Progress report Race and ethnicity: Latino/a immigrants and emerging geographies of race and place in the USA Progress in Human Geography 36(6) 800–809 ª The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permission: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav 10.1177/0309132511427229 phg.sagepub.com Patricia L. Price Florida International University‚ USA Abstract Over the past 20 years‚ Latino/a immigration to the USA has transformed how place and race are lived. The scale of the city-region has emerged as key to understanding
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What classifies something as a race? It is largely defined by similarities between genetic makeup‚ phenotypic characteristics‚ or sometimes more broadly defined as a group of people who can be characterized by common traits or a distinctive culture. However‚ this is where the line blurs between race and ethnicity. There is a lot of overlap between what people view as ethnicity versus race‚ ethnicity being defined as cultural where race relies largely on physical characteristics. So‚ that raises the
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Race and Ethnicity in Law Enforcement Hiring 1 Race and ethnicity play a significant role in law enforcement. This is true in both how communities are policed‚ as well as what the racial and ethnic make up is of a law enforcement entity. On the application at the police department I work for‚ there is verbiage that says‚ “Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.” Why is this present? It may be that the department really does want women and minorities to apply‚ (I believe this
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The Constructionist Theory of Race‚ Ethnicity‚ and Culture Race‚ ethnicity‚ and culture are terms in which resonate throughout American society. Sometimes these words are often overlooked and thrown out due to their negative historical background. Joane Nagel takes the plunge in an effort to determine the true essence of ethnicity and culture in her work‚ “Constructing Ethnicity: Creating and Recreating Ethnic Identity and Culture.” She says the constructionist view is that “the origin‚ content
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• What information about race and ethnicity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to specific minority groups? I would have to say that I have learned a lot of information by taking this cultural diversity class. I know that there are minorities in the United States‚ but I was unaware of many of the discriminations that have happened over the years. I have always thought that we were all equal and that is how I have raised my children. We may come from different
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Race and Ethnicity paper Name Date Introduction Social construction theory is concerned with how people think about and even uses categories to structure people’s experiences and their analysis of the world (Giddens‚ Duneier‚ & Appelbaum‚ 2003). Social categories such as stereotypes and social ideas are socially constructed then they are accepted as the new reality even though there are facts to those situations. There are various ethnicity or race depictions in various TV shows globally which
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Diversity Paper Outline * Topic Race and ethnicity of juvenile offenders * Outline I. Introduction II. Juvenile Offenders A. The Federal Bureau of Investigation B. Race and Ethnicity Overview C. Juvenile Justice Process 1. Arrest 2. Detention‚ 3. Prosecution‚ 4. Adjudication‚ 5. Transfer to adult court 1 III. Data A. Differential rates of arrest for crime are related to race. 1. Violent crimes 2. Robbery 3. Murder
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Gender Schemas: Effects on Individuals and Society A person’s gender schema affects how they treat all other people regardless of age‚ race‚ or social position; because we assume that everyone fits into one of two categories: male or female. There are other cultures that do not have a binary gender schema‚ and allow people to occupy a “third position” combining traits that Americans would see as male or female. It is unfortunate that gender schemas are so restrictive and create expectations
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Race Ethnicity and Literature I have had an opportunity to read three great short stories. The short stories were "The Welcome Table‚ Country Lovers‚ and Child of the Americas." All of them were amazing stories‚ betraying ethnic challenges‚ and some responsibilities. I think overall‚ everyone should read those stories in order to get certain perspective on culture‚ and understanding on how they lived during the time frame in their life. I also think the short stories provide an understanding in
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Race and Ethnicity in the United States LaRinda Brown ETH 125 Dr. Vera Gill February 24‚ 2011 What has helped me better understand or relate to other minority groups is to first not always believe what society says about a minority. One should never prejudge one minority or another without doing your own research to understand why they do a certain thing or act a certain way. All minorities are diverse yet they all have the same thing in common they are considered minorities because of
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