White American

In a typical American classroom, majority of the students are Caucasian. However, the few children of color usually goes unnoticed and treated unfairly because of the dominating race and the Westernized environment. Multicultural racism is an ascending issue in a western dominated educational system. Failure to educate students about the severity of racism often leads to prejudice and discrimination within our society. Because students become unaware of the different cultural backgrounds, values…

I am a young black Haitian-American woman who is spiritual, educated, political, and family oriented. As a child, I grew up in low-income family home with both parents under one roof. Without a doubt, both of my parents are political, for they are democrat individuals who raised their children to be acquainted with civil rights and social disparities. However, I do believe my identities fit into a culturally competent behavioral health plan because of cultural disparities in health care.…

Even prior to entering the prison walls being an African American male you are the most likely candidate in the U.S to end up there. With the explosion of the drug market of the 1980’s many poor inner city African American that already lacked any type of opportunities for income jumped right on board. Gangs which were once founded for protection saw this huge opportunity to make money consequently…

Everyone was grouped by class rather than race. Equality for Africans changed when the Bacon’s Rebellion started. The rebellion was mostly for poor white people. An uprising was occurring because the elite planter class were not treating them fairly. Not only did they have to work months or even years to be eligible to obtain land, there would be times where the deal would never happen. For example…

other social events. I had friends that were white, African American, Hispanic and it never was a problem. We would all hang out and we never thought about the fact that we were all from different backgrounds. My school was pretty much an all-white school but my hometown was a lot different. The town was much more diverse so you hung out with a lot of people with different…

Upon completion of the Implicit Assessment Test (IAT) my results showed a moderate automatic preference towards Arab/Muslims compared to Other People. I chose that group because in their visibility, they resemble the Gypsies, the other ethnic group that was present in Hungary where I grew up, and were the subject of great deal of racist conflicts. I was raised with the ideals that Gypsies were inferior in their education, work ethics, social status and intelligence. When I came to live in the…

a movement of appeared equality. How is it then, with this appeared movement of equality, that the United States penal system has become so overwhelmed and disproportioned in the representation of its races? Racial disparities between Non-Hispanic Whites, Non-Hispanic Blacks, and Hispanics, within the penal system, have become increasingly more concerning. A study of empirical research of prosecution, conviction, and sentencing…

history of African Americans in higher education and to assess policy decisions that nullified African Americans advancements to access higher education. One verdict that Harper et al. (2009) alleged contributed to the regression of Blacks was the 1954 ruling of Brown v. the Board of Education. The scholars goes on and state that because Brown v. the Board of Education was ruled unconstitutional to educate blacks and whites separately, insinuating that blacks were inferior to whites due to the…

surrounds the life of the family of a half white-half black man. It is an interesting personal story which is loosely based on the author’s experience. Even though the story contains flashbacks, it still flows smoothly from the present to the past then back to the present. The whole story is the narrator’s journey in search of an answer to the question: “Am I black or white?”…

our generation, American Identity can be seen a couple different ways. For instance if you are a different culture or race then an American, you might feel as though racism or discrimination is a part of American identity. If you are a white American, you might also think that it is okay to do that stuff when it isn’t. America could be viewed by the current generation as a good, respectful and responsible country, with good people having good identities in it. How do Americans really see…