...Historical Report on Race/Ethnicity Dominique Morant ETH125 December 7, 2012 Sherri Goodwin Historical Report on Race/Ethnicity Native Americans have crossed over onto America before the Bering Strait became a sea. According to Wikipedia (2012) from the 16th through the 19th centuries the population of Indians declined in the following ways: epidemic diseases brought from the Europe; genocide and warfare at the hands of Europeans explores and colonist, as well as between tribes; displacement from their lands; internal warfare, enslavement; and a high rate of intermarriage. Most mainstream scholars believe that, among the various contributing factors, epidemic disease was the overwhelming cause of the population decline of the American natives because of their lack of immunity of new diseases brought from Europe. (Wikipedia, 2012) Herndon (2012) stated, “In Virgina, the first colony, very tense relationships existed between the English colonists and the Indians confederacy headed by Powhatan, whose daughter, Pocahontas, because an intermediary between Englishmen and Native Americans. Upon the arrival of Lord De La Warr in 1610, war was declared against the surrounding native peoples, who signed peace treaty in 1614.” In 1622 the Indians, who were continually harassed by whiles greedy for land and whose numbers were dwindling because of disease, had had enough and began striking back, killing over 300 settlers, including John Rolfe (Herndon, 2012). According to Herndon...
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...When addressing the specificities of media representations for Afro-Peruvian populations, there are very few scholarly pieces that focus on that issue. However, they provide important arguments to understand the issues of the media in its relation with the development of race and ethnicity in Peru. One of this text is Mira como ves: racismo y estereotipos en los medios de comunicación (2010), a compilation of essays that give a complete overview of the representations of Afro-descendants in the mass media, discussing the image construction of this population in different types of media. By the use of comparative studies and case studies of other countries, this book seeks to establish a common indicator of the way in which the representation of blackness is located within a more global...
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...population of immigration and how the America’s foreign policies influences toward it. In his work, Juan Gonzales tries to overviewing how the Latino immigrants started to move in American historically and he also provides an analysis of the current events that showing the effects and frictions on Latino population thereby America’s politics and diplomacy. During reading Harvest of Empire by Juan Gonzales, I thought a lot of time that this book is for all people who want to know about the history of Latino immigration in America in detail. Because Gonzalez delivers Latino’s historical processes of movement and settlement through all over the time periods from past to present day and divides his book into three parts as “Roots”, “Branches” and “Harvest” to give more information in details and help the reader for better understanding. The first part of the book “Roots” tells us only about the historical background of the Latino immigration. This part is pretty much providing the information about the early relationships...
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...Summary Report 2000, 2010 Census, 2012 Estimates & 2017 Projections Calculated using TAS Retrieval Mar 28, 2013 Centennial Crossroads Plaza Las Vegas, NV Current Year Demographics Current Population Adjusted Total Pop (Carrier Route) Total Daytime Pop Workplace Pop Average Household Income Median Household Income Total Housing Units Median Home Value Bachelors Degree Graduate Degree Total Consumer Spending/Capita (Weekly) 2017 Demographic Projections Projected Projected Projected Projected Population 5 Year Pop Growth Households 5 Year Household Growth 12,182 3.6% 4,602 3.5% 121,993 4.0% 43,489 4.0% 312,447 4.1% 112,707 4.2% 10,217 11,018 9,200 3,575 $78,502 $67,761 3,872 $123,744 13.6% 6.3% $284 100,504 96,454 63,599 13,711 $90,649 $77,534 35,761 $140,667 17.9% 8.8% $293 254,985 253,236 159,598 38,418 $83,625 $71,808 91,798 $127,900 16.8% 8.3% $288 Latitude: 1.00 Mile Radius 3.00 Mile Radius 5.00 Mile Radius Longitude: -115.262 Some College 34% 30% 21% 22% Workplace Retired Disabled Students Other 6% 9% 11% White Black Asian 74% Associate Bachelor Graduate Other 13% 28% 16% 9% 9% 18% Other Education (3-Mile) Daytime Population (3-Mile) Ethnicity (3-Mile) ©2011, Trade Area Systems Data Source: Synergos Technologies Inc Austin, TX This report was produced using data from private and government sources deemed to be reliable and is herein provided without representation or warranty. Demographic Summary Report 2000...
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...Demographic Variables : Personal statistics that include such information as income level, gender, educational level, location, ethnicity, race, and family size. For example, the marketing department of a business might use demographic variables as an important input when formulating target customer profiles. #Gender can be male and female Male-25% Female-75 %( If female participants are more it considered as good. Because, female are mostly related with household activities) Demographic Variables AGE | A2001 | B2001 | C2001 | Age of respondent (in years). | Age of respondent (in years). | Age of respondent (in years). | GENDER | A2002 | B2002 | | Gender of respondent. | Gender of respondent. | Gender of respondent. | EDUCATION | A2003 | B2003 | C2003 | Highest level of education of the respondent. | Education of the respondent. | Education of the respondent. | MARITAL STATUS | A2004 | B2004 | C2004 | Marital status of respondent. | Respondent's marital status. | Respondent's marital or civil union status. | UNION MEMBERSHIP | A2005 | B2005 | C2005 | Union membership of respondent. | Union membership of respondent. | Union membership of respondent. | UNION MEMBERSHIP OF OTHERS IN HOUSEHOLD | A2006 | B2006 | C2006 | Someone in household other than respondent is a member of a union. | Someone in household other than respondent is a member of a union. | Someone in household other than respondent is a member of a union. | BUSINESS...
