...| . | I belong to the white American ethnic group. I am half Italian and half Irish. Most people only associate me as Italian and the Irish fades into the back ground. More Italians have migrated to the United States than any other group from Europe (digital history, January, 22 2012). Most of the immigration occurred in the 20th century during the years of 1880-1960(digital history, January, 22 2012). Several Italian immigrants originated from southern Italy without much of an education. The foremost reason for Italian immigration was due to the meager financial conditions in Italy during the 20th century. The Italians established themselves in areas where they could network with each other and not be around other ethnic groups. The Italians from southern Italy were not educated greatly so most of them performed manual labor. Most of the Italians were farmers in Italy but, when they immigrated they moved to the cities. Italians faced much prejudice and racism. The Italians in the United States were a very much hated group. News clippings from the 19th century named Italian immigrants as a sub-human race (Italians in America: From Discrimination to Adoration, Racial Discrimination, October 5th, 2009). They were thought of as clannish because they were known to stick with their family. The Italians were also discriminated against for their Catholic beliefs. They were exposed to anti-immigrant discrimination. There were even acts of violence such as lynching and...
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...| Irish American Ethnic Group and Discrimination | | University of Phoenix ETH/125 Elizabeth McBryde | In 1845, a fungus ruined Irish potato crops, which was the main source of food that kept peasants from starving in Ireland, and as disease and hunger spread throughout Ireland at least one million of Ireland’s people left in search of economic advancement, over half of which came to the United States (Peck, Ira). The Irish immigrants that came to the United States settled mainly in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia (Peck, Ira). Unfortunately, they were not greeted with welcome however, instead they, like many other immigrants to the United States, were met with discrimination, prejudice, and racism. Assimilation did not come easy for Irish immigrants despite their white skin and English language. Often, the only jobs available to them were hard, dirty, and dangerous positions such as coal mining and railroad work. As more and more Irish immigrated to the United States, American workers feared that the Irish, because of their cheap labor, would put them out of work (Peck, Ira). The Irish were treated in close resemblance to slaves. Forced to live in unsanitary conditions in urban slums by segregation, many Irish fell victim to epidemics that swept through their living...
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...Ethnic Groups and Discrimination ETH125 October 2, 2011 Dr.Campopiano Axia College of University of Phoenix 1. Abstract Ethnic groups and how they are affected by discrimination, segregation, and racism. There are many different ethnic groups in America. I have a strong belonging with the Irish. The Irish started immigrating to the United States as early as 1798, because they were forced out of their home land by the English (Schaefer 2006). Some of my ancestors with my last name McCullough immigrated to the United States in 1851. The highest immigration years for my ancestors were 1851, 1873, and 1880 (Ancestry, 1997-2011). There were 28% of Irish immigrants that departed from England (Ancestry, 1997-2011). New York City was the main area where the Irish immigrated to. The Irish faced prejudice, segregation, and racism. The Irish faced prejudice against their religion not only in Ireland, but in the United States as well. The Irish were discriminated against their religion, their way of living and criminal behavior. The Irish were known for being poor, dirty, criminals, thieves, and bad religion beliefs. The Irish had intermarriages between Catholics and Protestants, which was not looked at in a positive manner. The Irish were thought of being poor and uneducated, which led to segregation. They lived in terrible living conditions, and only allowed to live with other Irish. The “shacks” they lived in were so close together it was easy for...
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...Ethnic Groups and Discrimination Kimberly Larimer ETH/125 09/11/2011 ARLETHA NDOUME Ethnic Groups and Discrimination I belong and identify with the ethnic group known as the Irish American. The Irish have a story that includes famine, discrimination, immigration, religious discrimination, and finally triumph in the face of adversity. The Irish ancestry is almost impossible to trace due to the tragic circumstances in which millions of Irish immigrants were forced to escape to the United States. I have personal experience trying to trace my ancestry back to Ireland and every investigation has ended the same there were no records kept back that far back due to how most of the residents from Ireland not only got to the United States, but also because of the condition of most Irish immigrants once they landed in the United States. In 1800 the Union of Ireland Act united The Kingdom of Great Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland, in a short few years the Irish became impoverished and along with the religious prejudice of Protestant Masters to the Catholic Irish many had no choice to immigrate to the United States. In 1845, the great potato rot touched off a mass migration. The disaster eliminated the sole subsistence of millions of peasants, thrusting them over the edge of starvation. For five weary years, the crops remained undependable, and famine swept through the land. Untold thousands perished, and the survivors, destitute of hope, wished only to get away (Handlin, 1972)...
