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color and inequalities between white and black actors in the entertainment industry. Actress Jada Pinkett-Smith, actor Will Smith, and director Spike Lee boycotted this year’s Oscars because of the lack of diversity in nominations. Many people in the United States today do not see that the lack of people of color nominations as a result of racism. Instead, they accuse the…

Assimilation is when immigrants accept the dominant culture of the host country and start to attempt to integrate into mainstream society both economically and socially. Ethnic pluralism is “sustained ethnic differences and continued heterogeneity” (Martin N Marger, Race and Ethnic Relations). Transnationalism is a reduction in the importance of boarders in terms of social or economic importance according to the lecture. There is a stark difference between assimilation and ethnic pluralism.…

It is inevitable to state that the United States is a nation that is culturally diverse. Even more, along with the component of culture, language stands out to be one of the most important cultural aspect that keeps communication and socialization available. As a result, “Language Assimilation Today: Bilingualism Persists More Than in the Past, But English Still Dominates” by Richard Alba discusses about the trends of assimilation by looking specifically at the 2000 Census data. The summary…

Around the world people grow up learning a native language, some people grow up learning two. Many people move to a new area where customs, beliefs and language differ from what they’re used to. This can be a harrowing struggle, especially for children still in school. Trying to learn for your education while not knowing the language can be difficult but teachers can help. By analyzing their students and their progress teachers can help these students accomplish what they need to. In Mr.…

2010. It is clear that there is an overrepresentation of racial minorities within the prison system, and the authors further analyze the likelihood that one will be more punished if they are a visible minority. There is a comparison shown with the United States alongside Canada, and the authors also provide a comparison from province to province. There is an emphasis on disproportionate representation of Aboriginals within the Canadian justice system. Neil and Carmichael also bring attention to…

The Viking Age occurred from late 8th century to mid-11th century. Within this time frame Viking populations across the globe experienced a number of significant changes that signalled the transformation of the Viking age. It should be made clear that this essay will argue for the transformation of the Viking age, as opposed to the end. The main factors behind this transformation are primarily religious in nature, a claim supported by Angus A. Somerville and R. Andrew McDonald, who cite, ‘the…

Police brutality has had a long lineage in the United States of America. Beginning in 1877 with the Great Railroad Strike, police began targeting poor labor workers as they attempted to make a fair living. The Pullman Strike of 1894, the Lawrence textile strike of 1912, the Ludlow massacre of 1914, police brutally attacked labor workers on strike. Fast-forward to the 1960s where Native Americans, Latino immigrants, LGBT people, and blacks were the new target, low on the totem pole. Police…

Charles Darwin said: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” People have been changed by different circumstances; if they want to live better, they should try to adapt to new environments. Children of immigrants must learn new languages and rules of behaviors in new countries that are different from their parents. School experiences also teach children how to be stronger and more mature, and…

The concept of stereotyping is prevalent within both Lori Baker-Sperry and Liz Grauerholz’s “The Pervasiveness and Persistence of the Feminine Beauty Ideal in Children’s Fairytales” and in the preface to Robert Entman and Andrew Rojecki’s The Black Image in the White Mind. These articles discuss how media has the capability to influence the mind of individuals with images of fairy tale’s beauty norms and with racial depictions. Popular media often creates ideals and stereotypes by using…

One issue that still seems to be quite a problem in the United States is racism and discrimination against minorities. Even though the civil rights movement was a while ago, and we as a country have made progress since then, it is still something we see and hear about almost every day. In a perfect world, I believe we should all be treated equally regardless of how we look on the outside, or what religion we follow. I think eventually most of all racism will die out, but there will always be…