Race and Your Community Race and Your Community I am a first generation Japanese American living in Honolulu, Hawaii. My father moved to Honolulu in 1969, at a request of his company’s boss in order to oversee the trading operations of their American branch in Hawaii. My family liked Hawaii so much that they decided to relocate permanently. I was born two years later, in 1971. My parents initially thought that they were eventually going to return to Tokyo (office headquarters located there)
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Race and Your Community Keisha Bullock ETH/125 July 3, 2011 Margie Molnar Race and Your Community African Americans in my community cannot go into Arab or White owned stores without being followed around. The owners are always under the assumption that they are going to steal from them. Most of the people that live in my community are African Americans. There are a few White Americans who recently moved into the community and they appear to have no problems with living around so many African
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Race and Your Community Robert Dillman ETH/125 March 8th, 2012 Sharon D. White, Ph.D. Race and Your Community There is very little racial diversity in my community. In my paper I will look at the demographics of not just the city itself, but the county in which I reside, as well as the businesses that are part of the community and the different races represented. I will explore my own personal experiences and that of a hate crime that has happened to this community. I will also include an
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Race and Your Community September 4, 2009 ETH/125 How much do you know about St. Louis, Missouri? Most of us know that St. Louis is called the Gateway to the West, and the Gateway Arch is the tallest man made monument in the world. If you did not know this, then you haven't been reading your History books. St. Louis, Missouri is home to a very diverse population. You can find a mixture of races through out the city if St. Louis. It is not unusual for police to stop minorities, particularly
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Race and Your Community Racism is an issue that people have to deal with on a daily basis. It is a topic that a lot of people do not like to address but something that we know exists. I have lived in Millbrook, Alabama, a city outside of Montgomery, Alabama for all of my life and since I can remember the racial relations have been fine. I am sure that everything is not 100 percent but we live in the same community with no problems. In this Cultural Diversity class, I learned that discrimination
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Race and Your Community Brandy Dunlap (Logsdon) ETH/125 October 6, 2011 Steven Zitar Race and Your Community When I look around in my community, I see people of all different races and cultures. In our community we have India, Hispanics, Blacks, Africans, White, and many more. How do we define race and diversity in our community? To start with we look at race, there are two ways of defining race one is that of an ethnical, tribal, or national stock or as any class or group, esp. of persons
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Race and Your Community ETH/125 Race and Your Community While living in Austin, TX, I have seen the influences of each and every race as it revolves around my community. I believe the relations in my community and city have been racialized, positively and negatively. However, I do not believe these interactions have directly affected affairs in my direct neighborhood, schools, environment, clubs, and service/volunteer groups which I participate in. Even despite the fact
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Race and Your Community Final Project: Race and Your Community Racial and ethnic issues exist in most communities. The community in which I live, Red Wing, Minnesota, has been the immigration and relocation destination of Hispanics and African Americans over the past 10 years, and a Native American reservation is located less than 10 miles from the city. All three of these groups have contributed to Red Wing’s economy, workforce, services, and housing. I will be analyzing the influence that
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Race and your Community Michelle Atoigue ETH125 Sunday Michelle Watson Race and your Community Dededo is the village located in the island of Guam. Guam is a beautiful place for vacation spot. I live in the village of Dededo. It is estimated according to the latest U.S. Census to be populated at 45,000 people which makes Dededo the largest population in the island. Where I currently live there are Filipinos, White, Chamorro Guamanians, and Micronesians, because there is difference race
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Final Project: Race and your Community LaTonya Vallejo-Geoino ETH/125 July 18, 2010 Deborah Arnold In the community where I live we have so many different races. I am very proud to be a part of the African American community. I believe that we have come a long way and will continue to accomplish the dreams that our ancestors had for their children and their children’s children. We are a testament to the blood sweat and tears of the ones who came before us and though I believe we have come
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