Final Project Christy Arnette 11/27/2012 ETH/125 Gretchen Badalamenti Cultural diversity is a combination of differences that have to do with race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, and disability. Diversity can be in a specific region or in the world as a whole. We live in a diverse society that has its challenges and advantages. I’ve learned a lot about diversity throughout this course. Diversity has a long history and is important
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population of 43,638 people. Through demographic research, Los Angeles Times Maps (2015) reveals race / ethnic composition, age, housing, and income of the county. Central Alameda has a diverse ethnicity, where Latino and Black people have the highest percentage. An estimate of 84.6% are considered Latino and 13.3% are considered Black. At least 1.0% are considered white, 0.7% are considered Asian, and 0.4% are considered as other. The median age in the neighborhood is 22. When referring to housing, 29.8%
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I. Diversity Diversity is the state of being different with a variety (Diversity, 2012). Diversity in the workplace allows the employees to accept, appreciate, acknowledge, respect, and celebrate the differences of all the people with regard to race, age, sex, sexual preference, and physical and mental ability. Globalization in today’s business world means interacting with people from all over there world with different cultures, beliefs, and backgrounds. The U.S. population is forever changing
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Running Head: Community Assessment and Analysis Community Assessment and Analysis: The State of Arizona Team Purple Grand Canyon University: NRS 427V September 9, 2012 Community Assessment and Analysis Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west with the state’s capitol and largest city being, Phoenix. The second largest Arizona city is Tucson, which is then followed
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Goodwill Profile of people who shop at Goodwill 1. Do you shop at Goodwill? (If you answered no, please skip to Q…) * Yes * No 2. Within the past year, on average, how many times did you shop at Goodwill? * 0 * 1-2 times a year * 3-4 times a year * 5-6 times a year * More than 6 times a year 3. How did you find out or hear about Goodwill? * Television * Radio * Newspaper * E-mail * Direct Mail * Website * In-person * Word
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Sandburg Elementary School is located on the east side of Madison and serves over 460 students (“Sandburg Report Card”). Twenty-five percent of students are White, and 15% are African-American. Forty-three percent of Sandburg students are Hispanic or Latino, the second highest rate of any elementary school in the district behind Nuestro Mundo, the district’s dual-language public charter school (“District Statistics”). ELLs make up 48% of the student body, a 220% increase from Sandburg’s 2001 enrollment
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this nurse has realized that our Hispanic Americans have a profound sense in their culture still imbedded within them to this day. Hispanic socioeconomic status, education background, culture and beliefs impact their health in such tremendous ways that it is difficult to believe that the healthcare system in America didn’t start enforcing patient learning strategies and patient education sooner. According to the 2012 U.S. Census bureau report, the average Hispanic median household income was $40
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in Crestwood’s Springfield are of Hispanic ethnicity, the neighborhood almost depicts the traditional middle class White American community typical in this country. According to my landlord, when the subdivision was first built, the group of migrates that populated the area was likely somewhere in the range of 90 percent White American. Today Crestwood’s Springfield is approximately 40 percent White American, 10 percent Asian American and 50 percent Hispanic American (“U.S. Census Bureau”, 2010)
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racial, language, or national background,” (Hawkins & Mothersbaugh, 2010, page 158). The Fannie Mae case study analyzes the different perceptions of the home-buying process among the general American population, African Americans, English Hispanics, and Spanish Hispanics. When considering the first factor, home-buying reasons, a small amount of every population saw ‘Safe Investment with Potential’ as the key reason to purchase a home. The top reasons to purchase a home were identified as ‘Renting is Bad’
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first blacks were minority before Hispanics and yet they still have a higher statistic above us in both categories. My question to the employers would be what makes you more qualified than me when I have a degree like you, experience like you, and I am professional. One shouldn’t be judged on ethnicity or the culture of that particular group of people. A reflection of these results also show in the article for the kind of jobs minority’s get. Blacks and Hispanics get a little of the same but they
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