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...Ethnic groups and Discrimination Eth 125 This was a difficult choice for me since I belong to multiple ethnic groups. Since I have to choose one I have decided to pick the African American side to further discuss as a topic for this essay. After much research I was able to learn so much about my ethnic group, some of which I already was aware of and some information was enlightening. The history of what is now considered to be an African American goes back to that of the seventeenth century. Most African American lineage is traced back to various different parts of Africa thus helping with name title of African American. Africans’ at this time in history were brought over to America as slaves immigrated not colonized. Slavery brought many Africans’ to America not by choice. Once a slave arrived they were bought and sold to an owner or master with intentions to make profit for their owner most not seeing any profit of their own. Slavery went on to exist for many years until the Emancipation Proclamation was put into effect in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln. Even many years after the Emancipation Proclamation African Americans were still slaves. It was not until 1865 that congress took action and signed the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands to help the slaves totaling about four million at that time to learn how to transition from slavery into freedom. Although they were about to overcome being enslaved and now would have freedom the fight was just beginning...
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...Ethnic Groups and Discrimination While doing the reading assignments, I personally identified with “gender minority”. Despite many changes in law and the many inroads that have been made for gender equality, there are still many areas in which there is still discrimination based on gender. I have experienced this first hand in my life. A minority group is defined as “a subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than do the members of a dominant or majority group. Women are a subordinate gender group because they experience prejudice and discrimination based solely on their gender (Race and Ethnic Groups, 2006). Discrimination is defined as “the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons” (Race and Ethnic Groups, 2006). I experienced discrimination based on gender in the United States military. I had never in my life experienced discrimination or the “glass ceiling” or the “glass wall” (Race and Ethnic Groups, 2006) until I enlisted. It was then that I learned what it was like to be on the receiving end of what many people of a different race or ethnic group experience daily. The United States military has made many inroads toward stopping gender discrimination since they began allowing women to fully serve in their ranks. Prior to 1948 with the passage of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act, women were only allowed to serve in auxiliary...
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...Ethnic Groups and Discrimination The ethnic group that I identify most with is African American. African Americans immigrated to the United Sates. Immigration, according to our course material is defined as “Coming into a new country as a permanent resident”. Unlike many other ethnic groups, African Americans were not given a choice to come to the United States. They were brought over as slaves by way of Dutch ships carrying 20 slaves from the Caribbean, to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. The enslavement of Africans actually began in the early 1500s, with slaves arriving on Caribbean shores in the hands of Portuguese and Spanish slave traders. (Ciment, 2001) The 20 slaves were quickly sold off to local tobacco farmers, although it is unclear whether their states remarried as slaves or if they were indentured servants. The process of slavery of the African Americans actually began at the trading posts on the west coast of Africa. African Kings and merchants cooperated and traded slaves for European goods, this was known as the first stage of the triangular trade. The long trip across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World, was called the middle passage of the triangular trade. The last stage occurred after the slaves were brought to America, and were sold into slavery in exchange for goods, i.e. cotton, tobacco and sugar. By the 1700s, the population of enslaved Africans had ballooned to about 20,000(ibid). They were shipped to the United States until, 1807, when the U.S banned...
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...Ethnic Groups and Discrimination March 7, 2010 Ethnic groups came to the United States via migration as well as colonization. The Hispanic groups migrated to the United States back in the 1800’s. According to Public Broadcast System (2010), between 1850 and 1880 55,000 Mexican workers migrated to areas that had actually been Mexican soil but now was considered to be the United States. The Mexican workers were a vital job force for the economy; they worked for very low wages. Many of the Mexican workers also worked in situations that were considered in humane (Public Broadcast System, 2010). The Public Broadcast System (2010) website states that “between the period of 1942 and 1964, millions of Mexicans were imported into the U.S. as "braceros" under the Bracero Program to work temporarily on contract to United States growers and ranchers.” Prejudice dealings were among the many things that the Mexicans had to face. The working conditions alone could be considered a prejudice. Just because the workers were willing to work for a lower wage and forced to live and work in humane environments proved to be a form of discrimination. In the 1920’s there was a social prejudice against Mexicans, they were viewed as a threat to the health and morals to the rest of the society (National Park Service, 2004). In 1930 it was recommended that the classrooms be segregated between the Mexicans and the Americans. In fact, it was encouraged that the schools be segregated completely...
