United States counties with African American majority populations

Concerns in San Bernardino County In San Bernardino County, California, the health disparities found among the various racial and ethnic groups are of significant concern. With the rate of newly diagnosed chronic conditions rising, and nearly 72% of the adults diagnosed as overweight or obese (California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, 2011-2012), a health assessment of the county will help to identify the issues influencing the health care choices and behaviors of this population. Taking a closer…

The topic that will be discussed in this paper is the mass incarceration of African American males in the United States. However, before we can address the problem of the mass incarceration among African American males one needs to understand that mass incarceration is happening across the board for all groups in the United States. According to an article by Jim Webb, the US is only 5 percent of the world’s population but, this country now holds almost 25 percent of the worlds reported…

human rights lawyer who founded and currently serves as the Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative located in Montgomery, Alabama. The non-profit organization fights against the racial and poverty discrimination that occurs in the United States justice system. Bryan Stevenson has done multiple interviews including one with 60 Minutes with Walter McMillian and made an appearance on TED to talk about the injustice that occurs. Through reading his book, Just Mercy, the reader will see…

is facing racial issues. Maycomb is a county whose population is mixed between white and colored people. However, most of the African American society in this town serve as the people caring for the white Americans home and housekeeping; they are doing all the hard labor. This causes a lot of racial differences between the population as a whole. Therefore, when the time of Tom Robinson’s trial comes about, it is an unfair trial because he is African American. This is why Atticus feels that he…

horrible effects on large populations of african and african-american people such as mass separation from families and homeland and mass mortality rates…

Introduction: Webb County, Texas is predominantly Hispanic community along the South Texas border. The majority of the population is economically disadvantaged, which affects their ability to live a healthy lifestyle. The average median household income in Webb County is $35,659, and the poverty rate is approximately 31.8% of the total population, which is double the state average.1 As a consequence, school-aged children face the nutritional problem of being food insecure. Food insecurity is…

Assessment Undoubtedly, the causality of infant mortality disparity seen among African American soon-to-be mothers is a major public health concern. It may not be one that can simply be measured by disparities in adulthood but shaped across an individual’s lifetime and potentially across generations as Freire (2000) eluded to in Pedagogy of the oppressed. In Orange County, FL whether the concerns streamed from Oppression or Residential Segregation or other additional factors, focusing on…

Research indicates the health of many immigrant populations’ deteriorates the longer they live in the U.S., leading to a phenomenon known as the “immigrant health advantage” (Antecol and Bedard 2006). Several studies suggest new immigrants tend to have healthier behaviors when they first arrive in America compared to U.S. natives. Immigrants tend to originate from cultures with lower stress levels that promote healthier lifestyles because of strong familial and societal networks (Venters and…

Character, Laurel states “Whites were like those baby pigeons: real and existing, but rarely seen or thought about” (Packer 179). She is referring to her time period; in the southern suburbs of Atlanta you didn’t see white people. Why? Because of racial segregation blacks and whites were split up. Whites referred themselves as superior to blacks. This makes you wonder, how has racial oppression and racial discrimination affected African Americans. The negative stereotype of African Americans…

The United Stated of America is the most ethnically diverse nation in the world. We have experienced advances in technology, economic prosperity, and acceptance of others. However, these advances, acceptance, and prosperity are not evenly shared across society, as demonstrated by entire sections of American communities becoming marginalized. A central facet of this marginalization is the unequal treatment of Hispanics/Latinos which becomes apparent within the entirety of the American criminal…