In the article “Black-White Differences in Achievement: The importance of Wealth” it explores how wealth affect academic achievement‚ as well as explain why there is such a huge gap in test scores between black students and white students. The author argues that wealth is an economic capital that is beneficial to a child doing well in school. This means that wealth can be used as a financial resource and can be converted into cultural‚ social‚ and human capital. Social capital is a having a form
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Ethnic Group ( Java Banyumasan : Orang Jawa of Malaysia ) In this essay‚ I write about ethnic group and why we cannot define an ethnic group by their cultural elements such as language‚ religion‚ customs and so on. I write this essay because there is a question about why we cannot define an ethnic group by their culture‚ whereas culture are one elements of an ethnic. There is problem of seeing ethnic groups as cultural groups; “the mere fact that two groups of people are of different culture does
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The Achievement Gap: Causes‚ Difficulties and Strategies This term paper is broken down into three parts. In Part I‚ I will address the causes of the achievement gap and why it is so difficult to overcome for certain underperforming subgroups. I believe that the underlying factor causing the achievement gap is money. In a direct sense‚ it is clear that having money is a big advantage for students and not having money creates a host of challenges. The economically disadvantaged achievement gap
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ETHNIC RELATIONS Prateek Shukla 3/30/05 ETHNIC RELATIONS PAPER "We don’t want you here anymore white principal‚" (Roberts 2) such misanthropical acts and slanders have been committed against thousands of people‚ almost every single day‚ here in the U.S. In fact‚ there have been many volatile arguments on the constitutional
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Associate Program Material Discrimination Worksheet Write a 100- to 200-word response to each of the following questions. Provide citations for all the sources you use. • What is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of predjudice or for other arbitrary reasons. Discrimination is different from predjudice and stereotyping because discrimination are actual
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The Power in a Name The term “ethnic” when in conjunction with the word “literature” in the academic discourse community of students‚ often brings out mixed feelings of excitement and dread. On the one hand‚ students understand that they will be getting away from the canonical American literature – which can equal boring in their eyes; on the other hand‚ students interpret the term “ethnic literature” to mean distinctive – which can equal confusing or ambiguous – and perhaps at times not relatable
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An achievement gap is an observed disproportion found among students of different races. Without an achievement gap‚ all students would have the same opportunity to earn an equal education. Students across the United States are compared based on their race‚ behavior‚ home environment‚ brain thickness‚ and culture to gather data. These aspects lead to the creation of an achievement gap‚ which causes students to feel obligated to perform a certain way. By reducing the importance of these factors‚ children
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Some Effects of Recidivisms A. Effects of Male Detained Adolescents with Substance-Related Offence and Other Disorders B. Effect of Age on Child Molesters and Rapists on Sexual Recidivism C. Effects of Risk Factors On Recidivism Patterns on Juvenile Homicide Offenders D. Some Factors Associated with Criminal Recidivism of Juvenile Offenders III. Some Ways to Reduce Recidivisms A. Learning Disability and Substance Use Disorder Reduction
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An ethnic enclave is a geographic location within an urban setting that is predominantly occupied by a population of individuals of a specific culture‚ nationality‚ or ethnicity. The enclave consists of a variety of local businesses that meet the general and specific commercial needs of the community. According to Alejandro Portes‚ ethnic enclaves are a product of past generations‚ who through ethnic solidarity‚ established diverse businesses that enabled socio-economic mobility within the enclave
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In what ways are Ethnic identities important in contemporary Britain‚ and to whom‚ and why? The concept of ethnic identity calls for definition. The adjective “ethnic” relates to the fact of belonging to a certain human group‚ as defined by anthropological and cultural features. With such a wide meaning‚ the word and its derivative “ethnicity” raise issues as to their definition: there is no universally agreed definition on the term ethnicity. “Ethnicity refers to a group or community that is assumed
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