Racial/Ethnic Minorities And College Students: A Case Study

Hall, J.C., Everett, J.E., Hamilton-Mason, J. (2012). Black women talk about workplace stress and how they cope. Journal of black studies 43 (2), 207-26.This article talks about the stressful situation facing African American in the workplace and the strategies they used to manage it. The authors related that the same stress struggling black women in the workplace was among the white female also even though they were experiencing inequality issues on top of the reality. The study was focused on five key terms to explain, the process of racism and sexism in the workplace stressing female African American. The authors elaborated the criteria of hiring or promoting in a diverse workplace as the first key. Secondly, the crucial

In the same article by Forman, information shows that even African American with a high socioeconomic status don’t completely escape racial discrimination. In fact, the data collected showed the opposite. It was the African Americans who were well educated and incorporated to white society that still felt the most emotional distress in the workplace (Forman, 2003).

Is there a significant difference in the level of stress management of the students under.

Racial diversity is something that is often discussed on college campuses. As a student who self-identifies as a minority in more ways than one I often feel like I have a pretty good understanding of the subject of racism and race. However, often times when these issue are discussed I learn something new; this was the case when reading the articles this week. This week’s articles examined the issue of race from different perspectives. This allowed me to re-examine the issue in a fuller manner; it also allowed me to question some of my own notions that I hadn’t really challenged before.

Studies have demonstrated that these feelings of frustration and anger as a result of experiencing racial microagressions are common among students of colors who attend colleges with a majority population that is white. The research suggests that Black college students experience race-related stress differently than general daily hassles associated with college. As a result Black students typically report higher levels of life events stress, like racial discrimination and financial stress,

Earning a college degree has long been considered—one of the major keys in achieving the American Dream. However, contrary to popular belief, that theory has been proven invalid. According to a recent study from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRBOSL), “Education does not help black and Hispanic college graduates protect their wealth the same way that it does for their white and Asian counterparts.”

The main idea is to explore whether the students in the research sample show indication of internalized oppression and if so, attempt to explore the possible relationships or implications that it has on their academic performance. Moreover, if students do not show an indication of internalized oppression they will instead be showing an indication of the sociological imagination. Students will be asked questions that intend to reveal this information. For example, the question, “What do you think has contributed (positively, negatively, or both) to your current academic performance?” Answers that will indicate internalized oppression will include an emphasis on their individual effort. For example, if the student wasn’t doing well academically, and contributed this to solely themselves for not doing homework or studying enough, and conversely, if the student was doing well academically and contributed their success to their hard work and studying, both cases would show no implication for other larger structures. Both of these responses would be coded as internalized oppression. A response that shows the sociological imagination could be a student who was doing well academically and explained that what contributed to their performance included: a tutoring program, extracurricular activities, and being placed in gifted classes. This student did not attribute individual action to their academic performance. A problem does arise of course when a student may mention both individual effort and other inklings of larger structures. However, with other similar questions, the most prevalent answer will be considered. The reliability of the student’s answers are also a possible issue. Some students may not feel comfortable relaying their current academic performance or personal issues such as balancing a job and school. Overall, I think the many testaments from other

This week article deals with keeping race in place with macroaggression’s and campus racial climate. Macroaggression can cause unnecessary stress to people of color. This article was written in 2002 were many people were still being affected by race and the way people perceive them to be like. The article states “We know that it causes stress, which has a great impact on the day to day lives of these students.” College is already stressful to the average college student therefore African Americans have twice the amount of stress on them to succeed.

Racial/ethnic minority college students are often faced with unique stressors, such as minority status stress (Cokley, McClain, Enciso, & Martinez (2013).

There are many different factors in our world today that can have a major impact on why some students finish college and attain their degree and why others either drop out or do not pursue it at all. One is disparities in debt, which is the biggest factor in why college students drop out and do not attain their degree. There are two theories that predict which students have a greater chance of obtaining the most debt. The other is racial/ethnic disparities; there are many socioeconomic factors that limit minority groups from attaining their degrees compared to the white population. Inequalities in college degree attainment are a big problem in our world today, this can be caused by a variety of reasons and we must be able to come up with

Currently in the University of Missouri there are hundreds of black students protesting over what they believe is right. The university of Missouri has shown some sketchy behavior towards their students of color, which is causing racial tensions on campus. This sparked students into action; they have been protesting incidents that they believe were not handled correctly. These students took it in their own hands to speak out on the social injustice they have noticed in their school. It shows how university students are working with each other to work for the same cause that can benefit the whole school. The students are leading with integrity because they are fighting for something they believe for. They are speaking up for what they want to

because the findings may be used to provide unbiased and competent service delivery for persons of color, develop trusting relationships between counselor and client, and allow clients to understand how microaggressions may be impacting their psychological and physical health. (Torres-Harding and Turner, 2015) The hypothesis of the research was to seek if the reliability and validity of the RMAS distress subscale and “RMAS distress subscales were found to exhibit positive correlations with all additional subscales that assessed stressfulness or distress.” (Torres-Harding and Turner, 2015) According to the data, “significant positive moderate-level correlations” were found. (Torres-Harding and Turner, 2015) Data was collected from 374 individuals who “were from a medium-sized private Midwestern university setting,” excluding individuals who identified as White or Caucasian, and the individuals were asked to complete an anonymous online survey.

As I began my teaching career, I observed the same phenomena. My male African-American and Latino students were performing at a lower rate than other subgroups. At a newer high school in

The cost of a college tuition has dramatically risen since the late 1980’s, and left the country in a staggering trillion dollar student debt*. Citizens have been affected in having to pay massive fees and finally resorting to loans or having to leave school. But, for immigrants the cost of higher education is different. Recently, In state tuition for immigrant students was granted to various states such as New York, California and even Florida; which lowered the cost to a group of students called Dreamers (Bousquet 2015). The Dreamers are a group of students who have been given amnesty and the right to pursue a higher education. Being a Dreamer or student immigrant does not mean receiving a full ride to college, nor does it mean having the

The misuse of the word stress occurs quite often between the members of the lower socioeconomic class. Recently the American Psychological Association conducted a nationwide survey to see how America is doing with its stress levels. The American Psychological Association came to the conclusion that the bulk of people encounter stress under the following conditions: loss of money, work (if employed), family responsibilities and health concerns. (“American Psychological Association Survey… NP). Members of the lower socioeconomic class very commonly fail to realize that stress is not only what makes things go wrong but, also what saves one’s life on occasions. Many people work better under pressure, what they don’t know is that they perform better because of how stressed they are to complete a certain assignment. The expectations one’s boss or teacher has for one on an assignment also turns into stress and helps one perform better. Members of higher classes realize this because they are able to afford therapists that help them analyze the root causes of their health. Members belonging to the higher classes also have proper methods of stress relief such as socializing with friends, listening to music and exercising. Rather than using the same or similar methods of stress relief, members of the lower socioeconomic class tend to smoke, drink alcohol and watch excessive amounts of television (Miller, NP). When members of the lower socioeconomic class misinterpret stress and engage in bad stress relief methods it results in more