Essays on Minority

Higher education in the United States faces a number of challenges because of the opportunity gaps that exist in the society. The opportunity gaps stem from the increase in immigration of minority groups in the society and the lack of affordability for higher education in these minority groups. Despite the current arguments in the United States that there is the attainable American Dream, there are still those persons who cannot access or afford higher education. The truth is that children of lower socio-economic groups will have a more difficult time accessing higher education and this leads to the limitations ...

Introduction

Osteoporosis is a health condition that affects bones. Osteoporosis condition makes bones thinner and weaker. The thinness and weakness of the bone increase risks of fall that may cause a fracture since a mild stress can easily bend and break the bone. Bone fractures associated with Osteoporosis occurs in wrist, spine, and hips. The condition affects both male and female of all races, but Asian and White women above the age of menopause are at greater risks of acquiring the disease. According to Peña & Perez (2012), the disease affects more women than men. More than 40 million Americans ...

Uyghurs are a tribe in the Turkish heritage, and they are Sunni Muslims living in the Xiangjian Autonomous Region in China. The Uyghur Turks are the fifth largest minority, and their population was around 8.4 million in 2000. When the nationalists and the communists were fighting to get on the power in the Han China, the Uyghur Turks stroke and they declared their independence. However, the communist regime has dominated the strike (Tang and He 8). In the region where the Uyghur Turks live, there is a lot of natural resources, and the GDP per capita is comparatively higher ...

Kansas City Metro Areas

General overview The majority of facilities supporting the homeless are shelters, thus they may have the waiting list. Moreover, there is an eligibility criterion and the list of requirements, i.e., a candidate shall prove employment search, or have dependents.

HOMELESS POPULATION

(816) 483-9927 http://sheffieldplace.org/, Executive Director Email: ST Eligibility Criterion: single mothers and homeless families. Homeless mother with up to five dependent children, or in the third trimester of pregnancy. Services provided include housing and transitional programs for mothers, children and families. The organization is linking the homeless with employers and housing. Services are suitable for urban immigrants and ethnic minority ...

Statement of Purpose and Academic Motivation

Intercultural management practices and competence has been poorly explored by the academic community from the perspective of multicultural Finnish professional life (Weber, Festing & Dowling, 2013). In spite of the fact that various cultural issues in the employment context have been studied from the purely managerial perspective, the majority of these studies relate to either migration of the highly skilled professionals (Thomas & Peterson, 2014), reflected common international trends (Van der Vijer, Hemert & Poortinga, 2008) or evaluated financial performance of the institutions, which significantly attracted employees with different cultural backgrounds (Smith, 2004). This research, however, pursues a number of unique objectives, ...

According to Blackpast.org, history of the African-American population on the territory of the future United States of America begins in 1494, when Christopher Columbus arrived in Hispaniola with the first Africans and continues to this day (Timeline Home Page). During this time, African-American population of the US has experienced both ups and downs, bearing all trials fate has presented. It is no secret that African Americans have to face with various attitudes depending on the sphere of life. Under the various attitude I mean the presence or absence of any advantages in such aspects of life as education, health ...

Introduction

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) is the state law regulating the age discrimination in employment opportunities in the US. It was implemented in 1967 to endorse work of the older employees based on their input rather than age. The Act inhibits discrimination, and assists in solving problems that come up with the aging labor force. The Act, ADEA, forbids employment discrimination based on age for employees over 40 years. The original law, enforced in 1967, covered staff between 40 to 65 years (Eglit, 1992). However, subsequent amendments raised and then abolished the upper age boundary, ending compulsory ...

Synthesis

It is evident that there are often different approaches when childbearing is considered by different racial or technical groups. Even though race seems to be controlled by in the analysis, the way that racial and cultural differ subjects interprets the childbearing question may have been a limitation in the study. It is, however, important to note that three different races comprised four observational coders according to the authors. Global ratings of parenting are obviously very subjective. However, associations that involve authoritative parenting use of behavioral control, and healthy psychological development have been found in different cultures and subcultures. Yet ...

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Source: Law Office of Shawn M. George <http://www.smgapc.com/practice-areas/california-three-strikes-law/ Every generation in the United States has seen new tactics designed to continue the oppression of racial minorities, abjuring the rights the Founding Fathers deemed necessary and irrevocable for all people in the nation. Many African Americans were denied their right to participate in the growth of the new nation. Centuries later, the United States is still far from being called a true “egalitarian society.” Racial segregation and bigotry have been evinced in a number of forms; over the years, these forms have changed and evolved but the ...

THE MONOLITHIC TERM ‘STANDARD ENGLISH’ IS AN OUTDATED CONCEPT IN THE 21ST CENTURY. DISCUSS.

Introduction

Now, this is an expression for ‘by the way, I would be right back in five minutes.’ This is how English language is being used these days. The metamorphosis of English, predominantly driven by technology, has been well accepted by the pundits of classical English and the trusted Oxford dictionary has added several of these to its Standard English. Is there a dilution of standards or is it simply that English language is adapting to the changes of the 21st century and keeping pace, eventually ...

