...Texas Stereotypes Texas is well known for a lot of things, to being one of the biggest states in the US to JFK Assassination. Many people believe that Texas is probably one of the violent states because of many people owning guns and many prisoners being on death row. Numerous individuals has came up with a lot of stereotype for Texas and Texans. One of the most famous and favorable stereotypes are that Texas consist of many cowboys and cowgirls. Yes many of men and women are but, little do they know that more than 85% of the Texas population lives in urban areas. Another well-known stereotype and personally my favorite, is that everything is bigger in Texas. This stereotype is very true, for instance there are bigger houses, schools, football,...
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...American society and Economy – BMAN 20610 Has Affirmative Action had any positive results? Should the policy be abandoned? ‘Affirmative Action has had an indelible imprint on the university environment’ [1] With primary focus on the impact that affirmative action (AA) has had to African Americans in regard to College admission, this essay will seek to ascertain to what extent the policy has lead to positive results. While in addition, evaluating whether this policy is both a legitimate and a necessary feature within Universities in contemporary America, or should be abandoned. Following President Johnson signing into law, executive order 11246 in 1965, the concept of affirmative action was formed and subsequently integrated within the college admission process in the United States. The primary intention of the policy was to ‘redress the disadvantages associated with overt historical discrimination’. [2] While furthermore, seeking to ensure that institutions, such as Universities, were more ‘representative of the populations they serve’. [3] Since the implementation of the policy, throughout American University Campuses and the corridors of power in Washington, both debate and discourse has taken place in regard to the fairness and necessity of the practice of Affirmative Action within the College Admission process. As asserted by Garcia, those in favour of Affirmative action programs within Colleges viewed that the implementation of the policy was evidently ‘a...
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...Adjusting to change and stereotypes Growing up, I was constantly going to new places I transferred to more than six high schools. So I am used to starting over, for that reason I know how to make friends easily with people I have thing in common with. In the story American Born Chinese Jin Wang the kid in the short story, and who was born in America. He goes to a new school everyone automatically labels him as “that Chinese kid” who eats dogs or who use to eat dogs. I can relate because in my sophomore year of high school I moved in with my aunt in Victoria, Texas. Once people find out you’re Native American they have thousands of questions, and stereotypes come into play, and I found myself being “that native girl” in school. Adjusting to change was difficult when you’re being judged for being so different. I found a way to accept it, and embrace it. My grandmother had told me before I left to Texas to always remember who I am, and where I came from. So, I did just that. I always got asked a lot was, to say something in my language. I could do that and it was amazing to see them react. I felt proud to be able to speak in my own language and introduce myself....
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...paper to a movie that deals with diversity/race is not something I do everyday, but I decided to buckle down and get it done. There are tons of movies that deal with diversity, but a lot of those movies aren’t movies I’m interested in, this made my decision a lot harder. While looking through my movie collection I came across a few movies that fit the assignment description, Guess Whose Coming to Dinner, Glory Road, Guess Who, Remember the Titans, The Great Debaters, etc. After finding all these movies I decided I wanted to do something that deals with something I can closely relate to, after some great thought I went with the Disney movie, Glory Road. Glory Road is a movie that is based on a true story that happened at the University of Texas El Paso in 1966. It addresses the events that the players and coaches faced during this time period due to racism. Once a girl’s high school basketball coach, Don Haskins was recruited by UTEP to be the head coach of the men’s basketball program. At the time of taking the job, Coach Haskins had no idea what he got himself in to. He walked himself into a program with a non-existent recruiting budget. With no money to recruit Coach Haskins was not able to attract the more popular and well-known white player to UTEP. Not willing to give up on his winning tendencies he decides to change it up by recruiting African American players from New York. In America during the 1960s race was an overriding issue in sports. Black players were openly admitted...
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...Fischer V.S. The University of Texas If you do everything right when it comes to getting into college, there’s a chance you still will be rejected from the school of your dreams. That’s exactly what happened to Abigail Fischer when she applied to the University of Texas at Austin. Although Fischer was not in the top 10% of her class, she was close, residing in the top 12%. “The University, which is committed to increasing racial minority enrollment, adopted its current program after this Court decided Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U. S. 306 , upholding the use of race as one of many “plus factors” (Justia). When Fischer learned that she had not made it into the school of her dreams, she believed that it was because the school had discriminated...
