urban areas are a major source of ethnic stores selling to different ethnic groups from different parts of the world. Attentiveness and testing of ethnic foods have increased over the past decades as a consequence of growing international trade‚ migration‚
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Muslims and Arabs. Muslims and Arab Americans are different groups in the United States and although some Muslim Americans overlap with Arab ancestry‚ they are different from one another. Most Muslims are not of the Arab background. The Arabs are an ethnic group and the Muslims are a religious group. The name Arab Americans refers to the immigrants and their descendents from the countries that now comprise the Arab world. The Arabic language is the single most-unifying force among Arabs‚ although
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In what ways are Ethnic identities important in contemporary Britain‚ and to whom‚ and why? The concept of ethnic identity calls for definition. The adjective “ethnic” relates to the fact of belonging to a certain human group‚ as defined by anthropological and cultural features. With such a wide meaning‚ the word and its derivative “ethnicity” raise issues as to their definition: there is no universally agreed definition on the term ethnicity. “Ethnicity refers to a group or community that is assumed
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narrow vestibule of the apartment building where he lived. Four white officers‚ Sean Carroll‚ Kenneth Boss‚ Edward McMellon and Richard Murphy fired 41 bullets‚ hitting Diallo 19 times. All four were members of the New York City Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit‚ which‚ under the slogan‚ "We Own the Night‚" used aggressive "stop and frisk" tactics against African- Americans at a rate double that group’s population percentage. A report on the unit by the state attorney general found that blacks were
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Racial Profiling By: Lakesha London Could you imagine if you were label as a terrorist because of what you wear‚ skin tone‚ what race you are or what countries you are from? But on the inside of you are just as scared as terrorist yourself. But for hundreds of years racial profiling have been going on‚ not because of when 911 occur. Being a person of color in America automatically put you a caterogy. In my essay I would talk about: racial profiling is a form of discrimination‚ who was the people
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be an American? Many people dream about being an American. They dream because they envision America as the land of peace and prosperity. But is it? At times it has been‚ and at times its not. It is hard for the United States to be correct all the time because they have been unwilling designated as the "World Police". Throughout history there have been examples politically‚ economically‚ and socially‚ where being an American is rewarding and times where it is embarrassing. To be an American means
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Racial Profiling Abstract Racial profiling is a current‚ central‚ and controversial area of law enforcement. There have been many concerns and issues among the minorities‚ politicians‚ law enforcement administrators‚ and researchers about the police use of racial profiling. This paper discusses the issues of racial profiling‚ such as racial bias of police‚ which includes racial profiling of motorist‚ cyclists‚ and pedestrians. The issue of discriminatory treatment of minority individuals and
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An ethnic enclave is a geographic location within an urban setting that is predominantly occupied by a population of individuals of a specific culture‚ nationality‚ or ethnicity. The enclave consists of a variety of local businesses that meet the general and specific commercial needs of the community. According to Alejandro Portes‚ ethnic enclaves are a product of past generations‚ who through ethnic solidarity‚ established diverse businesses that enabled socio-economic mobility within the enclave
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American Public Health Association NOVEMBER 2008 Evaluating the Economic Causes and Consequences of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Kristen Suthers‚ PhD‚ MPH R acial and ethnic health disparities are differences in health status driven by social inequities. While most agree that disparities in health are a social justice issue‚ underlying economic issues that exacerbate these differences have not been recog- nized. This paper dissects the economic costs of disparities first
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and should not be taken personally. Furthermore‚ some comedians and critiquers believe that ethnic humor can lead to catharsis and can be a way to initiate conversations about traditionally taboo topics. However‚ the increasing political and social tensions interfere with the idealism of jokes being seen as simple jokes. In this essay‚ I argue that the use of ethnic humor should be restricted to in-group membership because the sociopolitical tensions frame every joke in political terms and lead to
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