United States Census

The last census was conducted in May 2011 and consisted of the Census of Agriculture, the Census of Population, and the 2011 National Household Survey. In 1666 Intendant Jean Talon was the first person to initiate the first census in Canada. The census counted the colony 's 3,215 inhabitants and recorded their age, sex, marital status and occupation. In more recent centuries as the population has grown the Census has developed into a wide range of analytical data…

United States military personnel are devoted to serve and to protect the American people, however their quality of life after combat deployment still remains an area that is not greatly understood. In that case, this phase focuses on the social assessment of veterans’ quality of life in the United States. There are approximately 21,369,602 veterans in the U.S. of which 7.3 percent are females (U.S. Census Bureau, 2016). The age distribution for veterans in the U.S. varies in the sense that…

Currently, the population of Haitian immigrants is 0.3 percent of the total US population (Buchanan, Albert, Beaulieu and U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). American Community Survey of 2009 reports that 81 percent of people with Haitian ancestry who live in the United States and aged 5 years and above spoke a language other than English at home (Buchanan, Albert, Beaulieu, and U.S. Census Bureau. (2010). In terms of education, 18 percent of this population holds a bachelor’s degree while the male and…

services. There are leading causes of mortality and morbidity affecting women throughout globe, as well as in local and at national levels. This essay is to study and understand the types of health issues and the status affecting women at a local, state, national, and international perspective. Many research studies have focused on the health concerns and barriers imposing women of all ages. The context of this paper will examine the health risks, diseases, and outline other health problems that…

Uncloaking Hidden Culture Wendell Pierce elucidated, “Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It’s how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment… all of that is expressed in culture.” Culture is a term containing so much meaning and depth, and altogether is dear to countless people. However, with this depth, the act of defining culture is intricate and has surely fallen under debate determining what factors are essential in making a culture a culture. Some cultures…

Throughout the state of Arizona there is an issue being debated around the state over multiculturalism in the classroom because of ethnic study classes that are in the schools. This heated argument began when a new Arizona law that was being made, that stated that they will ban ethnic studies from public an charter school. The reason behind the creation of this law is because certain individuals saw these classes as a "threat" to overthrow the government and "promote" ethnic solidarity over…

Everyone has been discriminated against at least one time. Admit it, we have been racist towards other people or races and other people are racist to us. Then, Racism is a never ending circle of Stereotypes and problems. Racism is “the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.” Racism is a subject that has been talked about for many centuries. Many people,…

Implicit associations are formed automatically through social experiences and unconscious biases are held as negative attitudes and behaviors towards a social group. The influence of these biases is seen everywhere, including educational forums. Public school systems in the nation reached 49.8 million students grades pre-k through 12th in 2014 and the Department of Defense Education Activity 's (DoDEA) facilities 2014 enrollment was 83,000 students. Exploring the demographic information and…

Privilege and white privilege is there a difference? The text states that White privilege is “a set of advantaged and or immunities that white people benefit from on a daily basis beyond those common to all others” (Avakian, 2003). As I searched privilege and read different terms I understood it as, a special right like an advantage, something granted to a particular person or group of people. Though there is a difference between the two I can see why the term Privilege is attached to “White”.…

issues have always been difficult to handle, and manage. I envision a future society, my ideal society, in the United States to have more tolerance and allowance. Allowing others to live the life they choose, and respecting their choice, even if it goes against your personal views; while also enforcing equality is what I see as my ideal. Inequality is quite present in the United States society. “Some may envision a society in which race has simply disappeared. In one version of this, it becomes…