ABSTRACT The learning-achievement gap among minority and white students is increasing. However‚ Asian American students out perform white and other minority students. Even though Asian Americans have experienced the same atrocities as other minority groups‚ they continue to achieve at high levels. It is important to determine the factors that contribute to their success and to implement these factors into the educational practices of other minority students. ecoming a second-rate economic
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the article Ethnic Libraries and Librarianship in the United States: Models and Prospects by Stephen Stern. Humans are cyclical creatures‚ and many issues‚ such as topics relating to immigration‚ facing our modern society have already been experienced and dealt with in some fashion in the past. According to Stern librarians have been dealing with and trying to find the best approach to handle these issues for over 100 years. The author states that and there are four models of ethnic library service
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After writing my first ethnic roots essay I think the questions I was asked were important because knowing where my ancestors came from‚ when they arrived in the US and where they settled all play a role in my personal ethnicity and who I am. It helps knowing this information to understand the circumstances or challenges they faced to help influence your perspective about my family. It’s also important to know what family members are the strongest influence on my own development because they play
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racial‚ economic and ethnic background doesn’t challenge the idea that places of higher education should admit those
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‘Living in a multicultural society takes time.’ To what extend is this illustrated by the challenge of multicultural societies in the UK? (40) A multicultural society is the status of several different ethnic‚ racial‚ religious or cultural groups coexisting in harmony in the same society. From the early 19th century people have immigrated to England‚ developing its diversity. During World War 2 polish and Jewish people immigrated to the UK to escape fascism. Also as the UK is part of the European
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I can easy understand and follow your writing. On the other hand‚ for my essay‚ I present the idead that Hollywood should avoid streotyping ethnic characters. Base 1: Unity Your thesis statement is very clear and strong. It includes three reason why you claim that Hollywood writers and directors do not have a social responsibility to avoid stereotyping ethnic characters. The thesis was backed up by the three paragraph in the body of your essay. I really enjoy reading your essay because the content
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Ethnic humor‚ in general‚ can be seen as very problematic when it is associated with gender and social media. Ethnic humor can be used to tell a lot about a specific person. As a result humor is very important‚ because it helps connect us together. Humor can be used to observe‚ characterize‚ and explain‚ why somebody acts the way they do. However‚ not all the forms of humor are considered safe‚ and it is very important that people do not get singled out or offended by the jokes. Stereotyping is
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District 9 and Racism The aliens encountered in District 9 are treated with the same level of distain and indifference usually reserved for refugees and ethnic minorities. District 9 concerns itself with after the first encounter and the struggle of coexistence. The film is set in South-Africa and bears similarities to the apartheid system including those of the District 6 initiative. In District 9 black and white characters come together to hate on the “prawn‚” the aliens in this story‚ who then
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major themes of Slumdog Millionaire that can be seen through-out the movie was Prejudice‚ Poverty and Determination. According to Schaefer prejudice can be defined as “ a negative attitude toward and entire category of people‚ often an ethnic or racial minority group”. (Schaefer‚ 2008‚ p. 237). Prejudice happens when people have a false pre-conception about an individual or a group. It is seen throughout this movie and even in the title of the movie Slumdog. Jamal comes from a one of the poorest
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in its attempt to address the social imbalance caused by past discrimination because it only treats the symptoms rather than the cause. Do you agree? A growing number of equality programs‚ also known as affirmative action‚ which include quotas‚ minority scholarships and job opportunities based on diversity‚ have been proposed by governments throughout the world‚ as measures to diminish the inherited discrimination towards different groups of our society. But what is the purpose of creating an anti-discrimination
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