...Associate Program Material Racial Diversity in Society Worksheet Part I Complete the following using the MySocLab Social Explorer Map: Income Inequality by Race (located on the student website) as a reference: • Select 1 racial group from the list below: o African American o Asian American o Arab American o Hispanic American/Latino o White/Caucasian • Write a 150- to 300-word summary of the economic, social, and political standings of that group. Use additional resources if necessary, from the University Library or your textbooks. Provide citations for all the sources you use. o The racial group I have chosen is White/Caucasian. Based on information I gathered from the MySocLab Explorer Map the White/Caucasian people of Philadelphia in 2010 consisted of approximately 632,294 people, which equaled 41.5%. In comparison to the black population which accounted for 43.4% of the people in Philadelphia. The per capita income for White people in Philadelphia in 2010 was $27,718.00. But the average household income in the same area for a black household is $20,000.00 to $25,000.00. Whereas for American Indian the household income is only $15,000.00 to $20,000.00. All reports show that white households earn more money on average than any other race in the Philadelphia area. As for politics in Philadelphia, of the 16 people running for county seats, all but one person was white/Caucasian. No matter which city you go there is a...
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...Unit 3 Project: The U.S. Court System Tonya Laubs Kaplan University PA 101: Intro to Paralegal Profession Professor Hamilton February 21, 2012 The organization of the Federal Court consist of questions of law arising from the Constitution, questions concerning federal laws, statutes, codes, acts, and courts such as: bankruptcy, patent and trade. Federal courts have limited jurisdiction to hear federal questions, and diversity of citizenship. The diversity that Federal Courts can address are only if parties are from two different states and the controversial amount is $75,000.00 or above. It can be heard in Federal Court; however the case will still be held to applicable state laws. If it does not fall under federal jurisdictions then the issue is heard by the corresponding State. Federal Courts have jurisdiction over all citizens and resident’s at all times. There are tiered levels of the Federal Court System which include: * Trial Court - Beginning * Court of Appeals - Middle * U.S. Supreme Court - Highest Trial Court is where all cases begin. This is where they hear evidence, testimony, and make a ruling. The Court of appeals gives you the right to appeal this decision and the Supreme Court is the last opportunity to have an issue resolved. My State is Pennsylvania and I have discovered interesting information regarding my State system compared to the Federal System. Pennsylvania has the following Courts established: * Minor Courts...
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...Transcultural nursing care/Culture Care Diversity and Universality Theory. Quynh Doan SCF- RN-BSN progrgram •Born in Sutton, Nebraska on July 13, 1925 •received her diploma in nursing from St. Anthony’s School of Nursing in Denver, Colorado in 1948 In 1950 •She earned her BS from St. Scholastica (Benedictine College) in Atchison, Kansas •She earned an M.S. in psychiatric and mental health nursing from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1954. •She received her Ph.D. in Cultural and Social Anthropology from the University of Washington in 1965 Referrence •Parker, M. E. (2005). Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice. Philadelphia: F.A. Madeleine M. Leininger Loading... •Madeliene Leininger recognized that the congruent of care and culture was the missing link in nursing. What lead her to recognized this phenomenon? •References •Parker, M. E. (2005). Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice. Philadelphia: F.A. Factors that shape the theorist •The main focus of cultural care frameworks is to assist nurses to avoid ethnocentric assessments, so that they can provide care that is responsive to the recipient’s cultural perspective. (Baker 1997.) Madeliene Leininger Loading... •It is the only theory explicitly focused on the close interrelationships of culture and care on well-being, health, illness, and death. •It is most holistic and multidimensional. •The theory focused on comparative culture...
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...1600’s, English, Dutch, Sweden had an argument over settling in Pennsylvania. Investigation of the land were limited to the Delaware River vicinity, where Native Americans and Europeans were trading goods. A religious and sincere Quaker who had suffered from his religious beliefs, Penn, looked upon his colony as a holy adventure. William Penn was a religious person and he settled his colony, Philadelphia; moreover, his income was from sale of lands and collection of quitrents. Suddenly, Philadelphia attracted people’s attention and made them to immigrate there and surrounding areas. Penn established a constitution, known as Frame of Government, which claims that government should...
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...The religious and economic rivalries between European nations allowed for England to become the frontrunner in colonization in North America which caused the modern day Atlantic Coast of the USA to become religiously and economically diverse. There was competition about the religion and the spreading of religion. Also, there was competition regarding economics, the conflict was about mercantilism. Meanwhile, there were different religions throughout the English colonies. Finally, there was ethnic diversity within the colonies as well. All of these contributed to the religious and economic diversity today. There were two rivalries happening in the colonies; the religious and economic rivalries. First, the religious rivalry was about the...
