Ethnic Minority Groups In Texas

In the United States, for the last four decades, from Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan through the two Bush Presidencies, the Republican Party won the White House by amassing large margins among white voters (Lizza.) The state of Texas has been reliably Republican since the 1970s and there are various elements to Texas political culture that can be narrowed down to three essential ideological trends: economic liberalism, or faith in the free market economy, social conservatism, or favoring traditional values and moralism, and populism, or promoting the rights and worthiness of ordinary people (Texas Political Culture.) As a result, the dominant political mood in Texas favors low taxes, minimal government services, and policies that are

Hispanics have been immigrating to America since the beginning of the Spanish Colonial era. Up until the 1920’s Mexican Americans have boomed in rural places in america. The 1920’s was meeting the beginning of a renaissance, a better promised life for both native americans as well as immigrants. Businesses were booming, wages were higher, and the industry was creating a bright future for America. However, Mexican Americans continued to face hardships as well as few successes leading up to the 1920’s. Whether these were Native born Americans with a Hispanic background or newly immigrated Mexicans, Mexican Americans faced the hardship of poverty, discrimination, segregation, and struggles during the 1920’s.

The exploration and settlement of Texas was built on the three Spanish institutions: missions, presidios, and ranches. A mission was a religious and educational center, a presidio was a military outpost or base for protection, and a ranch provided resources needed for survival. Through the influence of Hispanic culture in Texas, ranching in Texas has been established and further developed.

Chicanos faced another problem along with their land being taken and being treated as second class citizens. Assimilating into American culture was difficult. Do you keep in touch with the roots of your homeland or do you change and adapt to the new ways of American culture? This was a struggle for Chicanos and it was difficult to adapt. A new language and a new culture in a place they once called their home. Some people tried to fit into both cultures, putting them into somewhere else entirely. This didn’t help their sense of belonging, and ultimately casted them farther as outsiders than before.

Although mistreatment caused considerable suffering for Mexican-Americans, it also forced them to overcome internal differences in order to form a secure community, and contributed to the eventual development of a sense of mexicanidad. Gutiérrez explains how the abuse faced by Mexican-Americans caused the formation of such ties, stating, “it is common for such newly created minority populations to develop a new sense of identity as a natural defense mechanism or as part of a larger ‘oppositional strategy’ against the prejudice and discrimination shown them by the majority or dominant group.” The Mexican-Americans developed barrios and colonias throughout the Southwest to act as such defense mechanisms. These were communities of Mexican-Americans

In my research of Austin, Texas I found out several interesting facts regarding the demographic makeup of the city. For example, the racial breakdown by race is whites 68%, blacks 8%, Hispanic are at 35% and foreign-born 18% The makeup is obviously different when you compare Austin to the US as a whole, however, it is interesting to see the “total picture”. The following is the breakdown for the US whites 72%, black 12.6%, Hispanic 17%, and foreign-born 13%.

modules gives many examples how strong cultural pasts lead to identity problems in a new society. Also, the module shows us that many Mexicans were not happy with the stereotype formed about their identity. In Between the Lines, we see how Mexicans in America suffer through harsh discrimination, while trying to stay close to their relatives and culture. The letters talk about how Whites did not have concerns with family values or cultural beliefs. Whites based many of their values off succeeding in the economy. Whites in general had no regard for Mexicans as people.

I do not believe Texas with its changing demographics and social climate will be on the brink of another switch in party dominance anytime soon as immigration, guns and education are major factors. The demographics of Texas deal with the rising growth of the minority population throughout the years. In my opinion, I think minorities make up roughly half of Texas’s overall population. According to utexas.edu, “[a]s the reality of demographic changes set in during the late 1990s, part of what defined many Republicans as moderates was an emphasis in both rhetoric and policy toward increasing the party's appeal to Latinos and other ethnic and racial minorities”. Although the Democratic Party is known for receiving votes from minorities, the Republican

The demographic composition of the Texas house of representatives, according to Anthony Champagne and Edward Harpham in Governing Texas, the gender make up is 21% female and 79% male. The dominant race of the members of the House is White by 66%, Hispanics are in second by 21%, Blacks are in third by 12%, and Asians are in fourth by 1%. Many of the house members are high school graduates or have a higher education, only 7% are high school graduates, 3% have an associate’s degree, 53% have a bachelor’s degree, and 37% have a graduate degree. Based on occupation, 35% of the house members are in the business industry, 30% are attorneys, 1% work in the community service, 5% work in health care, 4% work in education, and 25% work in other occupations (205). The Texas Senators

The history of civil rights for the black race has gotten much better, but there’s still quite a few issues they have to deal with. Life for African Americans in Texas is better than it was pre civil war. Although things have become tremendously better for them, there are still some changes that need to be made

In this essay I will compare and contrast the different legislative agendas of various interest groups involved with the Texas Government. An interest group (also called an advocacy group, lobbying group, pressure group, or special interest) is a collection of members that are determined to encourage or prevent changes in public policy without trying to be elected. The essay will discuss the four kinds of interest groups, trade, professional, single and public, as well as provide one detailed example of each type. It includes examples from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, Texas AFT, MADD and TexPIRG interest groups, which are just a few of the many groups in existence out, but it provides an idea of what different types of

Mexican immigration has impacted many important components here in the United States of America (U.S.) and in its major institutions of society. In the following paper I will be focusing on the nature of social policies (or the lack thereof) that Americans had developed with respect to Mexican immigration by 1960. Specifically this paper will be detailing six different areas: the Mexican American War, Anti-Mexican American violence, Texas, the Great Depression, the Bracero program, and documented versus undocumented status. Each of these areas will be explaining the mistreatment that Mexicans encountered because of the nature of policy enactments by

In Texas, federal lawsuits were involved the drawing of district was because the result of race, racial discrimination, it was about history of racial exclusion, and minimization of participation of political process. Back in the days there was mostly white elected official and other hand minority people were frequently protesting that their voice need to be heard. And matter of fact their voices were ignored. Even though Hispanic and African American community made half of the Dallas population still they were dominated by white. They did not have proper representation in city council. After lawsuits in federal court whole thing have been changed. Two African-American activists documented a government claim and changed the way Dallas chooses its city authorities. At issue was the decision of some city committee individuals to "everywhere" seats, in which all voters could cast their votes. The claim battled that the cost of crusading expansive weakened minority voting quality. Government Judge Jerry Buch Meyer concurred and requested decisions to be held under an all single-part area framework.

The University of Texas at Dallas is one of the most diverse campuses in Texas. Because of this, we limited our geographic and demographic segmentation research and focused on an in-depth breakdown of our psychographic and behavioral basis. Geographically, our research consisted of students who buy textbooks and only attend UT Dallas. Because of 22% of the student undergraduate population is comprised of international students there is a direct impact of the differentiation of culture regarding spending. According to the strategic planning and analysis profile of the university, 78% of all students are full time and demographically the most represented by our research has been Juniors (38.71%) and Freshman (22.58%).

Katy, Texas is a town with abundant cultural diversity due to an overwhelming amount of people moving here from all over world to work in the energy industry. Only a small minority of the population was born and raised here making it among the most diverse places in the nation. Living and working as a grocery store cashier here has allowed me to interact with a variety of people in this unique melting pot, which presents an array of obstacles.