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...Ethnic Groups and Discrimination xxx xxxx Axia College * * Ethnic Groups and Discrimination Mexican, a word that has so much meaning to it but yet is still not recognize like it should be. Hi, my name is Hector Sanchez, and I am a Mexican, born and raised in Mexico City, one of the largest cities in the World. Being a Mexican has its ups as well as its down. When it comes to the United States and Mexico there is a whole lot to say. People in Mexico see this country as where their dreams can come true, but I see it as a great opportunity, but all while trying to make a better life for you and your family, we are being criticized and stereotype from Americans. The one thing that Americans might not know is that behind all the criticizing, we have so much to offer and so much history to learn about. I can’t tell you how many times I have seen or heard people from the United States talk about Mexican people, they talk about us like we are slaves or placed on this earth to do jobs who not too much people will do. The one thing that the United States fell to realize, well most, is that the word America doesn’t just belong to Americans but Mexico and other countries is America too. So, doesn’t that make us all Americans? Mexican history starts from hundreds of years ago; we had many different civilizations even before the Spanish conquerors arrived in 1500, after that we became the New Spain, named by the Spanish King. After almost 500...
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...I am half Hispanic and I was disheartened to learn this ethnic group has been discriminated against since they have immigrated to the United States. They have had to deal with dual labor markets, environmental justice issues, affirmative action, redlining, double jeopardy, institutional discrimination, reverse discrimination, and glass ceilings and it is sad to say that some of these practices still continue today. Hispanic groups both colonized and immigrated to the United States. Over half of the current United States was explored during the 1500’s by Hispanics. This is how the colonizing began in southwestern region from Alabama to California. The immigration to the United States is still underway as more and more Hispanics cross the United States and Mexican border every day both legally and illegally. They do this in search of a new life however, they are met with racism, prejudice, segregation and discrimination that they didn’t expect once here in the United States. One of the biggest areas of discrimination is in the job market. Hispanics are finding that there is a dual labor market. This is where they work traditional jobs at a lower wage because they are considered uneducated or undertrained. Thus helping employers save money by not having to pay benefits to the Hispanic workers. Because Hispanics are taking the lower paying jobs there is a condition call redlining that also occurs. That is where lenders will discriminate against people trying to purchase home...
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...Ethnic Groups and Discrimination I am an African American. African Americans came to America in a few different ways. The majority of African American were captured from Africa and shipped over to the United States to be sold inside slave trade. Cotton was a big business in the United States and a lot of times land owners would have too much land for them to work so they would hire slaves to work the land for them. They didn’t pay the slaves money; instead they used fear to motivate the slaves to work as hard as possible. With this type of strategy going on African Americans quickly began to be seen as less than human and far less equal to the white men. Over time this began to grow into a dislike and hatred against African Americans who were living in America. Soon the north part of the United States began to change their views on African Americans and start to realize they that also should be counted as being equal people. The civil war broke out and African Americans eventually ended up gaining their freedom. After African Americans gained there freedom they still had a lot of complications that they needed to overcome. White people felt like they were much better than the African Americans so they began to have disgust towards African Americans. African Americans weren’t allowed to go to the same schools as white people, drink out of the same water fountains, and many other things. Groups were formed like the Ku Klux Klan that openly showed hatred for the African Americans...
