Minority groups

In California for example, immigrants would be learning to speak English, while children who already speak English would be learning another language also. Most likely the “dominant minority language” in the area. In this case Spanish, but of course Spanish would not be the only language available. The choice would be up to the parents. Total immersion in a foreign language is a necessity. Non-English speaking children must be totally

rights of the newly freed slaves, preventing them in most states from testifying in courts against whites, limiting their opportunities to find work, and generally assigning them to the status of second or third class citizen. White vigilante groups like the Klu Klux Klan began to appear, by murdering and terrorizing blacks who tried to exercise their new rights. "Legal" ways were also found for circumventing the new laws; these included "grandfather clauses", poll taxes, white only primary

Political correctness, or PC for short, is a vastly popular term used to describe the ideology behind refraining from the usage of words that could potentially offend a particular group, especially minorities. The first known use of this word in mass culture dates all the way back to the Soviet Union, in which politicians would use the phrase to describe their neutrality amongst parties. Later, the term adapted into the English language when left-wing liberals joshed PC in order to bring a sense

depression dramatically increasing among African Americans, one would question how depression is affecting the minority population. One would suggest that being a part of a minority population causes more stressors that later could lead to depression. To take that even further, gender also may be an influencing factor. According to recent studies, depression is seemly affecting those of the minority population more so than white male Americans. Some reasons that were found to be associated with the issue

Democracy, in essence, is the governance of and by the entirety of the population. In a democracy, the citizens exercise their power directly or through an elected representative. Democracy is ideally a structure of governance that is by and for the people. These definitions represent democracy in its most pure unadulterated sense, true direct democracy (or participatory democracy). James N. Danziger in Understanding the political world expresses that “[…] participatory democracy […] is when all

distributed resources between rural and urban area lead to the gaps in cultural, social and economic capitals between rural and urban residents. Li (2013) explains that inadequacy in the capitals in family constraints alienate students from disadvantaged groups to the 'consecrated ' university activities. Gao et al. (2011) find that students from high-income family have bigger odds of receiving awards and participating in activities in the school. Therefore, it is necessary to analysis the impact of family

and build the nation. Some of the names lead the nation to conflict and turmoil. Due to people’s lust for progress, power and money, the Gilded Age led to many great advancements in the United States, but at the cost of great turmoil for many minority groups. The Native Americans lived in North America for thousands of years, but when the settlers from Europe came, so did conflict and turmoil. The land the Native Americans were on was rich with resources, and the settlers wanted the resources. So

Affirmative Action      Affirmative action has helped the income, promotion and labor force participation rates of both women and minorities. For example, between 1982 and 1995, the percentage of female managers and professionals in the U.S. rose from 40.5 to 48.0 percent; blacks from 5.5 to 7.5 percent, and Hispanics from 5.2 to 7.6 percent. By comparison, these groups form 51.2 percent, 12.6 percent, and 10.2 percent of the population, respectively. Progress has been steady, but still incomplete

males (Stevens & Smith, 2012). A counselor would need to consider the impact of this norm on a Hispanic female, who wants to have a professional career in the U.S. but doesn’t want to upset her family. Acculturative stress can be felt by any minority group and is defined as the pressure to conform to the norms of the dominant culture (Stevens & Smith, 2012). The young Hispanic woman mentioned previous is a good example of acculturative stress. The career oriented woman is becoming more common

basic concepts and purposes of multicultural counseling include the following answers. The main purpose of multicultural counseling is creating a positive and friendly environment, when counseling clients from an ethical or racial background or minority group. The main goal for counselors is to recognize issues of multicultural diversity in today’s society. These potential clients can include people in business, medical, or manufacturing as well as, students, and immigrants. The culture centered