Ethnic Relations

“The History, Development and Future of Ethnic Studies” by Evelyn Hu-DeHart mentions several issues young scholars faced during the time of need for multicultural curriculum in higher education. Young scholars were demanding to uncover the missing facts and accredited sources that American history, culture, and society have left out for centuries. The solution the students concluded in solving this dilemma was to bring attention to the need of ethnic studies programs. With enough support from the student body and willingness of universities, institutions were able to recruit professors and thus create ethnic studies programs. According to Hu-DeHart, by providing ethnic studies programs and departments, the academic field would provide, “…a

I would like to focus my response to the reading in Gabbidon & Greene, Chapter 1, generally around the idea of social construction. Furthermore, I would like to specially provide responses to discussion questions number one and two as posed in the conclusion of chapter one. Discussion question number one asks to “Explain the origin of race and its implications for race and crime.” Discussion question number two asks “Do you believe there are distinct races?” I will also provide perspective on issues surrounding the term “minorities”.

The reality is that historic, legal efforts long restricted the economic lives of minorities. Restricted the kind of work they could do. Restricted their membership in unions. Restricted their access to education and training. Restricted their opportunity in the private sector world of product sales and client services. Restrictions which most white Americans, if they are even aware of them, do not seem to understand the extent of, the persistence of, or the long-standing consequences of -- at all. And, of course, the economic

In the U.S., the term “race” has different connotation compared to other countries like Brazil. As the book Culture defines it- in Chapter 11: Ethnicity and Race- a race is nothing more than a biologically related ethnic group. Often, the tendency of North American society to rely on hypodescent, leads to stress and lack of self-identity. As a matter of fact, the book describes hypodescent as the arbitrary classification of interracial children as a member of the least privileged ethnic group to which either of their parents corresponds. Besides, in today’s world U.S. population has become increasing diversified. Diversity has led to racial tension between different groups. Latinos is one general term given to people who speak a Latin-derived language (this includes South American

Every day in our society, people continue to be discriminated against because of the color of their skin. We, as a society, like to believe that oppression and discrimination ended long ago, thanks to the Civil Rights movement. However, there continues to be a misunderstanding about the differences we possess in our skin color and, unfortunately, the belief that we are separated by race, continues to stratify mankind.

The United States prides itself on being a racially and ethnically diverse country- nicknamed the “Land of Immigrants”. However, since the birth of this nation, race and ethnicity has been a topic of controversy. These issues have been brought to light through protests and violence.In more recent history, race and ethnicity has created a divide in the United States. Some political theorists put blame on the last two U.S Presidential elections - going from the United State’s first black President to a white, republican President with strict views on race and ethnicity in America. These political changes have sparked major racial and ethnic problems such as the increase in racial profiling, racism, and racial and ethnic inequality. It is hypothesized

Despite Asian Americans’ major strides in ascending the racial hierarchy and even being labelled as the “model minority,” the inherent nature of “race” in America prevented them from assimilating into society as they were still subjected to discrimination, which is illustrated by personal accounts in Karen Ishizuka’s Serve the People and Amy Uyematsu’s UCLA news article “The Emergence of Yellow Power in America.”

Rather, we must consider race as a field of racial positions, which acknowledge superiority/inferiority and insider/foreigner racializations, from which we can observe how Asian Americans continue to be viewed as interlopers in a Black/White racial discourse through the intertwined processes of “relative valorization” (Whites valorizing Asian Americans relative to Black people) and “civic ostracism” (Whites “othering” Asian Americans

Being a model minority became a misleading approach of complacency in promise of reaching white privilege. In reality, the façade is an endeavor to “reinforce white supremacy, and discipline non-Asian people of color” (Pae, 2003). The model minority myth portrays Asians as free from injustice, creating resentment and rejection from other races that are more conveyed as struggling. It is an attempt to keep other minorities in check, historically African American protestors, in which compliance will be rewarded. The ceaseless stereotype that Asians are the richest, most educated minority presumes them to be “at par with white people in society, to the extent that they no longer experience any discrimination” (asian-nation.org). Therefore, issues of this community are ignored and painted over by the headlines of “Rich Chinese goes on a mansion shopping spree.” This ostensible prosperity is surface level- Asian Americans continue to be targets of hate crimes, immense poverty, deportation, and

Once again, he over-exaggerates the extent to which “whiteness cannot be avoided in America” by stating an irrational and unproven statement as a fact; the complete omission, from his argument, of Americans that do not self-segregate provides a partisan and limited perspective on the diluted issue of racial problems in

The great nation of America is one of the most racially diverse countries in the world today. Practically all races in America can trace their roots from different parts of the country. From the African-American to the Korean- Americans, and the Hispanic to the Irish people, all these represent the different faces of American people. However, the co-existence of these different races has not been smooth sailing. They have experienced racial discrimination, mostly from white Americans, who felt threatened by the increasing influx of the ‘foreigners’ in America.

I believe that the modern issue of race relations has much to do with the lopsided support judges and courts have for the prosecution and police against those accused of a crime. The outstanding support that police have in the courts and the complete breakdown of the fourth amendment do not dwell well when talking about equal justice. In the book it states, “Judges tend to imagine the police have a sixth sense- or some kind of special police training- that qualifies them to identify drug criminals in the absence of any evidence” (70). Police are not infallible, they do make mistakes, or overreach their authority and it is the right of the courts to stop them if they do. I do support the police, and realize how difficult their job is, but there

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Race and ethnicity are commonly used as synonyms for each other as we encounter many diverse individuals throughout the world. Sociologist on the other hand, find very distinct understandings to how these terms, while different, hold correlation to one another. Max Weber, a founding figure of sociology, was one of the first to define race and ethnicity. He stood with the idea of essentialism which presumes "that and individual 's identity depends on fundamental and innate characteristics that are deep-seated, inherited, and unchangeable." (Pearson, pg 241) As for ethnicity, Weber described it as subjective belief in relations to a groups common descent. While sociologist today may disagree with Weber 's theory, they do apply this idea of subjectivity and have correlated it to that of not only group definitions but of our own perceptions of biological similarity.

The primary cause of the problem faced by officials and citizens is that ethical matters are not clear to the citizens. Most people abide by the ethnic issues in a succession of generations. Although many people do not understand the ethnic concerns and issues they would obey them fully. The misunderstanding of the racial issues poses a significant problem to the officials. If the ethnic issues were made clearer, the chances are that there would be no problem for counsels and officials in handling critical ethnic issues. The construction of policy proposals would become a grave concern in regions where communities maintain complicated ethical considerations. The construction of important ideas in the regions dominated by strong ethical beliefs