Different Ethnicities In America

In American society there are many different subsets, or groups of people around the United States. There is a specific group I have decided to choose to study is Skaters. I chose this group because I feel they are a very interesting group of people and I feel that this group of people would be a great group to research. I feel the group I've selected would give me the best information during this study.

The United States of America used to be known as the world’s largest melting pot. Meaning many different ethnicities and backgrounds coming and living with one another, and sharing each other’s culture. This can also be defined as assimilation. The United States of America has slowly drifted away from assimilation to isolating those who are different and diverse.

The ethnicities of Latinos American have gone through journeys, with useful leaders to the promise land of the Southwest of the United States. Particularly, Latinos American, have gone through several barriers as building their identity still today in the Southwest society. Latinos have been fighters and survivors in keeping their lands along with becoming American Citizens close to extinction when in reality this land was really there to beginning to later be described as dangerous criminals, dirty, and so many other negative terms. The Anglos as called in the video wanted Latinos to be the foreigners in the South West when in reality the Anglos were the intruders. I will be describing my reaction to the video, secondly if I learned anything new I did not already knew, and finally if the video reminded me of any of the topics given to the class to read or discuss.

Lawrence W. Levine approaches the issue of ethnic relations in a slightly different light in his book, “The Opening of the American Mind”. He focuses on the two central components of the entire matter: One-way Assimilation (the melting pot ideology) and Cultural Pluralism, given that the two other models (Ethnic

“You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.” - Malcolm X. During the 2016 Presidential Election there were many forms of cultural division, for a time when the nation was torn apart, the election did not help. Throughout the United States they are multiple examples of cultural division from the mosque burning, to the proposal of mass deportation, to the lynching of Frederick Jermaine Carter and Lennon Lacy. All of these show that there is a rift between society in America. Cultural division is prevalent in the United States and is revealed through many factors such as racism, immigration, and religion.

James Banks once said, "Our nation 's motto is e pluribus unum--out of many, one. The changing ethnic texture of the United States intensifies the challenge of educating citizens and creating an authentic unum that has moral authority. An authentic unum reflects the experiences, hopes, and dreams of all the nation 's citizens. An imposed unum, the kind that has existed throughout most of the nation 's history, reflects one dominant cultural group. Our challenge, as a new century begins, is to establish an authentic unum that has moral authority and yet create moral, civic, and just communities in which citizens from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural communities will participate and to which they will have allegiance" (University of

From the birth of the United States, immigrants have always caused an environment something more representative of a big melting pot. In terms of cooking a melting pot is used for melting metals or other substances are melted or fused together (Dictionary.com).On the other hand in a nation, a melting pot is a place where a variety of races, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole (Dictionary.com). Which in retrospect do not fall very far from each other in terms of literal definitions. Both simply mean the fusing of different things together, whether that be metals, cheeses, or cultures. Immigrants who have been accepted into this “Melting Pot” society have found it very difficult to live in a new place and also be able to express themselves the way they deem worthy. Many immigrants are almost forced to let their culture and heritage become a joke for the sake of being accepted. Just because people think it is okay to demoralize someone and what they believe in does not mean that the other people agree with the occurring of the events. It is just that for the sake of blending in and keeping things at peace immigrants have kept their mouth shut for ages. There comes a time when the immigrants themselves begin to believe the joke that their culture has become and embrace it as if it were their own. Some cultures and heritages get lost and people begin to forget what actually was and not what it is has become. There has been some sort of debate about certain

In the recent decades, people in the United States have tossed away the famous idea of the “Melting Pot.” As a result, many people have started using ethnic modifiers before the word American. Not only do immigrants use hyphenation, but also the native born citizens. Numerous people, including former President Theodore Roosevelt, felt that the use of ethnic modifiers were unnecessary and that it belittled the meaning of being an American. The addition of ethnic modifiers to the word American contributed to the lack of unity and the achievement of the American Dream in the United States in modern times and in the past decades.

One of the biggest diversity problems on Earth is the racial question. For centuries people have fought over if one race is better than the others. The mindset on this is changing but changing slower than it should. Racial diversity shouldn’t be an issue that we still deal with.

African-Americans have been suffering a lot through continuous involvement in their lives and activities since they were treated as slaves in the past. Today, prejudice against Black people is still a complicated issue. In examining how people in a small group interpret and reinterpret their identities, my thesis for this ethnographic study aims to illuminate how the ethnographic record provides claims about African- American ethnic identity in order to counter the impact of discrimination.

The assignment for this week was to read an article entitled the use of Racial and Ethnic Terms in America: Management by Manipulation by Jack D. Forbes. Jack wrote this article for the Wicazo Sa Review in fall of 1995. The article highlights the importance of changing and modify our, specific proper nouns to better suit our changing society and demographic. These proper nouns are used to identify someone country of origin, parent’s lineage, race, even gender. The article starts by touching on the history of certain proper noun and eventually ending with why they must be changed or modified. I do agree with the ideas and belief of Mr. Forbes, I feel we need to change and modify the proper nouns because they no longer fit our demographic.

Today our society is built of different cultures and races. Cultural Diversity is a “diverse group in society, with varying racial classifications and national origins, religion affiliations, language, physical size, gender, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, and geographic locations” (Taylor, 2014, p.74). Nurses need to know the different types of cultures in our society in order to provide adequate care to clients with a different cultural background. As nurses, we need to understand that each client has different values and beliefs which are learned from families and communities. These values and beliefs can influence client’s health. For example, Muslim clients may refuse prescriptions containing gelatin, pork products, or alcohol while Jewish clients may be prohibited the use of the patient-controlled analgesia pump because it might be considered work during a Sabbath day (Arritt, 2014). These two cultures are different from the American culture in many ways, but they all need a good health care regardless of their values and beliefs.

With so much cultural diversity in the United States, it is important to know how to properly communicate with others who don't share the same cultures as you. There are certain principles of cross-cultural communication; they can be used to successfully communicate within diverse communities. The first principle says that the bigger the cultural or linguistic difference among people, the more likely there will be communication breakdown. The textbook gives the example "Communicating with customers from Iran will likely lead to more communication difficulties for you than would be true if you were communicating with customers from England" (Cheesebro, Thomas, Linda O'Connor, and Francisco Rios (2010). Differences in an individual's value

Throughout the United States, cultural diversity is increasing each day. Cultural diversity consists of the traditions, beliefs, values, languages, customs, and other various factors that identifies with individuals, as well as the groups they belong to. When it comes to conceptualizing cultural diversity, there are three different models that were used historically when it comes to “dealing with” cultural diversity. These three models include assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism.

The United States has Changed from a Melting Pot to a Vast Culture with Varying Racial Backgrounds