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    1. What are class‚ race and ethnicity and what role do they play in social life? Race‚ ethnicity and class are not only physical attributes of people‚ but ways of seeing and understanding the world. Many of the current American ideals of these things are a direct result of specific things that have happened in the world and history. One example is immigration that causes population shifts. When this intermixing of two or more different cultures or groups of people happens‚ dominance and hierarchy

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    Education has faced race‚ gender and ethnic problems for many years. This continuous problem in all most likelihood will not be solved. Educational issues involving race‚ gender‚ and ethnicity of all schools will always cause controversy in society as long as there is prejudice and hatred. Education should not look at ones race. We are who we are because that is the way that God intended us to be. Many blacks are prejudice and have hatred in their hearts for things that happen in the past that this

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    referencing both textbooks There are many dimensions of cultural diversity that are changing‚ as mankind all over the world is being promoted to a better understanding a better quality and understanding of life. In chapter 1 of Exploring Race and Ethnicity; One hundred years ago‚ sociologist and activist W. E. B. Du Bois took another famed Black activist‚ Booker T. Washington‚ to task for saying that the races could best work together apart‚ like fingers on a hand. Du Bois felt that Black people had

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    The first page of the text Chemical Dependency by McNeece and DiNitto states that ethnicity and culture have been called the strongest determinants of drinking pattern in a society. The two ethnicities or cultures I chose to write about are Native Indian and African Americans. Native Indians: Native Indians have a very permissive attitude towards substance use. They have been accused of enabling alcoholics by paying for their bills‚ bailing them out of jail‚ and placing blame on others rather than

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    Race and Ethnicity in Police Employment Practices Isabel R. Rodriguez University of Phoenix October 3‚ 2011 Blanche Cook Race and Ethnicity in Police Employment Practices An important part of the United States workforce is made up of police officers. The number of police officers employed has grown drastically over the past few years. However‚ although the number of police officers employed has increased‚ public scrutiny has as well. The police employment practices have affected the publics’

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    Advocates of Realism theory contend race and ethnicity are truths that contribute to an over arching make-up that equals an innate social identity. The rudimentary proponents of an individual’s identity must then suffice as pragmatic and permanent from birth. Subsequently‚ when humans build relations perceivable features allow us to understand similarities and disparities. According to Realists‚ no two individuals are the same and therefore the ensuing natural propensity creates categories for placing

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    the issues of epistemology‚ determinism and consciousness in relation to Du Bois’ thoughts on race and ethnicity‚ an attempt to answer the questions of whether or not these relationships alter or add to the standard philosophical conceptions of the Self and Personhood from the epistemological standpoint of my own gender‚ ethnic background‚ and personal identity. Du Bois’ theories on race/ethnicity adjacent to American society still touch base with the minority community today and have a tremendous

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    Culture and Diversity Paper Outline Culture and 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

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    Collecting data on race and ethnicity can be beneficial in so many ways‚ especially within the healthcare field. Healthcare involves a diverse set of public and private data collection systems‚ which uses surveys and other tools to collect data on race‚ ethnicity‚ language and other medical conditions. Collecting additional data during patient encounters could possibly fill quite a few significant gaps‚ however‚ this method is likely to yield data on unreliable information‚ and it can become time

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    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 question on how to define Mestizo in both Mexico and beyond. Mestizaje is certainly characterized by

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