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...Ethics and affirmative action: Is affirmative action still an ethical policy. Dennis Wagner Concordia University May 2011 Ethics and Affirmative Action Since its inception 50 years ago, affirmative action has been a topic that more divides people than unites them. Affirmative action was originally conceived as a way to right the injustices that had been foisted upon minorities for over 200 years. What started as a simple idea is still debated and litigated to this day. The main problem of affirmative action is there is no way to advance one group of people without holding another group back. Affirmative action was once a policy that was necessary to advance diversity in education and employment; however, the practice of race and gender quotas is no longer an ethical choice. This paper will examine the past, present and future of affirmative action and offer recommendations for balancing ethics with affirmative action. Past The first use of the term “affirmative action” was in Executive Order 10925 (Executive Order 10925, 1961). President Kennedy signed this executive order on March 6, 1961, and the order provided that the federal government and contractors should take affirmative action to ensure that hiring for all federally funded projects is conducted without racial bias (Executive Order 10925, 1961). This executive order also started the Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (Executive Order 10925, 1961). This order was mainly a passive means to prevent...
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...Abstract The largest generation of American workers is reaching the age of retirement. The Generations following the Baby Boomers need to prepare to take over the senior management roles being left empty by this exodus. Corporations need to prepare for this transition before they face a predicament of not having qualified leaders in place before the Baby Boomers retire. The way members of Generation X and Y lead will be very dissimilar to what corporations have seen during the reign of the Baby Boomers. Likewise, members of Generation X and Y will expect more from corporations as it pertains to life work balance and culture of the workplace. The Next Generation of Leaders in Corporate America With many corporations having an aging workforce, it is no wonder they need to start thinking about the next generation of leaders. The sons and daughters of America’s greatest generation, the Baby Boomers, are now heading towards retirement. With the largest generation of Americans getting ready to leave the workforce, many who are currently leaders in their corporations, corporations are starting to prepare the next generation of employees who will lead their corporations into the future. What are American corporations doing to prepare for this transition? Who will fill these positions? What are the next generations of upper management personnel doing to prepare themselves to fill this void of upper management? January 1, 2011 was the day...
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...Comcast Corporation Toya Jones Devry Univesity Comcast Corporation Comcast Corporation, with its headquarters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest provider of both cable and home internet services in the US, and remains the world largest communication and mass media organization in terms of revenue. In addition, the company boasts of being the third in the country as far as provision of telephone services is concerned (Hovav & Popoviciu, 2009). The company provides its services to both commercial and residential customers within 40 states in the US as well as the District of Columbia. Comcast equally trades in television and film content production, together with the cable channels and national channels, the main film studio Universal and Universal Pictures. The company commands a significant share in digital distribution, especially after merging with Time Warner Cable. Strengths On the other hand, the company enjoys relatively low competition in most of its service areas due to the low competitive power of the other cable providers in the industry. Such dominance is also enhanced by the negotiating power of Comcast vested in its large ISP. Many have suggested that Comcast could possibly leverage peering agreements that are paid to influence an unfair end-user speed of connection (Kenney, 2011). Every business venture would wish to exert dominance in the industry and Comcast is no difference. Its incumbency in the business, together with the...
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...Jake Nice 5/1/15 Final Paper INT 202 Diversity can be looked upon in many different aspects, such as; religion, demographics, and even in the professional world. People in the work world are categorized by company worker, managers, and all the way up to the top dogs being the owners, CEOs, CFOs, etc. All of us are different in the world but there are also a lot or similarities between us. My first diversity paper was about how people live their lives daily and how they are diverse from others everyday lives. Although that is a form a diversity, I want to look deeper into diversity and how it builds the world we live in today. Diversity is all around us. In the towns and cities we live in, in our workplace, in our schools and even in our military. I believe that becoming diverse in these types of places makes for a better community and a better understanding of the world. Most towns in this country have many choices of dining to choice from. There is usually a range of restaurants from American Cuisine, Italian, Mexican, and Asian. This is an example of how towns and cities prove to be diverse. Not everyone fully respects all the religions in the world and this is sad because it truly brings society down. Racism and just pour misunderstanding of other ways of life is the ignorance that we live in here in America. This is sad because everyone is equal under God regardless of your race, age, gender, height, weight, color, etc. This class has taught me too appreciate all...
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...Associate Program Material Racial Diversity in Society Worksheet Part I Complete the following using the MySocLab Social Explorer Map: Income Inequality by Race (located on the student website) as a reference: • Select 1 racial group from the list below: o African American o Asian American o Arab American o Hispanic American/Latino o White/Caucasian • Write a 150- to 300-word summary of the economic, social, and political standings of that group. Use additional resources if necessary, from the University Library or your textbooks. Provide citations for all the sources you use. Response: Well, there could be numerious reasons why Hispanics are not doing good. From prior experience in the Interactive Scenario’s city, in that area where education isn’t a prime, it is obvious that people will not get a great job or a legal job. Being that there’s such a small community of Hispanics in the area and that of it being a legitimate worker or a cut above the the average person in Philadelphia, it’s small. That, and being the jobs are scarced already in the area where they could pay good enough money that doesn’t just make ends meet. Part II Answer the following in 50 to 150 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. What is racism? In what ways does racism affect diversity? Answer: Racism is where you discriminate against other people based on racial profiling. That means that if a person of another race does...
