Diversity Of The United States

More than most would imagine, illiteracy is a phenomenal crisis throughout the world. Today, there are approximately 800 million illiterates in the world. Ninety-three million of those are Americans who have basic or below basic literacy. Thirty million of the 93,000,000 are functionally illiterate. The other 63,000,000 read at a fifth to an eighth grade level and cannot understand a basic newspaper. According to Literacy Partners, a foundation which helps low-income parents with limited English proficiency transfer literacy

The United States of America is a perfect example of cultural diversity. Starting with the Mayflower landing in Massachusetts Bay in 1620, to the Great Migration from 1915 to 1930, to the continual immigration into our country today this country has seen its culture grow and reshape itself over the years. The culture of the United States is diverse but understanding and appreciating various cultures does not always exist within today’s classroom or in today’s society. Understanding or even defining cultural diversity , identifying the challenges cultural diversity brings, or how to face cultural diversity are all issues educators face in today’s classroom.

It’s difficult to imagine being one of the millions of Americans who are incapable of reading or writing as we spend most of our lives doing both. Whether it’s reading the daily newspaper or successfully completing a job application, literacy is essential to living a life with independence. Unfortunately, without the ability to communicate, most illiterates

Malcolm Forbes once said, “Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.” The same diversity that shaped the United States going back to the sixteenth century when immigrants landed in North America. Diversity of people and species, but their real differences were religion, politics, economics, social issues, and the fantastic ways they dealt with those issues.

Diversity is common in America today, many people sharing a unique blend of many different collective cultural views on religion, politics, moral and ethical values. Conversely, an unsurpassed rich mixture of religions, races, and cultures, making it a wide-ranging synthesis that is unique to any other part of the world. Still, among the many religious cultures in America (secular, Christian, and other religions) Christianity still has much ground to cover with non-believers. Inasmuch, many religious cultures do not belief that Jesus is the son of God and humanities Redeemer, such as, the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons believing that Jesus Christ existed, but he is not the Son of God. Similar, the Roman Empire in the third century, “Christianity

Education is very important and is a big factor in why the unemployment rate is so high amongst black people. Having an education can improve employment opportunities and lament the dropout rate in high schools. A lack of education is one of the primary problems within this issue and I don’t think some understand that if they possess better skills, more education and training, the likelihood of them getting employed will be at a much higher rate. In most states around the country it is said that younger black people are applying for jobs that cannot read past a fifth grade level. That goes back to how education is the key to having a greater chance at being employed. But having an inadequate education could be a reason as well. There are schools around the country that do not have the resources needed to provide kids with the proper education to succeed, such as high quality teachers and technology. Tuition has become much more expensive for secondary education and institutions are literally preying on students financially. Many of our communities also lack a strategy for ensuring that kids are being educated for the jobs that will be there when they get out of school. High black unemployment is a structural problem that has resulted from centuries of less access to education and higher-paying jobs. Sixty years after the Supreme Court officially desegregated American schools; they remain largely segregated along racial and economic lines. Students from

Something that I learned in this course that I saw in the video is that these people are mentally strong in the face of adversity in America. For example, although the man named Joseph, who has been laid out from work several times, his kitchen was set on fire, stabbed, and hit by a car, his response was surprisingly dull. There's also a guy who has trouble sleeping because of nightmares. However, compared to the things they've been through before going to America, things like that were probably really upsetting at most but not enough to shake them as survivors that has seen and experienced much more than that. For me as well, what stood out as significant is when Joseph videoconferencing with his mother who both thought they were dead and

The United States is the most diverse country on this earth. Diversity is the inclusion of individuals representing more than one national origin, color, religion, sexual orientation, and etc. When I was growing up I never thought of the word diversity, until I moved to Memphis, TN and saw many different races that just African and Caucasian Americans. We are surrounded by all different types of people with different backgrounds than mines. In the business organization, we will experience people who values and standards are different than what we value in life. Does that me to go against what we believe? No, you have to be mindful of the world around us. When searching for a job, you have to look for the job that have similar beliefs that you

He didn’t know until it had happened. His arm was completely trapped under a rock that had tumbled down after he fell through the crevasse. He was standing on a stable enough ledge, but his arm incapacitated his movement, and he could feel the blooding dripping down his forehead from a gash he received during the fall. Thankfully, he still had his backpack on, but since his arm was immobilized under the rock, he knew he had to cut the backpack off his body. He pulled out his water bottle; it was only half full. The camera he took on his hikes was still intact and working, and he had many tools in his backpack that could be useful: a Swiss army knife, some rope, and a couple of granola bars. He was still in shock and the pain had not yet reached

walk out their home. Does America cherish its diversity? We were shown two arguments that

Illiteracy has been and continues to be a crucial issue today. The high rate of illiterates in our country today is extremely mind blowing; “32 million adults in the U.S. can’t read. That is 14 percent of the population. 21 percent of adults in the U.S. read below a 5th grade level, and 19 percent of high school graduates can’t read” (Crum). Moreover, these individuals encounter everyday disgraceful challenges such as, not being able to read directions, nor apply for employment.

The America I believe in is one of complete diversity. The citizens of America provide diversity of ethnics, cultures, and religious backgrounds, all of which create the complex image of what it means to be an American. Often characterized as a nation of immigrants, it’s rich heritage is in part due to consecutive waves of immigrants from all around the world. The United States has taken in more immigrants than any other country, today welcoming around 700,000 a year. Before these cultures came together, many questioned if a nation made up of varied backgrounds could succeed. As America has shown, yes a nation of varied backgrounds can succeed.

The population growth from 2000 to 2010 shows the United States’ changing racial and ethnic diversity. In the last decade, there has been a significant modification in relation to the Hispanic community. A vast amount of data in regard of the growth of the total population came from an increase in those who claimed their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino: the growth rate showed more than four times the growth rate of the total population (43 %, compared to only 9.7 %). These facts clearly show the growing importance of Hispanics, who are becoming an increasingly crucial part of the United States; the labeled ‘minority group’ is extremely incorrect if we consider the growth percentage during the last decade, and the future data is not likely to sustain this label anymore.

Frederick Douglass once said, “Once you learn to read, you will forever be free” (Cardoza, 2013). Millions of U.S. adults do not possess basic reading and writing skills, and may be deemed “illiterate” or “functionally illiterate”. “Illiterate” means unable to read or write at all and “functionally illiterate” means that one does not possess sufficient reading and writing skills to function successfully in today’s society (Conover, 2009). Those who are illiterate and functionally illiterate are unable to perform tasks as simple as reading a bus schedule or writing a check (Conover, 2009). Not knowing how to read could cause a person stress, embarrassment, or even loss of a job. Adult illiteracy is a critical problem in the United States that can be solved through education, innovation, and dedication.

An illiterate person in our society faces trials every day that are taxing, making life difficult mentally and physically. There is an overwhelming amount of research and studies that indicate that individuals that are functionally illiterate are more likely to be unemployed, convicted of crimes, live in poverty, and drop out of high school. Being illiterate affects the quality of one’s life as well as a communities.