Social groups

modern day Xinjiang society. The uneven job and wealth distribution becomes the major source of dissatisfaction among ethnic minorities from which instability stems. The situation was made even more dire due to inadequate educational efforts that hurts social mobility. In contrast, the more nominal reasons, such as religions and historical reasons were often used as excuses to bury the more deep rooted…

“This Beautiful Life” showcased many aspects of social issues. One aspect that stood out to me is the struggles of teens in their surroundings. Teenagers are growing to figure out who they are and their surrounding, such as the people around them, has a huge influence on their discovery. They need proper guidance and discipline to follow their rightful path. Sometimes it may not be good, but with the help of Helen Schulman’s realistic characters – Jake, Daisy, and Coco, teenagers of the 21st…

place for juvenile delinquents, it is a place for children whose biological parents can no longer for a wide array of different reasons can no longer care for them. Foster care is generally arranged by going through the court system and having the social services agency involved, however it can also be arranged within a family. BACKGROUND In the United States sadly hundreds of thousands of children are placed into the foster care system. On any…

10/26/17 BMW Ethical and Social Issues: The Bavarian Motor Works (BMW) is a motor company based in Germany and is widely known for producing high quality vehicles. BMW was founded in “1916 by Franz Josef Popp in Munich, Germany and it mainly produced aircraft engines” (UK Essays) when it was formed. However, their circular blue and white logo is viewed by the BMW as the movement of propeller representing the white blades cutting through the blue sky. The BMW is a diverse group that does not…

addition to the lack of work ethic in other racial groups. Ultimately, the “Asian model minority” is a myth that not only internalizes racial discrimination in other minority groups, but also categorizes Asians in a way that overlooks the underlying problems and pressures that they face. The stereotypes of the hardworking “model minority” also creates the myth of the meritocracy by making minorities falsely believe that they can easily achieve the same social and economic as the white Americans.…

Due to some statistics data such as 42% of all Asian American adults have at least a college degree, Asian Americans are frequently portrayed as a model example of hard work and patience among other minority groups in the U.S. So called model minority stereotype. Many people take the stereotype further and argue that since Asian Americans are doing well, they no longer experience any kind of discrimination so no longer need services such as bilingual government documents and public assistance.…

and multicultural views, many efforts have been made to manage the mutual diversities and the differences linked with the identity of public and political unity. It denotes to the cultural diversities that originate from the presence of two or more groups in a society where people’s opinions and practices create a characteristic wisdom of a collective identity. Multiculturalism can be described by both as descriptive and normative terms. As a descriptive term multiculturalism is unsurprisingly…

The Netflix series Orange is the New Black emphasizes racial stereotypes within each ethnic group it portrays. The racial groups that most prominently serve as the focus of the show are Blacks, whites, and Latinas. The Blacks are portrayed as rowdy, and their backstories involve poverty and broken homes. The whites are portrayed as rich and educated, or as the typical “trailer park junkie,” and the ways they ended up in prison are depicted largely as accidents or misfortunes. The Latinas are…

identities and sense of national identity. Can we be patriotic without having ethnicity? Yes, in principle, as long as foreign conflicts do not directly correlate upon any one group within the country such as with Muslims religiously “linked” to 9/11or the Germans or Japanese during World War…

This may be because teenagers are usually attending school, and that is where the majority of their social lives take place. Most of their friends are from their classes, or after school activities. It takes over almost their entire social world, and so there is a lot of pressure to get along with one’s peers. Furthermore, since youth are seeking to establish an identity outside of the familial setting, the way in which…