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...“Schools will and can be the center of our universe,” said Jim Kenney at his first community town house meeting as mayor-elect. Kenney’s first community town house meeting was in Central High School’s auditorium last night to an energized crowd of 50 to 60 people. Concerned citizens, police officers, local media and local politicians (Derrick Green, Helen Gym, Marian Tasco, Cherelle Parker, Cindy Bass, Steve Kinsey, Art Haywood) filled the audience. State Representative and 2007 mayoral candidate Dwight Evans introduced Kenney and Kenney’s transition team and staff. Kenney mentioned the diversity on his team that he said he did intentionally to mirror the variety of Philadelphia. Kenney and Evans said the meeting was to hear directly from...
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...Cultural Diversity 1 Running head: Cultural Diversity Cultural Diversity In the autumn of 2006 the population of the United States exceeded 300 million people. Of those 300 million, approximately 98 million, or 33%, of them are a part of a minority group (Jarvis, 2008). This growing number can be attributed to the increase number of immigrants coming to the United States for the opportunity to have a better life for themselves and their families. It is predicted that by the year 2050 the statistic of 33% of people that belong to a minority group will rise to 50%. Of the current 33%, 14.4% of people are of Hispanic or Latin origin. This makes Hispanics and Latinos the largest minority group in the country. African Americans account for 12.8%, Asians for 4.3%, and other groups for 2.7% of the ethnic minority population (Potter & Perry, 2009). The data on the United States population verifies an important fact that must be implemented within the health care system: the statistics reflect the cultural diversity of potential clients. From previous experience, I can concur that approximately one-third of the patients I saw belonged to a minority group. Health care professionals are expected to provide individualized care to their clients. In doing so, we must be aware of what makes them an individual. A person’s culture is a huge part of that. In order to fulfill our duty, we need to familiarize ourselves with the practices and beliefs of different cultures...
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...CRP 1017 Introduction to Community and Regional Planning April 30, 2009 Growing environmental awareness and a renewed interest in city living, combined with the negative connotations of sprawl, has generated more interest in New Urbanism and its philosophies regarding growth and development. Transit-Oriented development, a specific New Urbanist transit village framework, prioritizes the 3-D’s—density, design and diversity. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is credited with ending government-sponsored inequality in the United States but “equality in transportation has been established in name only.” In urban areas in the United States, the best explanation for racial housing segregation is discrimination and prejudice against minorities.[1] Transit-Oriented Development aims to create lasting communities of mixed income, race and lifestyle and return populations to the city but must overcome discrimination and prejudice and sustain a variety of housing opportunities to avoid neighborhoods from relapsing into isolated poor enclaves scourging current cities. Lack of access to public and private transportation networks limits millions of people from growth civically, socially and economically. Today consumer housing demand is very different from post World War II America. Condo sales are booming, 37% of all households want dense “modest” homes and 71% of older households want to live within walking distance of transit.[2] Postwar migration to the suburbs was not wholly based...
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...History of Affirmative Action Human Resources Research Paper BUSI 526 Section D October 30, 2010 Aurelia Mouton Abstract Affirmative action has a relatively short history in the United States. The idea of affirmative action begin to come into play in 1961 when politicians and Presidents alike believed that there needed to be a way to rectify the previous injustices dealt to the minority community in regards to workplace. The text mentions that affirmative action uses “numerical analysis to determine which (if any) target groups the firm is underutilizing relative to the relevant labor market” (Dessler, 2011, 60) and that affirmative action was put into place to eliminate barriers to equal employment. This may be true but from its’ very inception, affirmative action has been met with resistance. History of Affirmative Action Affirmative action has seemed to find its way into the lives of many. It was originally created to make employment opportunities and practices fair for people that were non-white U.S. citizens but has since grown and evolved into much more. The beginning concept of affirmative action was to make right the many years that African Americans were bound because of slavery, discrimination after the abolition of slavery and lack of education that prevented many of them from getting decent jobs. Many positive things can be said about affirmative action when it works; however there are many people that fight against it because of...
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...William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was one of the most important people of the 1900-1940 eras. He inspired and influenced so much people, with diversity and how color doesn’t define who you truly are. Du Bois had very powerful words and thoughts. W.E.B. Du Bois was a very strong and smart educator. He was well educated. Du Bois graduated from an Ivy League College. He was the first African American to earn a doctorate. He gives us a good example and goal. Du Bois Graduated from three universities, Fisk University, Harvard University, and University of Berlin. He founded the National Association Advancement Colored People and supported Pan-Africanism. He taught students and adults worldwide lessons. Du Bois taught sociology, politics, and history. He published very famous and influential pieces in NAACP. He wrote a book called “Philadelphia Negro”. His book was the first scientific social study. The Philadelphia Negro was based on the field work Du Bois did in 1896-1897....
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