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The Role Of Race And Ethnicity In The United States
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 where they came from or the color of their skin. Point blank, if you are not white you are a minority and because you are a minority you are not offered the same opportunities as white America.
I have learned quite a few things about my own cultural
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