Margaret Mead once said that people should never doubt that a small team of committed and thoughtful citizens can change society and the world. Indeed, the notion is the only thing that ever happens. The educational foundations in the United States evaluate the literary institutions, policies, philosophies as well as the informal and formal education during the 19 and 20th century. The period was filled with numerous changes in the education system particularly those related to minority groups. The variations led to a trifold transformation in learning in the United States that educates citizens through a democratic procedure, creates ...

More than 200 years ago, Thomas Jefferson pointed out that education is the key to “prepar[ing] citizens to participate effectively and intelligently in our open political system if we are to preserve freedom and independence” (Wisconsin v. Yoder 221). Today, all children are entitled to a free public education, regardless of race, religion, color, or creed. While education is not considered a fundamental constitutional right, most states have statutes guaranteeing to every child access to an education. The benefits of an education are undeniable, and few persons will have any chance at success without attaining at least a ...

In considering the potential contribution of linguistic anthropology to the ongoing reform of Native American education it is evident that there are various sources of information that demonstrate the need for major reform in specific categories of education. This can be applied in order to develop better practices for educating not only Native American students but students of various differing ethnicities. In developing these pedagogical reforms there are particular categories of education that should be focused on. In consulting on a tribes in a generic sense, the differing types of educational reforms that can be recommended on the basis ...

Abstract

This paper focuses on a potential client for a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). The client to be discussed is Brett Mitchell, a twenty-five-year-old African American male who is unemployed, and the child of recovering drug-dependent parents. Studies show that Adult Children of Addicts (ACoAs) present with a range of symptoms that run the gamut of psychiatric and stress-related disorders, from substance-abuse disorders and other addictions to depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and maladaptive coping mechanisms. In the case of the client to be discussed in this paper, he is seeking counseling for identity confusion, depression and arrested psychosocial development. ...

AGEING IN AMERICA

In the year 2013 (the latest year for which data is available), there were 44.7 million aged individuals in the United States (above the age of 65 years). The aged population consisted of 14.1% of the total population of US. In other words, approximately one in every seven citizens of America was aged (Administration for Community Living, 2016). For the purpose of the study about different racial groups in the US undergoing ageing, we will specifically discuss the Asian Americans and African Americans. (The Older Asian Population in America, 2016) As compared to the other ethnic groups of the ...

[Author Name] You do not have to wear the uniform to appreciate the inherent difficulty of police work. Each work day is different, and there is no clear and consistent guidebook on how police should make unsupervised, split-second judgements, handle threats to public safety, properly maintain order, or determine the efficient allocation of limited investigative resources. In truth, the unique requirements of their jobs demand that officers have broad authority to exercise their best judgement: the core of police discretion. Kelling (1999) describes two discrete aspects of police work that require that officers be insulated from knee-jerk, public scrutiny: ...

This paper is going to examine how the author has gone about to explore the subject at hand which is the existence of ghosts in ancient Chinese belief systems. Within it will be detailed arguments that the author, Mu-Chou Poo, makes and make an informed decision whether he has successively examined the merits and the shortcomings of the sources he uses for information. This work will be divided into paragraphs that summarize the main points concerning the topic at hand and examine whether the author has truly studied both sides of the historical sources. Mo-Chou Poo is a revered ...

Diversity in the workplace is very common nowadays, thanks to globalization and an ever changing business and marketplace trend. Gender and race are the most common diversity factors associated with modern workplaces. However, age group, marital status, family responsibilities, economic status and religion of coworkers, make the workplace atmosphere rather cumbersome and harmful through various stereotypes (Solvic, 2011). Stereotyping is a human behavior common in multicultural workplaces wherein individuals place certain labels on others that result in making universal assumptions about others even as they have very little or absolutely no personal information about them. For instance, there are ...

In order to work properly, health caring institutions require legislative support, which, in fact, means legitimizing different aspects of health care by federal and state policies. For the sake of all participants of health care systems (patients, medical personnel, insurance companies etc.) nurses stay involved and informed about all the legislative policies ("Nursing Career Opportunities", 1996).

Policy Priority Issue

One of the most vitally important, but still controversial issues is an access to health care. For the past years, this problem has been an obstacle in the way of building valid and effective relationships between health care sector, citizens and policy makers. ...

Tony Morrison, born Chloe Anthony Wofford, is a celebrated African American author. Born in 1931 in Lorain Ohio, she showed a proclivity for literature. Despite this, she studied humanities instead of literature at both Cornell University and Howard University . After this, she began a distinguished academic career, eventually working for Yale, Scribner, and many other distinguished establishments. Eventually she became one of the most memorable writers in American history. When Morrison was born, she was the second of four children. Her parents were working-class minorities; it was likely nobody assumed she was grow up to be one of the ...

