Race, Caucasian And White American, Asian, And Pacific Islander

Imagine you are a person of mixed Latino race living in the United States and you are preparing to fill out a census form. None the choices accurately display who you are racially. This is a problem for many people of Afro-Latino descent. An Afro-Latino is defined as any person who is of both Latin and African descent. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines Hispanic or Latino as “a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.” But what about those who are both Black and Latino/Hispanic? In the 2010 Census Bureau report it shows that only 2.5 percent of the 54 million Hispanics living in the United States also identified as Black, but this is likely an undercount. This small percentage are the voices of the Afro-Latino community pushing to be visible and represented in the population. Because of this, census forms should be changed to include Afro-Latino as a race.

Society has a way of making assumptions based on one’s physical characteristics. Often at times we categorize individuals to a particular social group. In regard to society’ perception of an individual this however, contributes to the development of social construction of racism. Most people want to be identified as individuals rather than a member of specific social group. As a result, our social identity contains different categories or components that were influenced or imposed. For example, I identify as a, Jamaican, Puerto Rican and a person of color. I identify racially as a person of color and ethically as Jamaican and Puerto Rican. According to Miller and Garren it’s a natural human response for people to make assumptions solely

While filling out a questionnaire like the Census it is solely up to the individual to decide the race they considered themselves to be in. Race can have many different meanings while trying to categorize a person. As we have learned in the past weeks, there are many aspects that can be considered while defining someone’s race. A few examples would be color, culture, family history and place of origin. Because of the flexibility in defining race, different ethnicities focus more on certain aspects. This causes a discontinuity while defining race. This leads to the question brought up by Julie Dowling in her writing.

I would like to discuss the issue of race and ethnicity in sports. We will also explore the bigger questions. How much does race and ethnicity matter in the sports world? Are certain races dominant in certain sports? Is there a difference in how we treat players based on race and ethnicity? Does it matter? I would like to answer some of these questions and gain a better understanding of how much of a part they play.

(112) The historical development of ethnic categorization as a distinct concept from race in the U.S. Census was defined through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in October 1997. This criterion was meant to discern between biological/genetic factors and the ethnic aspects of Latino/Hispanic identity as part of this governmental decree: “The racial and ethnic categories set forth in the standards should not be interpreted as being primarily biological or genetic in reference” (The White House.org, 2015, para.17). Therefore, 1997 was the specific date in which this policy became active in distinguishing race from ethnicity in population variability in the Hispanic/Latino community.

Derald Wing Sue and David Sue (2003), conducted several interviews asking people what it meant to be “white” or European American. Many of the white respondents took offense to the question, others were unsure of what was being asked. However, when the same question was asked of minority groups

The United States has been known for its wide variety of diversity. As a result, people from opposite sides of the world have collided and merged their core characteristics. However, despite the enormous variety of cultures that inhabit in the United States, there still exists racism against other ethnicities. The actions that the government has taken in order to counteract this acts of discrimination are being reconstructed generation by generation. Nevertheless, accuracy cannot be precise when trying to classify a person in respect of his/her race. The practice of asking individuals to identify their ethnicity in official documents should be reassembled because this action of classification could fall to another form of stereotyping.

The purpose of this paper is to assess two research based articles from a psychology journal from two different time periods. The assessment was to compare the way gender, ethnicity, and class was represented in each of the articles and how they differ from each time period. The articles were chosen from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The first article was from 1976 titled, “Impact of fear of success and sex-role attitudes on women’s competitive achievement” (Peplau, 1976). The second article of interest was titled, “Psychological well-being and job stress predict marital support interactions: A naturalistic observational study of dual earner couples in their homes” (Wang & Repetti, 2014).

By the time of a century ago, Asian America has been considered lazy and stupid. So “model minority” were described Asian Americans as a hard-working, Well-educated, successfully minority race. But otherwise it’s not the truly idea to believe in positive model minority because sometimes it’s also negative. It’s happened to most of Asian Americans and they realized that, at the start point it’s been 100 percent positive, but when you go along, then it will turn to be negative and sometime it’s hurting you.

Diversity is increasing in the western countries rapidly, hence it leads to discrimination in race, ethnicity and gender. The question that arises is about fairness, appropriateness and equality between among races and ethnicities. The paper is focused determining whether offenders are discriminated because their race in parole decision making process. Parole is permanently or temporarily release from prison or from offender’s sentence. There are three types of parole releases: discretionary release, mandatory and unconditional release. The primary focus will be on discretionary release and what factors come to play when board members make a decision for a parole. There is no definite evidence that there is racism in parole because the results of the studies are complex. However, racial inequality exists throughout the justice system. Racial inequality exists in the process of the parole decision making because a race is discriminated when looking at the legal criteria for parole, assessing future risks to protect the community and when the system experiences overcrowding.

There are three sociological perspectives of race and ethnicity which are functionalist, conflict, and labeling perspectives. The first one I will discuss is the functionalist perspective. The functionalist perspective emphasizes how the parts of society are structured to maintain its stability. As also described in the reading the functionalist approach is an approach, if an aspect of social life does not contribute to a society’s stability or survival, it will not be passed on from one generation to the next. The functionalist perspective thinks that racial hostility is hard to be admired but the functionalist would point

No matter how alike people may be, segregation is a way of living. As humans we typically find ourselves separated into groups that we can identify with; from being athletic, to being artistic and even a person’s religion. Another path to separation taken by many is by a person’s race. One’s race can be described in a variety of ways; color of the skin, past ancestry, and place of origin. Discrimination is normally placed with race; this can either be a privilege or a disadvantage.

Three of the most important issues facing us regard to race and ethnicity are, immigration, discrimination and racial inequality. Throughout the history of the United States, a variety of events of the interminable fight for the civil rights have been documented. In 1976, he Declaration of Independence states “All men are created equal”, however, since the election of the actual president of the nation, racism, hate, and prejudice have arisen again. The proof is the massive deportation of illegal immigrants who are searching by the authorities based on their race or appearance, people from some specific countries from the Middle East such as the Muslims, are banning from entering to the United States, and more recently, the ending of the DACA benefits for immigrant students.

Race, ethnicity, and gender has been a significant topic discussed throughout many years. However, it can has its negative cognectation because people feel superior to other people due to their race, ethnicity, social class and gender. There are many philosophical theories that relate to these discussion such as white gaze, one drop rule, and five faces of oppression. Moreover, these theories also applies to my ethnicity which is Dominican.

I struggle with my race and ethnicity. I classify my race as white and my ethnicity as Portuguese. But the US government lumps Portuguese with Latinos/Hispanics, which always confused me growing up. I disliked that I was being grouped and labeled. In high school, all of the “diverse” kids junior and senior year were