White American

early 80’s, my father viewed the United States as a country with opportunities moreover, he liked the fact that the American education system is not restrictive and it allowed students to interact more with the professors as compared to Asia. The expectation he had of the United States was ultra modern with tall skyscrapers and big cities. In addition, he also expected that Americans were knowledgeable about the world affairs due to the fact that both the media and newspapers display that the…

Some call me Jake and others call me Jacob. Either or will do. I am Jacob Green and to briefly describe myself in four words is very challenging, but in those four words involving my heritage, background, and ethnicity I would say Irish, rural, white, and talkative. However, everyone is unique coming from different backgrounds and having various ethnicities, everyone is peculiar in their own way. What makes up a person is who they are, it is their identity. I am now going to tell you a little…

reality and digitally. These social issues have been going on for decades and it seems that American society is not close to solving the racial inequality and immigration discrimination problems. There are some similar and different concepts when it comes to these two major movements. The first similarity between these two movements is that they both involve racial discrimination. Both of the African Americans and Hispanics are being discriminated against on many social levels. The first social…

When the white settlers first came to America they were looking for gold and a better life. They were not the first habitants of the land. The Natives, who were there first, in many cases help the settlers by showing them how to hunt, how to survive the weather, showing them new types of crops like corn, squash, potatoes, use plants as medicine. The natives and the white settlers lived around each other and even adopt some of each other cultures. The Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Creeks and…

Stereotypes We as a society and race are stuck in an endless cycle of stereotyping. If one is a black male then he is expected to be an excellent athlete with temper problems. Blonde-haired females are useless when it comes to intelligence. All African Americans are violent, lazy, very religious, and have a love for fried chicken. All Mexicans that come to America are illegal immigrants and love tacos. Males are stronger and more intelligent than females. The stereotypes don’t just stop there,…

Brunson passed out handouts pertaining to white privelage. These documents were very eye opening. One in particular was called, “White Privelage: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh. In this document there was a list of statements to read over and either agree or disagree with. Statements such as, “I can if I wish arrange…

into the 1600s was slavery, numerous occurrences have involved slavery with other races but the one that occurred the most was the African Americans. Slavery was a huge part in history and it happened due to the fact of their skin color and how they were being judged because of it. Another example of of racism was how the Americans treated Japanese Americans…

Germany lost the war in 1945, several Allied soldiers stationed in Germany began to start relationships and marry German women. In German society it sinful to have a biracial relationship. Some German women eventually became pregnant from African-American Allied soldiers, which created a new group in the German society called Afro-Germans or “Occupation Babies”. Many of the fathers of the Occupation Babies did not raise them because Allied soldiers were eventually sent back to their own…

woman named Justine Sacco posted tweets about her trip to South Africa. She tweeted racist comments such as, “Weird German Dude: You’re in First Class. It’s 2014. Get some deodorant.” and “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” Because of her offensive comments, an individual responded back to Sacco with, “How did she get a PR job? Her level of racist ignorance belongs on Fox News!” Later that day, she became the number one worldwide trend on Twitter, got fired from…

while the maximum was 54. 58.2 percent of our sample identifies as non-Hispanics 41.8 and 41.8 percent of our sample was Hispanic (See Figure one ). 29.3 percent were White. 18.1 percent of our respondents reported being Asian, 8.7 percent were Black/African American, 0.9 percent of our respondents reported that they were American Indian or Alaskan Native, 0.6 percent of our respondents reported that they were Native Hawaiian…