Minorities And Ethnicities In The United States

In the United States minorities are denied equal opportunities based on race and ethnicity in work, housing, and education this should change. They 're labeled and stereotyped based on preconceived notions hurting their image in society we need to start educating the public on how these assumptions are untrue. This treatment violates their constitutional rights by denying their equality highlighting this country 's failure to uphold its promise for a better life. Their race, sex, and ethnicity are still obstacles despite claims, but nothing has been done to improve the lives and treatment of minorities. The term "Race" is a social construct used to categorize groups of people in countries it’s what you claim in important documents like Black, White, or Hispanic. However, this system is the cause of many social issues segregation, injustice, and racism being the most common instances have caused division within the United States. A change needs to happen, but the populace affected by these issues need to take a stand and work to insight change in the country.

Discrimination against those of Mexican family reached its peak in the depression years of the 1930s when the lack of jobs started a kind of backlash among the Anglo majority. The tone was set from the top down, as President Herbert Hoover “denounced Mexicans as one of the causes of the … depression … and … initiated plans to deport them.” Hoover declared, “‘they took jobs away from American citizens.’” (Sanchez 213).

There was a time when America was segregated; Caucasians and African Americans were forced to attend different restrooms, restaurants, and water fountains. However, the era of segregation has been terminated; now America embraces and appreciates the various cultures and ethnicities that create this melting pot several people call home. Likewise, it is this melting pot, or mosaic, of races that multitudes of individuals have identified themselves with. Thus, race and ethnicity does matter for it portrays vital and crucial roles in the contemporary American society. Furthermore, ethnicity and race brings communities together in unity, determines which traditions and ideals individuals may choose to value, and imposes an impediment for it categorizes humans unjustly.

Minority status has long since been viewed in a not-so-positive light. From the reflex many people have to lock their doors when they see a homeless person or a person of color, to stereotyping and assumptions based on institutionalized racism, to discrimination, minority status has a part to play in all of it. Similarly, many people have the idea that deaf people cannot do anything for themselves because they are “disabled”. Even though America was once hailed as a melting pot because of the diversity of its citizens, things like “you’re in America now, speak English” are said in today's America. While being defined as a minority isn’t inherently bad, it has become an excuse for some members of the majority to treat minorities as second-class citizens.

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

Racial inequality and discrimination is a major factor that is still present in America’s society today. Considering the fact that America’s history of racial complications is still an issue in today’s society. Minorities (African American, Asian Americans, Hispanics/Latinos) which is accounted for almost half of the population if combined, are the ones that face discrimination the most, typically everywhere they go and especially in the workforce. They are not treated as equally as everyone else and for that, it is a problem that should never be overlooked.

Inequality towards minorities in the United States has been established to be forgotten but in this century we have noticed that it has never gone away but instead been covered with other structures that allow inequality to take place. Being a minority and watching this video reminded me of the inequalities that I will still have to face throughout my education and career path. For many of us we have been tracked since elementary and allowed structures figure out where we belong due to our race, economic status, immigration status. For some students, we realize the inequalities that we have been given and try to make a change that will affect us and future generations. Cases like Brown vs. Board of Education and Mendez vs. Wethcmister Shows

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

Ethnic and racism discrimination in the United States of America has been a major problem since the thirteen colonies created and the slave era. The leaders of the colonies wanted to build a country that represent all the people who are living in it without giving control to big powers that can decrease the representation of the people. They placed laws in making the American constitution that protect all the people of America. However, these amendments were mostly protecting the White Americans which not approved to Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latin Americans, and African Americans. Laws and amendments kept being added to the constitution so that the rights of every person who lives in the United States remains protected, and one of the most important amendments of the constitution is the fourteenth amendment, which freed the slaves and gave human equality and rights for all races in the US. Thus, African American still suffer the most today when a young white male shoot and killed nine African Americans in church in Charleston South Carolina (Schaller). My research paper will consist of subjects whom they are related to race discrimination and what happened lately in Charleston church and who was behind this massacre and what was his motive to do such thing. For my research paper I will argue about the South Carolina’s racist history and how the history influences some young males and turn them into racisms (Schaller). Also, I will discuss how flags play a huge rule

Unlike the Spanish Empire, America characterizes individuals commonly as black or white when that is not the case. An accurate description is required to distinguish the various ranges of racial mixtures. Since America only generalizes between the Europeans and the Africans, the blending of the minority are disregarded.

America was founded on the back of the black slave. The first black slave was brought into America in 1619 by the Dutch, and the industry spread like wildfire (History.com Staff). The southern economy relied on slave labor for tobacco and cotton until some of the states’ soil became so nutrient poor that they found a new cash crop, breeding slaves. However, those of Hispanic descent have only in recent years faced discrimination proportionate to African Americans. With the increase in anti-immigration culture, Hispanics are being stigmatized as well as falling victim to hate crimes. In recent history however, the U.S. has made continuous strides in equality for the black and Hispanic populations, but years of discrimination and abuse has aided in keeping our colored minorities from making progress in our society.

Even though we have an African American President, racism is still a part of American culture. After carefully reviewing the Brown, Garner, and Gray cases, it reinforced my belief that all lives matter. Minorities in America should be seen as a higher priority than we are now. We do not want to be superior to the whites, we just want to be on the same playing field as them. In all these cases, each unfortunate victim was mistreated due to the color of their skin and killed unnecessarily by the police. As African Americans, we see that high authoritative people can abuse their power, which sometimes lead to death for the victim. Because some police officers feel like they are dominate, they sometimes use that feeling or power to beat people

Since the neighborhood was now inhabited by other races there were now mixed families. A lot of people didn’t like the fact that this was going on considering it to be wrong and unnatural. Things had gotten so bad that a group of Irish people decided to set fire to a colored children orphanage. The fact that they could even think to harm children because of their race both terrified and disgusted me. Now we had our very own war going on amongst ourselves in New York.

The surge in ethnic minority populations had a great impact to American society. Since the increase in minority populations, their voting right became more and more important. In terms of political participation of minorities, there are several issues that need attention. First partisan issue minorities. In general, minorities tend to Democrats. Secondly, the immigration is not the most important issue voters' concerns, but the economic and employment issues get most minorities’ attention. For Hispanics, immigration issue is very critical.

Some of the numerous challenges that minorities face in the United States include a higher rate of poverty, less education and educational opportunities, some minorities experience a language barrier, and all have unfair stereotypes and discrimination. The first challenge that I wish to address is the language barrier. The disparities are very obvious, and the consequences include less job opportunities and educational setbacks because most schools are not equipped to handle ESL students. Often these kids will get placed in the classes designed for the kids with learning disabilities. Often when someone cannot speak the language of the country others view them as stupid. I experienced this first hand while I lived in Brazil. This challenge is one of the largest that immigrant families face when coming to America. There is no designation of time set aside for them to learn the language, they are expected to show up and hit the ground running. Next the stereotypes are a more complex issue. These stem from so many things and these days they are usually taught covertly which makes them even harder to combat. The challenge the minorities and the white race have is to constantly challenge these beliefs and so called norms and in order to do