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...and poor. Whites considered their race to be superior to the Black race and other races. This belief is called racism. Racism has been a major issue since slavery. Slavery was the first form of racism against African Americans. Segregation African Americans were set apart from White Americans. This physical separation of the two groups was called segregation. Segregation made Blacks and Whites equal but separate. They were separated in the residence, workplace, and social functions. The separation in residence allowed Whites to have the luxury of living in upscale neighborhoods. African Americans had to live in neighborhoods that were less fortunate. Also, Blacks were segregated in the workplace because of their race and education. Whites got the better paying jobs and positions in the workplace. While, Blacks got positions that had less pay and more job duties. They were not allowed to use the same restroom or drink from the same fountains as Whites. Also, they were not able to eat or dine in the same restaurants as Whites. These things led to the upcoming of the Civil Rights Act of 964 that ended major forms of discrimination and segregation. (The Civil Rights Act of 1964, 2011) Dual Labor Market African Americans had little or no education or access to a higher...
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...Assignment: Ethnic Groups and Discrimination: German Americans ETH 125 German Americans comprise about 17% of the American population. This is approximately 15 million Americans. German Americans can be found everywhere in the United States but the strongest concentrations of this group can be found in California, Texas and Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and The Dakotas. These states have in many cases over one third of their population listed as German American. As a group German Americans have enriched the American culture and become a common ancestral designation. The largest numbers of Germans migrated between the 1680s to 1760s, with two major waves of German colonists in 1714 and 1717 (Conzen, 1980). Most of these immigrants came to America seeking opportunity as central Europe became difficult to farm and own land. Many also came to escape religious persecution. Most of these immigrants came willingly and paid for their travel as indentured servants. Unlike other groups which received large amounts of resistance from native Americans, German Americans immigrated before urbanization fully began encompassing America. As a result many early immigrants owned farms and become merchants. German Americans would not experience resistance until the advent of world war I. During the fever of World War I, German Americans began to hide their ethnicity by speaking German in private. Many were imprisoned for spying and were ostracized by the community...
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...of the major flaws is discrimination, and the bias that stems from discrimination. Discrimination on the basis of class, gender, sexuality and ethnicity operates at the level of attitude, on the street, in the home, at the workplace or at social venues. In regards to the Criminal Justice System, race and gender are always accounted for in court proceedings. As Smith in 1997 said, “the apparent ‘fairness’ of the criminal justice system does not mean that the outcomes will necessarily be unbiased”. Tonry in 1997 found that even though certain ethnic groups are far more often caught in the net of criminal justice than others, they have elevated rates of official offending which differ from one country to another. The major ethnic group in Britain and Wales being black people whose families originated from the Caribbean in the 1940’s. (cited in the Oxford Handbook). Black people find themselves subject to rules made for them by white people, it is also the same for other groups living in the same culture, e.g. it seems to be men that make the rules for the women in society, even though this seems to be changing in the United States. Foreign-born people often have their rules made for them by the Protestant Anglo-Saxon minority. The middle-class seem to make all the rules which must be obeyed by the vast majority - in the schools, the courts, etc. There are many models proposed within the criminology field that focus on the issue of discrimination. The first is the conflict...
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...IF You Want To Purchase A+ Work then Click The Link Below For Instant Down Load http://www.hwspeed.com/Devry-SOCS-350-Final-Exam-2015-OCTOBER-04040444120.htm?categoryId=-1 IF You Face Any Problem Then E Mail Us At JOHNMATE1122@GMAIL.COM Question SOCS350 final exam age 1 Question 1.1. (TCOs 1, 2, and 8) The form of discrimination based on the belief that some group or groups are innately inferior or superior is called _____ discrimination. (Points : 5) ideological or individual gender or racial egalitarian or unequal institutionalized or structural Question 2.2. (TCOs 1, 2, and 8) A category of people distinguished by inheritable physical characteristics that sets them apart from other groups in the society is called _____. (Points : 5) an ethnic group a racial group White ethnics culturally different Question 3.3. (TCOs 3 and 4) Cultural beliefs that justify particular social arrangements, including patterns of inequality, is/are _____. (Points : 5) values norms ideology symbols Question 4.4. (TCOs 6 and 7) Intermarriage or interbreeding between persons of different racial groups is _____. (Points : 5) discrimination polygyny monogamy miscegenation Question 5.5. (TCO 8) Becoming a nurse or physician is an example of a(n) _____ status. (Points : 5) socioeconomic achieved gender ascribed Question 6.6. (TCO 8) The ability to enforce one's will on others over their resistance is the _____ dimension of social stratification. (Points :...
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