United States communities with Hispanic majority populations

economically disadvantaged in the United States for generations because of factors that are beyond their reach. Economic Advancement among African Americans has improved over time but the wealth gap is still too large to ignore. The lack of black wealth can be attributed to several factors the main one being slavery. Other factors that had huge impact are the G.I Bill, red lining by banks and real estate agents, and high incarceration rates. Slavery in the United States drove the economy in the…

Cultural Competency Paper CHI Saint Francis Medical Center is a general medical and surgical hospital in Grand Island, NE, with 190 beds. Saint Francis Medical Center, was established in 1887 and is located in Grand Island, Neb. Saint Francis provides a wide range of medical and clinical services. It provides multiple clinical services, such as cardiology, imaging, intensive and critical care, nutrition and dietary plans, pediatric, and surgical services. Some of its other services include…

a defined set of experiences or certain characteristics or personality traits that are attached to the white race and skin colour as a whole. In places with a majority or large amount of white people this term whiteness would just be a noun for the norm or native. This in comparison to other minority groups such as Black, Asian, and Hispanic would be considered the minorities. As talked about in many threads and books I have looked into online it seems that this term whiteness comes down to the…

As the population continues to grow in America, the topic of diversity and opinions about it are on the rise as well. Previously, civil rights have been an issue in the United States and are still blamed for the oppression faced today; however, civil rights are not the current issue at hand. From the privilege movements, incorporating fair treatment and creating more diversity to make up for the events in the past is the present issue at hand. Being a free country, the United States is…

I was born and raised in a very small community with not much diversity. My family originates from Haiti. My source of outlet to explore or learn other cultures would be social media and school. Although I have experienced diversity through social media and school I still do not believe everything I hear or see. As I watch other cultures or learn different beliefs I begin to ask myself rather what I was taught during my upbringing had any fact to it. I hardly know where to begin to relate the…

world: Children of the incarcerated, many social issues and issues within current policies involving the incarcerated population were discussed. It is no secret that for some time now, the United States’ criminal justice system has been majorly flawed in more ways than one. Bernstein focuses and creates conversation around several difficulties that children of the incarcerated population experience. The central social problem presented in Bernstein’s novel is that children are being separated…

Gun sales and gun control Name Institution Guns and crime tend to be used synonymously. But are the two different aspects really associated? Do guns really cause crime and if they do are there laws governing gun sales, usage and control? These are some of the questions that pop up when tackling the issue of gun sales and control. The debate on the same topic is not something new. In 1924, Robert La Follete, who was a presidential candidate, stated that it was the American people’s…

shoes to understand the overwhelming conflict we face in our day to day lives before making the decision to move to the United States of America. The hostility that the country has created for Americans has corrupted our society due to the lack of education, the experience of inequality and financial crisis. Education has always been a key structural item to build up the United States to have a better future but unfortunately when adults who are examples to these…

When people hear the term American Dream, many think of success, goals, and opportunity. As a country alone, America is routinely correlated with the possibility that one can thrive and create a way of life for themselves that wouldn’t be attainable anywhere else. As proven by a number of new immigrants, success is surely possible in America. However, according to Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of Between the World and Me, the dream is an ongoing challenge in present day. Coates claims that the…

According to the Children’s Bureau of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (2015) there was over 683,000 children victims of abuse in the United States. In the State of Tennessee (TN), in there was 73,000 cases reported for child abuse and this number has increased from 2014. The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) reported…