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...With the changing demographics and social climate in Texas many politicians are beginning to ask if our state is on the brink of another switch in party dominance. In my opinion, It is highly unlikely that Democrats could have a majority control over Texas anytime soon. I am not saying it couldn’t happen or would be surprised if in 2028 our electoral votes went to the Democratic nominee. Even during this years election there were whispers that our state could be considered a swing state. 2 years ago I would have bet the house that Donald Trump wouldn’t be our current President-elect, so at this point nothing seems to be shocking. But talk about a bad year for democrats. After losing the house, the senate, and the white house last month it seems like a lot of different things...
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...Stereotype about Me Melissa Williams Informal Logic Jerry Voltura August 13, 2012 Stereotype about Me “Stereotypes are pictures in our heads about a category of people (Lippman 1922). Stereotypes are positive or negative sets of beliefs held by an individual about the characteristics of group” (Mindiola, Niemann, Rodriguez & Nestor (2002), p. 36). I feel I was stereotype because of the color of my skin. I worked in the banking field that I was asked to go to another branch when that assistant manager went on vacation. I realize when I was there that customer always looking at me and wondered where the other lady was. This branch was located in an area that was prominently white. I was later asked to go permanently down this branch to run it. I did hesitate to take the promotion because of my experience I had down there when I would relieve the other lady. But I decided to take the position. I had one true bad experience when I got there. I had a customer in the drive thru ask my teller if she wanted my job. I was so upset about this because I did not understand what I could have possible done to this customer. I did confront this customer and ever since than I did not have any issue but every time she came through I made sure she knew that I was still in that office. I still had a lot people would go to my assistant but I tried to not let it bother me and then realize my assistant always had to go through me to get something approved. This is an example...
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...while he was president, his main focus was the territorial expansion, which also included the annexation of Texas. (Hiebert, 410) This means that he wanted Texas to be a slave state although Mexico didn't want that. This is wrong because the Mexicans should have had a say in it since it had been decided that Texas was a part of Mexico. In conclusion, it is clear that most of the things the Americans did went against Mexico. The westward expansion was unfair towards Mexicans and they were discriminated against. This is significant because it shows how Americans felt about all other races and how they treated others/ others who promised rights for Americas own benefits. While in the Westward expansion, Native Americans, Chinese, and Mexicans were badly treated and impacted by Americans. Americans forced the Native Americans out of their land and homes and into “Indian territory”. Also, Americans constantly came to settle in Mexico. Although when they did, they never listened to the rules Mexico had and never respected them. Lastly, when Chinese came to America for better jobs with better pay, Americans believed that they were stealing their jobs, so they started putting taxes on the Chinese and they kicked them out of their jobs. This forced them into jobs with much less pay than laundromats. With all of these groups (especially Chinese) Americans have many racist stereotypes and ideologies. This discrimination shows how these groups were harshly treated by Americans, doing nothing...
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... including the majority opinion “Texas vs. Johnson”, the newspaper editorial “American Flag Stands for Tolerance”, and the TED talk “The Danger of a Single Story”. When...
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...Hispanic people have always had it rough while in Texas because they have to work hard and for a low price, but sometimes we see one fight their way through the cracks of society and succeed. Some Hispanics have to work long and hard because they do not have the same opportunities as many other Americans. A lot of American people like to take advantage of the Hispanic community by paying them at a low wage. Hispanics have to work harder than the American people, but they still find themselves not being as successful at them. Ted Cruz has fought these wrong doings all his life, and he has shown many people that no matter what race someone is they can be successful (Ted Cruz). Ted Cruz has impacted Texas by talking about Christianity, by his votes on bills, and he acts as a symbol for the Texas Hispanic community. Ted Cruz is the son of Rafael Cruz, an Revolutionary Fighter, and Eleanor Cruz, the first person in her family to go to college(Ted Cruz). Ted Cruz’s father joined a revolution when he was a teenager in Cuba against the dictator Batista. While fighting against the dictator Rafael was...
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...Jamal Cyrus, Texas Fried Tenor, 2012, Brass Saxophone, Fry batter, And Deep Fryer. Born and raised in Houston Texas, Jamal began his artist career in the mid 2000s creating long play records. What he wanted out of his music was to make present what he felt wasn't represented enough, the expression of black militancy. After the Detroit rebellion of 1967, a once popular urban label that expressed black pride was investigated by the FBI only to later be bought out and turned into disco. These events lead him to feel there needed to be more ways to express this power movement in music, which is what inspired him to create fictional accounts of African American history, and ultimately what transitioned into him creating his "Pride"...
