RAISING ACHIEVEMENT OF ETHNIC MINORITY PUPILS ABSTRACT This literature review would explore the barriers in raising educational achievements of ethnic minority students. As this is a broad area of concern the literature would examine two main barriers such as social background issues and English as Additional Language (EAL) while briefly looking at other barriers such as… Statistical data collected from the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC) 2002 would be analysed in respect to this group
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Who I am? In order to that question about my ethnic identity‚ I must first reflect upon my family. Old Highway 45 in Shannon‚ Mississippi is the town that I was born and raised. The community is called Old Union which sits on a hill just off the highway in rural northern parts of Shannon. As a child the only social environment I had was family gatherings‚ going to school and church functions that was all that mattered to my family. I am an African American female who came from a family of four other
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Ethnic clustering is when people of the same race gather in one area. In Detroit‚ Michigan‚ there are more African Americans than white‚ Asian‚ or Hispanic people. The percentage of African Americans is 82.7 percent; whereas the white population makes up about 11 percent. In total Asians‚ Hispanics‚ and others total about 7 percent of the population each. Before World War I‚ Detroit’s population was only about 1 percent African American. This was because most still lived in the South. The increase
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related‚ with lines between the two ideas which are often blurred. We should not look how terms for racial and ethnic personalities have changed throughout the years and how ethnic term may not precisely depict a man’s character‚ as the individual may have numerous racial and ethnic foundations. So it is always better not to talk about race and religion whether we should only focus on the ethnic groups and respect the humanity.
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1-period 1 04 March 2013 Darfur‚ Sudan Genocide Atrocities such as genocide could very well be considered an "ethnic cleansing" in some cases. But why do people debate whether or not the situation is one or the other? What exactly is the difference between the two? Well‚ what ’s the difference between a brown and yellow banana? A ripe‚ red strawberry or a black‚ shriveled one? An ethnic cleansing‚ yellow banana‚ and ripe red strawberry all have one thing in common: they "look better" than the other
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Ethnic Groups and Discrimination ETH/125 January 29‚ 2012 Ethnic Groups and Discrimination When I think about the ethnic group I identify with the most‚ I would have to say classify myself as a White person. I have adapted White ways or the ways of my family. I don’t have very many cultural beliefs or views to follow. On the other hand‚ I am one-quarter Cherokee Indian. My father’s mother was a full-blood Cherokee. I’ve always been intrigued by this culture and the challenges and discrimination
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have disastrous effects. Racial and ethnic labels can be considered a social problem. This is because it is a condition or behaviour a large enough section of society consider negative or harmful‚ therefore it requires remedy or attention. When considering racial and ethnic labels‚ this is a problem for society because of the negative treatment that can occur to these groups in society‚ such as racism‚ prejudice and discrimination. For example‚ racial or ethnic labelling against a minority group could
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1 Religious and Ethnic Groups Julianne Adams Cultural Diversity/Eth125 August 31‚ 2014 Tiffany Purifoy 2 The religious group that I choose for this paper is the Jehovah ’s Witnesses. This group differs from other religious groups in a variety of ways. They have several beliefs that other religions do not embrace. They believe that they are “The One True Religion”(V. Grabe‚ personal
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Outline and assess sociological explanations for ethnic inequalities in modern Britain Different sociological theories have different perspectives in terms of explaining ethnic inequalities in modern Britain. For example functionalists would argue that ethnic inequalities have a purpose and are functional for society. In contrast to functionalists‚ Marxists would argue ethnic inequalities benefit the bourgeoisie (ruling class)‚ whereas Postmodernists reject the traditional sociological explanations
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in Nandi Hills was championed and attended by radical political leaders who were upset about the invasion of other ethnic communities who were considered to be outsiders in their ancestral land (Oyugi‚ 2000‚ p. 7). In 1991/2 the Luo-Nandi ethnic conflict which broke out coincided with the introduction of multiparty politics in Kenya‚ although according to oral history‚ the two ethnic communities have been at loggerheads since time immemorial and this has been established
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