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...As with any identity, ethnicity is far more complicated than simply personally identifying. Jenkins separates the identity into two distinct elements- the nominal and the virtual, simply the “who” and the “what that means” in terms of their experience as a result (Jenkins, 1994). The following examination of the connection between ethnicity and mental illness looks at culture as the internal social element, along with the larger social forces of health inequalities and racism, which have shaped current outcomes or the virtual reality of living as an ethnic minority. Values can differ greatly between cultures, and even within them, so it is impossible for institutions to govern with values that align with everyone. This applies to mental health as well, as definitions of health and illness vary so differently across cultures. This means that mental health diagnosis is tied so closely to culture, and is largely impacted by dominant western culture...
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...adequately reporting and collecting relevant SES parameters, including race and ethnicity is evident. However, the question of how to properly categorize, measure, and report some of these parameters has been in the center of discussion for some time. In accordance with the Affordable Care Act, The department of Health and Human Services (HHS) came up with the new data standards for the collection of race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status. It is required by law that these standards be used in all the national population health surveys (Dorsey, 2011). The new standards have been in use since November 2011, and their stated purpose is to “understand the causes of health disparities, design effective responses, and evaluate progress in decreasing health disparities” (Dorsey, 2011). With the deepening social disparities and the effect they have on the nation’s health, it is essential to have a well-established system of documentation. It is also important for the researchers to select and appropriately measure all the indicators relevant for their study. HHS’s new data standards include fourteen racial and five ethnic categories, with the option to include more than one category within each group. When used as proxy for more accurate SES indicators such as education or income, race/ethnicity do not give the realistic picture of the population of interest. However, both race and ethnicity are important indicators of health disparities and need to be carefully measured...
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...Master Thesis Ethnic Conflicts and Transition to Democracy in Africa: Recurrence of Ethnic Conflicts in Kenya (1991-2008) Author: Berita Musau Matrikelnummer: 0601567 Academic degree aspired Master (M.A) Vienna, August, 2008 Studienkennzahl: A 067 805 Studienrichtung: Global Studies - a European Perspective Advisor: Prof. Dr. Walter Schicho Table of Contents Dedication ……………………………………………………………………. iii Acknowledgment …………………………………………………………….. iv List of Acronyms …………………………………………………………….. v List of Tables and figures …………………………………………………….. vii Abstract in English …………………………………………………………… viii Abstract in German …………………………………………………………... ix Chapter One: Introduction ………………………………………………… 1 1.1. Introduction …………………………………………………………… 1 1.2. Problem statement …………………………………………………….. 2 1.3. Aim and objectives of the research …………………………………… 4 1.4. Research questions and hypotheses …………………………………... 7 Chapter Two: Literature review and theoretical framework ……………. 8 2.1. Literature review ……………………………………………………… 8 2.2. Transition to democracy and ethnic conflicts in Africa ………………. 12 2.3. Definition of concepts ………………………………………………… 16 2.4. Theoretical framework for analysis of ethnic conflicts ……………….. 18 2.4. Research methodology ………………………………………………... 21 2.5. Significance of the research …………………………………………... 23 Chapter Three: Background to the struggle for democracy and ethnic conflicts in Kenya……………………………………………………………. 24 3.1. A short retrospect in to Kenya’s colonial...
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...war crimes committed by the military throughout the war and the effect the conflict has had on the indigenous population. Containing several testimonies from victims in the Huehuetenango district, the book will serve as the foundational historical text for my oral history of the same region. Harms, Patricia. “Stumbling Our Way to the Mark: Guatemalan Mennonites in the Era of Ríos Montt, 1980-1984.” Journal of Mennonite Studies 32 (2014): 115-138....
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...SOCIOLOGY – AQA – UNIT 4 - CRIME AND DEVIANCE The exam is split into 3 questions: • Q.1 is a pure methods section which contains two parts a) 12 marks and b) 21 marks. You should spend 45 minuets on this question. • Q.2 is a method in context question. Part a) is for 9 marks [could also be a 3 and 6 mark question] and part b) is for 15 marks. You should spend 30 minuets on this question. • Q.3 is a theories essay for 33 marks. THIS QUESTION IS SYNOPTIC! You should spend 45 minuets on this question. Below is a list of all the areas and studies you need to know for each section of the exam. Don’t worry if you don’t know all the studies, each college/school are likely to teach slightly different ones, just make sure you know about that amount for each section. Q.1 For the first two pure crime parts you need to know: Functionalist theories of crime and deviance Durkheim – Social control, social regulation including suicide Merton-Strain theory, blocked aspirations Cohen – Status frustration Cloward and Ohlin – Deviant subcultures New Right/Right Realism James Wilson – Strict law enforcement needed Wilson and Kelling – Broken windows, zero tolerance Murray – Cultural deprivation, single parents and ineffective, the underclass Erdos – Families without fathers Subcultural theories Cohen – Delinquent subcultures Cloward and Ohlin – Delinquency and opportunity, criminal, conflict and retreatist...
