Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Similar problems of segregation have persisted in both New York City and Paris. In general, there is significant segregation based on socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity. School enrollment has historically been dependent on the neighborhoods children come from, which has perpetuated the gap in learning outcomes for youth. To combat this affect, New York City has pursued a neoliberal education reform based on school choice, hoping to lead to diversification and desegregation. France opted…

Inequality in the Elections Do elections actually represent the United States populace? Given the fact that a lot of people do not vote, I do not believe it does. People who have the right to vote have been declining in voter activity with occasional spikes around presidential elections. Why are people not voting and is it really affecting outcome? People of certain ages, gender, ethnicity, and education have a tendency to vote in a certain way that makes the two party system struggle for…

are attracted to identical and similar races, ethnicities, religions, beliefs, political values, and classes in his essay based on typical examples surrounding us. Author’s convincible thoughts give interesting questions to readers include me, and it makes us reflecting and considering one more time with the necessity of diversity in not only America but also the global…

difficult to assist the low-income population already in the country. The significantly higher welfare use creates a burden on public coffers, exacerbating the nation's fiscal deficit. Welfare programs comprise a significant share of federal and even state expenditures” (Camarota, 2015). With the exception of Medicaid, the welfare programs examined in this report are paid for almost entirely by the federal government. Even in the case of Medicaid, 58% of its costs were born by Washington D.C.…

in the United States. Bogard (1999) explains that the growing social issue can affect individuals regardless of socioeconomic race, age, or sexual orientation. This concept is known as intersectionality. Intersectionality is described as a concept explaining the similarities of racism, sexism, classism and homophobia (Bogard 1999 p.276). Bogard (1999) gives an example of a poor immigrant woman of color. In this case the individual may be oppressed because of her gender, ethnicity, or race.…

We use the household and geographic data from US Census and results of public surveys conducted by USDA. We conclude by presenting some methods for verifications of the model. Keywords Food Desert, Agent Based Simulation, Food Access, USDA, Goodness of Fit Test 1. Introduction The concept of Food desert…

rights violations in the United States and has been around for decades. The immoderate use of violence in law enforcement by police officers is overwhelming, along with the number of “alleged” crimes by officers swept under the rug. New York City police officer Dennis Fitzgerald claims “We’re not out there to antagonize or oppress, we’re out there to maintain the peace,” (Cothran pg.14) but does the evidence of injustice acts within the police force say otherwise? The United States Force has…

African Americans, according to the United States Census, are least likely to come from a married household. They also are three times more likely than a white child, to come from an out-of-wedlock birth (mademoire .com ). While white children will spend an average fourteen years in a two-parent…

as ape-like barbarians prone to lawlessness, laziness and drunkenness. 4 The stereotype of unintelligence also sparked controversy around political movements such as the nativist movement to try and limit Irish and immigrant influence in political races.…

but these are the living conditions experienced by Native Americans residing on Indian reservations today. This is a huge problem because today the United States is home to 5.2 million Native Americans and around 22% of them are currently living on tribal lands. So many Native Americans are struggling just to survive on reservations “The U.S. Census Bureau reports about one of every four American Indians lives below the poverty level.” As Mark Martin discusses in his article “Native Americans: A…