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did not have any permission to leave their home and go out to work. Philippine people coming to the United States have a difficulty adjusting to the American ideal perception of the family since they are sometimes unable to live a certain life they have never been exposed to. This shows how some races cannot form families since some individuals are more oppressed than others. Women in the United States are also oppressed; you have white women getting an education and career where the immigrant…

One way to distinguish a person from the billions of other people in the world is by looking into their ethnicity. Ethnicity may be simplified as just a person’s origin, but arguments have been made that there is more to the world. Joane Nagel, author of “Constructing Ethnicity”, writes about what makes up the word ethnicity along with its uses in social and political spectrums. According to Diffen.com an ethnic group or ethnicity is a population group whose members identify with each other on…

Furthermore, my second year placement was at Jane and Finch Ontario Early Year Centre (OEYC). Before starting my placement, I was worried about the community that my centre was located. I searched, “Jane Finch Mall” in the Google and I found few articles about shooting and murders. I was very hesitant to go there for the first time. However, when I actually got there and met the people at Jane-Finch OEYC, I found out it was a very pleasant place to be at. In fact, these people were one of the…

America is often advertised as the "Land of the Free" with "equal opportunities." However, when immigrants arrive, things do not end up in their favor. Instead, the justice system rules out the people of color and favors the White privileged and only brings complications and inconveniences to society. The American Dream is not much of a dream as it is a nightmare for many non-Caucasian individuals. Generally, most people start at different starting points in life yet, it is…

Family, School, and Environment: How Do They Affect the Student? For this ethnographical project, I observed in a Pre-K classroom at a public, urban elementary school in Birmingham Alabama. I observed in this classroom for a total of twenty-five hours during the months of November and December. During my time, I participated in regular classroom activities, attended lunch and physical education class with the students, and interviewed both the lead teacher and the teaching assistant. The…

Progress and Conclusion on my Personal Growth The four diversity related topics I’ll be focusing on are: oppression & power, ethnic identity development, ableism and ageism. With the topic of oppression and power, as well as some the exercises we did, sort of made me realized how rough my bringing up and how easy some of the white students had it, regardless of their situation. It also made apparent who had more privilege than others and who was a bit more wary of the power they held with their…

Through writing about my racial identity and ethnicity, I will discuss how my life has been impacted by my ethnic identity and the society that I live in. I will also discuss the sociological aspect of my ethnic identity. I will discuss what my racial identity is, how I define it, how it has changed, and how I interact with others in the same group as me. It is important to discuss my own experiences to better understand the experiences of others. My racial identity is white. I am white but I…

hit at school? The students per our survey were required to respond by telling us if they were a victim of the above-mentioned crimes at school by either stating “never,” “maybe once or twice,” or “more than twice”. Journal of Criminology (2013) states that dichotomizing school-based victimization data is a common practice because incident…

programs for which a basic income would eliminate the need, like social security and medicaid, could pay for up to three quarters of a UBI. Based on population data from the United States Census Bureau, a UBI of $13 thousand paid to all Americans over 21 would cost approximately $3 trillion annually (“QuickFacts United States”). By eliminating current welfare programs, the federal government would save $2.294 trillion (“Policy Basics: Where Do Our Federal Tax Dollars Go?”). While this still…

2012 to 2015. This increase in the older population will affect social and economical interests. Baby boomers are largely responsible for this increase in the older population (U.S. Census Bureau, 20014). With this boom comes change. The older population will become more racially and ethically diverse (U.S. Census Bureau, 20014). With change can come complications and challenges. Where we can expect to see some of these issues arise will be with programs such as Social Security, Medicare,…