma integration. This paper will detail the rights abuses committed against the Roma: by both the French state and by individuals, and will continue onto assess solutions. In order to protect the Roma from societal human rights abuses, France must change its rhetoric surrounding the Roma, access EU social integration funding, and reform policies that limit…

with his parents emigrating from Tuscany before he was born in New York. My maternal grandmother was born in Cyprus and immigrated to the United States when she married my grandfather after meeting him in England. The ethnic heritage on my paternal side is less well known, however, the majority originates from Ireland. Essentially, and according to the federal census, this makes me Caucasian; although I do not identify with the term because it is an inaccurate euphemism used to describe white…

inequality than other industrialized countries has struggled with inequality within income, power and education which resulted in the high intensity issue of poverty. In 1964, former President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a "War on Poverty" in his state of the union address. Poverty is often defined as the inability to provide the minimial needs for oneself. However, socially, poverty can be defined as deprivement severely through education, food, safe water, sanitation, and…

The standards of living in the United States rely on the ratio between population and economic growth; when the population exceeds economic growth, our standards of living drop significantly. Therefore, rates of everyday commodities, such as food, rent, or transportation, increase significantly…

cultural mainstream” and that it has “some vague notion of racial transcendence.” I agree with Hus because as much as we want to believe that the human race has evolved into accepting diversity and believing in racial transcendence, this is not true. Many people believed that the 2008 election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States demonstrated that we had become a post-racial nation because we had elected a black president. We as a nation…

crucial aspect of citizenship. In regards to this social injustice, it is important to understand the connection between the Pre-Construction Era and modern day circumstances and how mass incarceration is deep-rooted within racial ideology in the United States to promote . To begin with, knowing the historical context of this situation is very relevant in understanding how to combat this dilemma. The historical perspective of mass incarceration provides an insight of the primitive racially…

of historical data, “Beginning in the 1890s, southern states enacted literacy tests, poll taxes, elaborate registration systems, and eventually whites-only Democratic Party primaries to exclude black voters” (Smithsonian National Museum of American History). This system meant that African Americans could not vote and be included in selecting their government. As this idea developed, it affected more than just governance. The Smithsonian states, “Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court…

determination, and initiative.” It was first manifested in the Declaration of Independence. The definition started to spread in 1931 when immigrants began to flow in the United States but, this definition may have changed over time to allow in some factors of success other than hard work. Such as, connections, social class, race and ethnicity. People may have…