Demographic Essay

How one does in school, one’s social ability, and one’s awareness of others are all guided by how an individual identifies. Identification with one’s gender, race, religion, social class, and ethnicity are all driving forces behind an individual’s future self. Identity is a crucial part of who you are, and in recent studies and experimentation researchers have been trying to identify new, untested factors that influence behavior in people. Although, in the past there hasn’t been a strong focus on the positive effects of race and ethnicity, the conversation is now shifting to align itself with the current times. With America becoming increasingly more ethnically and racially diverse, we must take the time to see how certain factors, specifically race and ethnicity, impact a person’s development and behavior in both positive and negative ways. Attributes and characteristics such as good academic standing, one’s well-being in terms of health, and one’s well-being in terms of self-esteem have all been the focus of studies focused on ethnic and racial identity.

As a psychology major, it is important to know how to work with diverse populations, especially in today’s society. It seems that there are more cultural groups today, compared to the past because of groups such as LGBTQ and an increase in immigration to America from more countries than just Europe and Africa. In America, we expect people to know how to speak English and have a basic understanding of the American culture, but for the most part, Americans lack a willingness to understand other people’s cultures. While some do not want to take the time to understand different cultures, those individuals who work with diverse populations have to understand different cultures in order to truly help those from diverse situations. In order to learn

Brindlee Mountain Middle School is a small rural school in Marshall County Alabama located within eight miles of Guntersville, Alabama and Arab, Alabama. BMMS was constructed sixteen years ago to consolidate Grassy and Union Grove junior high schools. This consolidation led to the reorganization of Grassy and Union Grove into elementary schools serving grades kindergarten through fourth grade. In 2004 Brindlee Mountain High School was created, followed by another reorganization of Grassy and Union Grove elementary schools into a primary school serving grades kindergarten through second grade and an elementary school serving grades three through five. In 2011, Union Grove and Grassy schools underwent another transformation when they were renamed Brindlee Mountain Primary School and Brindlee Mountain Elementary School respectively. These changes successfully created the Brindlee Mountain feeder pattern.

I’ve never taken into consideration how all of my experiences growing up has really formed the person that I am today. I’ve never really taken the time to think about my story of intersectionality until I took this class. I never realized how my inner, outer, experiential, relational, and developing identities have really constructed the person that I have become today. Many of my identities have influenced and changed my life especially my identities in social class, race and ethnicity, religion, citizenship and immigration status, first language I learned, my gender, and my gender expressions.

How Can These Challenges Be Addressed. The changing of disability rates, the size of the economy and efforts at privatization may affect how much of an economic burden these programs will impose in the future. As a result, household financial wealth in the world's major economies will be roughly $31 trillion lower in 20 years than it would have been if historical demographic trends had persisted. Raising the retirement age, easing restrictions on immigration, encouraging families to have more children, and achieving faster economic growth will have little impact on this shortfall. To fill it, households and governments will have to increase their savings rates and national economies will have to allocate capital more efficiently, thereby boosting returns (Farrell, 2005).

Pekin Illinois is a relatively small community located in Central Illinois half way between St. Louis and Chicago. It boasted a total community population of 33857 during the last census period of 2008. The total population consisted of roughly a 50/50 male to female ratio with a median age of 37.1 and represented 94.4% Caucasian, 2.4% African American, 1.9% Hispanic and 1.1% Asian races. Due to this population mix many of the culturally and racially indicated diseases states, such as type 2 diabetes, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular diseases are not as prevalent as coronary heart disease and other related diseases such as heart failure, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and obesity.

I started off by gathering research for the demographic factors that would be easy to find for both cities by looking at the US Census database as well as the American Community Survey database. I was able to get through this process fairly quickly because the US Census publishes ‘quick facts’ about each city and I was able to do a side by side comparison between San Jose, CA and St. Louis, MO. After filling out the main demographics, it was time to fill the table with health prevalence rates, number of uninsured people, food insecurity and etc. I was able to find a lot of the health rankings through BRFSS. CDC and County Health Rankings (refer to table for specific information). I used County Health Rankings in the case where I wasn’t able

Are racial/ethnic minority and/or female students more likely (or less likely) to face any particular stressful discrete life events than those faced by all students?

increases by 20 people from the 2014 Projected Total Population, what does this show you

Race and ethnicity in American history are not identical concepts or categories; when in fact, they are very different. Since the very beginning, our views on classification and the defining of groups has been shaped by the realms of politics. Both have changed identities throughout history. While I will agree, there are similarities; I must also state they are distinctly different by definition.

Benjamins and Whitman (2014) were able to conduct a research study in four different communities in the state of Chicago that examined the correlation between disparities or discrimination among racial/ethnic groups and it’s effect on the quality of healthcare and outcomes. The title of the study is the Relationship between discrimination in health care and health outcomes among four race/ethnic groups. Healthcare disparity is one of the major issues that the healthcare system in U.S is facing and the authors of this study stated that although this issue is huge, not many researches have been done on the issue. Benjamins and Whitman (2014) collected the data from the Sinai Improving Community Health Survey. The data was aimed to document the health of six Chicago communities (Benjamins & Whitman, 2014). The data was chosen to reflect major racial/ethnic population in Chicago.

“Reports show that nearly 50% of Americans under 18 are minorities. The trend projects a reversal in the population where by 2030, the majority of people under 18 will be of color and by 2042, nonwhites will be the majority of the population.” America’s growth and projected increase of population diversity can be contributed to the fact that America is moving toward a new standard in which diversity and individuality are encouraged. People may feel that America is trapped in a box of conformity and uniformity; however, America has stepped outside this box and embraces diversity because we have been assimilating over time and America notices and embraces it.

The term race alludes to groups of individuals who have contrasts and likenesses in characteristics regarded by society to be socially important, implying that individuals treat other individuals distinctively on account of them.Ethnicity alludes to shared social practices, points of view, and refinements that set apart individuals from another. The most widely recognized qualities recognizing different ethnic gatherings are lineage, a feeling of history, dialect, religion, and types of dressings. Ethnic contrasts are not acquired; they are learned. There are distinct racial groups based on cultural differences. When it comes to race there will always be racial profiling and sterotypes.Racial profiling decribes the contraversial practice that

The informative synopsis of how the demographic changes are taking place in states with the regard to the workforce, states and regions are benefiting from these changes, areas which are declining and why, as well as, the projections of the birth rates and aging in the states over the next twenty-five years. The economic implications of these changes have on our states. Then finally how this all is related to Federalism.

The racial and ethnic composition of the American people is in flux. New immigrants from all over the world have added a large measure of cultural and phenotypic diversity to the American population in recent decades. America is one of very few countries in the world where it is near impossible to define the nationality by one race, lineage or religion. It has become a melting pot of different cultures and religions and it is difficult to find anyone who does not come from immigrant ancestry. Defining ourselves as a nation built on immigration, we also view immigration as a threat, and still immigration has been a constant source of dynamism and strength to the economy. Our immigration system is inadequate and its out-of-date laws have resulted in a situation where many illegal immigrants live and work in the United States, modernizing our immigration system would ensure that the door to America remains as open to future generations as it was for our ancestors. Immigrants make enormous contributions to our economy, with a new comprehensive immigration policy in place that allows the millions of undocumented workers a chance to legally work; these immigrants could become productive contributors to the American economy.