White Latin American

Where she was growing up in that time period it wasn’t a very diverse area, or so she tells me, more like a small community where everyone was white and new everyone else. The section on Defining Racism further explains this situation. “Many of us grew up in neighborhoods where we had limited opportunities to interact with people different from our own families,” (65) mostly because of how social…

the most judgemental if you’re a person of color. America will judge you the most if your skin tone is dark, or what Americans call black, because of their past. If you come from a place where everyone looks the same or that race doesn 't matter, you would not notice racism or be judged based on your skin tone. In Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie its states “Dear Non-American Black, when you make the choice to come to America, you become black. Stop arguing. Stop saying I 'm Jamaican…

My family and I consider ourselves to be primarily of Hispanic race and, more specifically, our ethnicity to be Mexican American. My mother’s side of the family is from the city of Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico while my father’s side is from the states of Sinaloa and Sonora in Mexico. So, it’s safe to say my family is very Mexican. Both of my parent where actually born in Mexico but were brought over to the United states as infants. However, if we go back even further three generations before…

In the article, Cultural Differences in Child Rearing: A Comparison of Immigrant Chinese and Caucasian American Mothers, authors, Michelle L. Kelley and Hui-Mei Tseng takes thirty-eight Caucasian American mothers and thirty-eight Chinese mothers and compares the parenting skills of their 3 to 8 year old children using a Parenting Dimensions Inventory (PDI) and a Parenting Goals Questionnaire (PGQ). Results found on the PDI that Caucasian mothers scored better on sensitivity, nurturance, rule…

1.One of the most commonly espoused answers to “Yali’s Question” is that there is a biological difference among different groups of people, or that Europeans are just superior to other races. Jared Diamond proves this wrong by stating that human differences in intelligence is caused by the difference in technology, that on average modern day people who live in the “Stone Age” are probably more intelligent than industrialized people. Another common answer to “Yali’s Question” is that Europeans…

The class was assigned to view the Project Implicit which psychologist developed in order to explain the concept “unwilling-unable distinction”. People tend to reflect on what their thinking because they are reluctant or inadequate to do so. For example, if an employee notices a person who gambles at the particular casino everyday and they happened to ask if they have been coming their everyday. The gambler could completely avoids the question all together because they fear being judged and the…

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…

American Dream Can we all achieve the american dream? It is said that everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve success through hard work and determination. The reason not everyone achieves the american dream is because they are not willing to work for it. Some are more determined while others would rather take the easy road. This is shown through a couple poems and a quote by Richard Nixon. They’re 2 types of people, one’s who give up and those who keeping trying no matter the struggles…

With a strongly rooted conservative right-wing population the political climate has been tense for those wondering otherwise. What is the reason behind the choices of the Prime Minister? What good will these value-based laws bring about? Lauren Frayer, in A Race to The Far Right in Hungarian Politics (2015), interviews a Hungarian native to see what a far-right movement will bring about for the future of his people. A portion of the populace has concerns with the rhetoric Viktor Orban uses to…

schools. East Side is a predominately black school and there is also Cleveland High which was predominately white. When I first decided to go to school in Cleveland I wanted to go to Cleveland High because people made East Side out to be as bad as the East Side off the movie. However, without a choice I ended up going to East Side and once there I had my first cultural experience with the ideal of white…