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migration of Puerto Ricans into the United States began in the late 1840’s,and occurred in three major waves, the second occurring around 1910-1940, and the third and largest occurred during and after the Vietnam War in and around the 1960’s. Each group containing a new generation of Puerto Ricans, and each laying a foundation for the next generation of Puerto Ricans immigrating into the United States. Each wave of immigrants felt that they were going to live a better life in America, and they ended

I come from a list of different ethnicities and line of ancestry. My ethnic background consists of English, African American, Native American, and Irish. Therefore, coming from these different ethnicity groups I get a viewpoint and understanding of all three ethnicities and how my family was shaped. Also, I was able to get insight on the different was my family was looked upon due to their different types of ethnicity groups. I was taught to never judge anyone by the way they looked because they

result, they will most likely discriminate against people they perceive to be outsiders. Although in group preference does not automatically require being hostile against the other people, in-group preference and out group hostility are enhanced by external threats (Cashdan 2001). Since threats are often known to arise from the outsiders it can be expected that disasters have the ability to increase group loyalty. This paper will discuss a type of phobia which is Isalmaphobia and its effect. ISLAMOPHOBIA

others in the group with similar physical attributes. Noah, a white male expected to be similar to another white male in the group and Mr. Bronson. Two other students, a male and female of African descent, believed they would similar despite their gender differences. When the lab work came back, Mr. Bronson and the students evaluated the results and the students were quite surprised. They discovered those students of African descent had more genetic differences than the rest of the group combined. Supporting

African Americans, Asians, Native Americans, or people of Latin or Hispanic descent to be different in various ways. Different ethnic groups may have a form of communication that only members of that ethnic group may comprehend. For instance, African American Vernacular English (AAVE), also known as Black English or Ebonics, is different from Standard English. In class, a group discussed how AAVE is criticized for being a hindrance in comparison to “normal English.” AAVE differentiates from Standard

in television, but movies are still falling behind. Only seven percent of the films had a cast whose balance of ethnic and race reflected the population.While in television it is nineteen percent.But should we really be settling just for that? A study was done by USC students based on 21,000 actors appearing in four hundred films and TV shows from September 2014-August 2015. The ethnic percentages were: 71% white, 12.2% black, 5.8% hispanic/latino, 5.1 Asian, 2.3% Middle Eastern, and 3.1% of other

of ethnicity studies towards modern studies. There was a process of constructing modern nation-states with clear border or territories and diverse ethnicities around the world (Plianroong, 2010, p. 2). The process contributed to significance of ethnic identity when various ethnicities around the world had more interaction. “ Ethnicity became a key concept in addressing cultural difference in multicultural societies and as a concept aimed at surpassing the essentializing and biological analysis

Disney’s Misrepresentation of Racial Groups It seems like the entertainment icon Walt Disney Company has been around since the beginning of time, entertaining the public with its lifelike and imaginative animations and characters. Nearly every parent and child that has been born in the last century has experienced a Disney animation or film at some point in their lifetime, which has left either a negative or positive impression on them. The experiences with Disney films leaves most viewers with

Diversity is not a new concept according to Woods. The colonies that eventually became the United States were already dealing with culturally dissimilar groups and the problem associated with it. Yet, by the time of the American Revolution, there was a sense of unity among these people even though there was a division of region, state, race and religion. This diversity was not overlooked and ignored as some of this diversity movement may claim; the foundations of the nation was based on unity and

In the film More Than a Month by filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman, Tilghman argues that we should end Black History Month for once and for all. In this film he attempts to demonstrate the truth about BHM and examine what might happen if BHM no longer existed. Tilghman argues that “Black History is American History”, and he believes that the only solution to this problem is to end BHM and incorporate it all year around. So the question is: should we end Black History Month? This is an extremely