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...In An Intersection of Biography and History: My Intellectual Journey, Mary Romero attempts to investigate social mobility and racism. She mentions that her study is a field research--the so-called ethnography: participation and observation (inductive-qualitative). The author herself used to participate in the activities of domestic workers. She states that the attitudes of the American middle-classes have towards their workers are rooted in history. When Us Territorial lands were taken away from Mexicans after the Spanish-American War, they were forced to become workers instead of landowners, and since then, Americans have developed a sense of superiority above the Mexican workers. Historical background gives us a sense of where we are coming from, and it explains certain behaviors in our society today. It...
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...Preventing Crime Crime Prevention and safety is always an issue when it comes to a community. It’s something that individual learn from observing others, reading, and learning from mistakes of others are some of the reasons we post and talk about near misses and direct hits that each of use have encountered (Safety Toolbox Talks, n.d). There are several ways to plan for crime prevention, but the best way is by the community being the eyes and ears of law enforcement. Crime prevention uses many different programs and strategies to foresee, distinguish, consider and tackle misdeeds and the variables which play a role in crime (Bureau of Justice Assistance, (n.d.). There are different target levels of crime prevention including families, communities, individuals, and certain locations. Individual level of crime prevention usually deals with preventing persons from ever committing crimes. It’s more as an avoidance tactic. Community crime prevention usually deals with changes in how a community functions and what they are doing to prevent crime. In order to maintain public safety and low-crime rates, Detroit is eager to get the community involved through community-based programs. Neighborhood Watches are the best way to prevent crime. A neighborhood watch program creates a renowned system of communication connecting law enforcement and neighborhoods concerning crime related predicaments (The City of Detroit, n.d.). Over the last several decades, the neighborhood watch has...
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...challenges as it’s not as diverse as our population is based on ethnicity, gender, and age. Many changes and improvements are required in profession in order to address the changing and newly developing problems. In 2010, report was published by IOM in order to improve the health care system of United States. This report focuses on many issues including transforming the health care system by improving the role of nursing. This report recommends that nurses should practice to full extent of their education and experience. Nurses must achieve higher level of education. Nurses should also have increased communication between all circles of health care system including physicians, professional and care nurses, leadership and policy making qualities, effective workforce and fine infrastructure of data collection. These recommendations highlight the intersection between the diversity in United States and actions taken by nurses. Theses recommendation only focus on how can nurses provide the best care to the patients regardless of how difficult it can be for nurse to practice them. IOM is very detailed report for the improvement of the nursing practice by focusing on full extent of practice, advancement in education and building of communication structure. Nurses that have been fully trained are capable of leading great and innovative strategies in order to improve the system. This improvement is hindered by the historical and political barrier imposed on nurses. These barriers differ...
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...Nonetheless, Jefferson County Schools are fortunate to have the aid of various groups that work directly with the Board of Education and district to make certain students obtain the best education possible. Parents and district members volunteer their time to serve on improvement committees. Jefferson County Schools is also devoted to supporting a diverse student body and staff. The school district also welcomes diversity and culture which includes ethnicity, gender, race, religion, socioeconomic status and disability. In addition, the promotion of school safety allows anyone in the community to report information that may have a negative effect on students, staff members, or school property throughout the state. Furthermore, there are teacher...
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...reasons why blacks are underrepresented in the accounting profession. Furthermore, the paper examines these reasons through the lens of race and ethnicity. The paper also synthesizes multiple sources regarding blacks’ underrepresentation in account- ing. Blacks are underrepresented in accounting because of internal and external factors linked to their ethnic identity. Many blacks feel that they do not belong to the accounting profession, and as a result, they rarely choose accounting as a career. Many CPA firms think that blacks are not capable of doing the job and delivering the superior results that clients expect. While the demand for new and diverse accounting talents is increasing in light of recent white-collar crimes committed by Bernie Madoff, Enron and WorldCom, blacks’ representation in the ac- counting field still remains low. Research has shown that blacks are under- represented in most American Certified Public Accountant (CPA) firms. There is much speculation as to why this is so. One reason might be that blacks have some personal qualities that cause them to enter the account- ing profession at a low rate. Some people might even wonder if society is still oppressive towards blacks years after the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s. The reasons why blacks are underrepresented in the accounting profession include the historical exclusion of blacks from the accounting profession and the unfavorable conditions that exist for blacks. Perhaps ac- counting has not been a...
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