The Role Of US Census Bureau In American Culture
Americans; Hyphen or no Hyphen
ENG 122
September 2, 2013
We as people want to fit in wherever we are located. We as a diverse culture have different views of what it is to be an American. Some cultures like having their nationality hyphened, because it keeps them from forgetting where they came from and where they are now. I will discuss how some Americans feel about being an American and having it attached with a hyphen, and how it makes them feel that we are not united. There are others who have never known anything but being an American and they are still hyphenated because of the color of their skin. I will explain how the U.S. Census Bureau has a role in hyphenating Americans, what it was used for, and how it has a hand in keeping this issue, separating people by …show more content…
Leaving race behind. Retrieved from http://theamericanscholar.org/leaving-race-behind/#.Ug-7F6Xn_IV, Archive of Hispanic Culture.
Hahner, Leslie A. (2010). Americanization Nationalism/American Forensic Association (Alta Conference on Argumentation) ( p145-150, 6p.) Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database. Hospital, Carolina (2004). HYPHENATED Man, The (Poem ) (p23-24, 2p.) Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.
Lee S.M. & Tafoya S.M. (2006)/ Rethinking US Census racial and ethnic categories for the 21st century, Journal of Economic and Social Measurement. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.
Longstreet, J.D. (2012). The Hyphen that destroyed a Nation. Retrieved from http://www.rightsidenews.info/2012011716594/editorial/us-opinion-and-editorial/the-hyphen-that-destroyed-a-nation.html http://www.census.gov/rdo/data/ http://americaneditor.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/is-it-time-to-go-beyond-hyphenation/ Zaina Arafat (2009)/Being a ‘hyphenated American’ opens both worlds. Retrieved from
ENG 122
September 2, 2013
We as people want to fit in wherever we are located. We as a diverse culture have different views of what it is to be an American. Some cultures like having their nationality hyphened, because it keeps them from forgetting where they came from and where they are now. I will discuss how some Americans feel about being an American and having it attached with a hyphen, and how it makes them feel that we are not united. There are others who have never known anything but being an American and they are still hyphenated because of the color of their skin. I will explain how the U.S. Census Bureau has a role in hyphenating Americans, what it was used for, and how it has a hand in keeping this issue, separating people by …show more content…
Leaving race behind. Retrieved from http://theamericanscholar.org/leaving-race-behind/#.Ug-7F6Xn_IV, Archive of Hispanic Culture.
Hahner, Leslie A. (2010). Americanization Nationalism/American Forensic Association (Alta Conference on Argumentation) ( p145-150, 6p.) Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database. Hospital, Carolina (2004). HYPHENATED Man, The (Poem ) (p23-24, 2p.) Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.
Lee S.M. & Tafoya S.M. (2006)/ Rethinking US Census racial and ethnic categories for the 21st century, Journal of Economic and Social Measurement. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.
Longstreet, J.D. (2012). The Hyphen that destroyed a Nation. Retrieved from http://www.rightsidenews.info/2012011716594/editorial/us-opinion-and-editorial/the-hyphen-that-destroyed-a-nation.html http://www.census.gov/rdo/data/ http://americaneditor.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/is-it-time-to-go-beyond-hyphenation/ Zaina Arafat (2009)/Being a ‘hyphenated American’ opens both worlds. Retrieved from