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...A stereotype is an idea or image overused on a person or thing. We tend to start stereotyping at a young age which is extremely problematic. It may be a positive or negative stereotype, but stereotypes in general do no good besides teaching children that labeling based on race,religion, and/or appearance is okay. These stereotypes affect how we treat other people and how people treat you. I've never suffered like African Americans or poor people do with stereotyping, so i've never truly been affected by stereotypes. I'm a typical white girl living in the suburbs. I'm not the skinniest, I wear the same few black outfits everyday because i dont have the confidence to wear anything else. People stereotype me as to lazy to wear anything else and are standoffish to talk to me because they think i will mean due to my RBF. But what I went through was nothing my friend ilana had to go through. Ilana was a 15 year old girl who moved from Dubai, United Arab Emirates to Cedar Park, Texas as a new incoming Freshman. Her ethnicity is Afrikaans, which is a White South...
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...Tanya Barrientos is the author of the essay “Se Habla Espanol”. Barrientos, originally borned in Guatemala, was raised in Texas. I really enjoyed this essay. It was very truthful and full of emotions. The main point in this essay I believe is how the world views certain groups and how their views of them are. Stereotyping occurs outside and within the person or group. This essay speaks of a female who was born in Guatemala, who is clearly Latino on the outside down to the color of her skin. She moved with her family to the United States when she was three years old so she is completely Americanized on the inside. She is struggling with her race and the stereotypes that go with it. She should be able to speak Spanish but she is still trying to learn the language up into adulthood. She also criticizes her own heritage with stereotyping; stating in the essay “To me, speaking Spanish translated into being poor.” (Roen, 2010) She enjoys in some parts to defy the stereotypes. This is found in when her and her brother went to start school and the teacher showed negativity with saying “You people. Your children are always behind…” (Roen, 2010) They proved to the teacher that they are very capable of keeping up and also exceeding past the others. You can see the internal race struggle within Barrientos throughout the essay. She thought it a compliment when others told her she didn’t seem “Mexican”. She didn’t want the label of being from Mexico which meant poor, dirty, and lazy...
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...Mexico, Amy S. Greenberg emphasizes Polk’s territorial goals, to expand shore to shore, as a major cause of the war. Before Polk was elected as president, the Whig party predicted Polk’s election would lead to war. Polk pursued the Whig’s prediction and deliberately moved American troops into the disputed territory to acquire California and New Mexico. If the root of the war was in fact, over disputed territory, Greenberg suggests the war should have ended after the capture of Monterrey in September of 1846, which secured Texas; however, this was not the case. Greenberg states how “Polk’s ambitious involved more than Texas alone, and they were growing larger with each U.S. victory.” Polk was almost certain that a few battles would cause Mexico to capitulate, but Mexico was not losing without a fight. In response to Merk’s few comments about Mexicans, Greenberg provides information that proves Polk was the one acting unreasonably. Not only did he annex Texas, but he tried to purchase desired territory and pose a plan to restore relations after. Due to Mexico denying Polk’s plan, he then “invoked a dubious excuse in order to invade a neighboring republic and pursued a war for territory over the objections of a significant portion of Americans.” Greenberg sheds a light on the anti-war activism and politicians to show their impact in moving public opinion towards peace and revealing the unjust acts of the war. They prevented Polk from acquiring all of Mexico, which could have been...
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...life. “Hey, is racism harsh in America?” “How fast are black people? Do they actually carry guns?” These are questions that I was asked when I went back to Korea this summer. Unfortunately, Internet is a huge network nowadays and it affects everyone in the world. Those questions were not randomly asked, but because that is what people see in movies and news reports. Most racial stereotypes are framed according to what is in the media, the reason they are constructed. For example, recently there was a huge issue in Texas about a 14 year old Muslim genius boy who was arrested because his invention, a homemade clock, was assumed to be a bomb by the teacher. He was arrested and handcuffed because he was a Muslim. I doubt this would have happened if it were another race. Looking at this phenomenon, no one can deny that personal identity and race identity are both consciously and unconsciously created in this society. Likewise, I cannot deny the fact that I am viewed as a smart Asian who studies 24 hours and does not do anything else. However, unfortunately my personal life is not far away from the stereotypes that people have about Asian. Asian...
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