DMC in USA The disproportionate minority contact has its origin in the United States of America and afterwards has extended to the other criminal systems of the world. This term should be regarded as the rates of contact existing within the juvenile justice system of the particular state between the juveniles of particular group of people pertaining to the minority. At the same time, these rates differ dramatically in comparison to the rates of contact for white non-Hispanic juveniles. The article prepared by Dillard provides the analysis of the process of the development of the DMC system in the ...

ARTICLE CRITIQUE: BRAVE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS

Introduction Although the idea of freedom of speech seems to be something that is fundamentally important to the fabric of the United States, many people are unaware of the extent to which these freedoms can and often are restricted in everyday life. The article, written by Margaret Kohn (2004), discusses how “private space” as a concept in American society has changed the way that freedom of speech is understood and structured within the cultural confines of the community and society as a whole (Kohn, 2004, pp. 3-4). Although Kohn (2004) writes that most Americans believe that freedom of speech ...

Changes in dynamics, increased immigration, globalization of the job market , government policies and increased racial, minority, gender, ethnic and regional tolerance have all contributed in making diversity an important factor in the workplace today. Lack of inclusion in the workplace may impact negatively on an organization as it demoralizes the human capital and results in resentment or lack of job satisfaction among employees hence consequently leading to managerial and organizational failure. Organizations are therefore finding it increasingly important to put in place strategies and programs aimed at ensuring the diversity of their human resource, given the significant role that ...

Introduction

Over time, there has been increasing interest in culturally responsive teaching that grew since the late 1980’s and the early 1990s primarily because of the increasing diversity in the country’s classrooms. This is coupled with the concern over the low rate of success by the many racial and ethnic minority students despite numerous years of reforms in the education fields. The ongoing reform of the Native American education is further influenced by the fact that after years of population decline to the historic low of around 237,000 members in the year 1900 the American Indian populations ...

Introduction

This paper aims to relate the concepts of and the paradoxes behind equity, efficiency, security, and liberty to a news article titled San Francisco students suspended over racist ‘wigger party’ by Kale Williams (2016). It reports the incident where over twelve high school students were suspended from San Francisco’s St. Ignatius College Preparatory for taking part in a “wigger party,” a racist themed party where White individuals emulate the culture of African Americans through a depiction of the stereotypes in mannerisms and clothing (Williams, 2016).

Equity

The news article depicted the paradox behind equity in that although the school ...

One of the most significant issues in the U.S. today is the systemic policies that have led to the U.S. having the largest prison population in the world. A disproportionate number of socioeconomically marginalized citizens are incarcerated and subjected to discriminatory practices by law enforcement and the justice department. The consequences are wide-reaching and inseparable, cutting across political, social, and cultural lines. In order to identify the roots of these interconnected phenomena, one needs to both understand the historical struggle of marginalized groups in the U.S. as well as follow the money. Socioeconomic discrimination, voter suppression, for-profit policing practices, ...

Organic foods are known to be more expensive, yet the healthier choice in food and are chosen as an alternative to farmed and processed foods. Higher costs for production of organic foods make them the healthier choice for many consumers. Yet these foods are only accessible to a minority of people who can afford them and have better access to them in their local markets and adjoining areas. Simultaneously a large population of these remains unprivileged in gaining access to organic foods. With the markets located in limited areas, a large population finds it difficult to reach them on ...

Abstract

Disparities in health and health care still occur in the healthcare delivery system in the United States. Despite the efforts made by the government for health promotion and disease prevention, health disparities occur among the minority groups such as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, African American, Alaskan Native, or Pacific Islander. The essay looks at the health status of the African Americans as the minority group in the United States. It looks at the underlying condition and draws attention to the cultural, socioeconomic, and sociopolitical barriers to health. Health and social, economic status are like a vicious circle for these ...

A Letter to my Uncle

Dear Uncle, It is long since I dedicated time to write a letter to you. Today, we live in a world where advances in technology and communication are transforming human interactions in many ways, and people are quick to abandon traditional forms of communication like letters. I may be one of them, but my intended message makes a letter just the perfect medium of communication I can employ. More so, I know you cherish reading, and going through this piece is likely to be a good pastime activity in the afternoon. I have known you and my father throughout ...

According to Drake, the process of representation and taxation for the federal government appears in the three-fifths compromise (238). It involved determining whether slaves would be counted as part of the general population. The southern and the northern states differed when it came to a counting of the slaves. The states of the South supported the representation of slaves. Despite this want, they did not want to pay more taxes for the slaves because slaves were seen as part of their property. The northern states, on the other hand, did not support the counting of slaves for representation. An ...

Introduction

Contemporary healthcare systems the world over are increasingly being presented with challenging and tumultuous times such that, these outcomes are most likely to be embraced by workers in the nursing profession as the new normal. In today’s hectic healthcare industry environment, nursing leaders play a critical role in enabling nursing teams professionally and ethically dispense assigned responsibilities as much as these responsibilities seem to increase exponentially. Nurses and more so, nursing leaders have to exhibit high degrees of professional as well as personal accountability even in situations abound with growing stressors that can potentially diminish their leadership capabilities. ...

Why Youth Joins Gangs?

The number of youth joining Gangs is increasing day by day. The public is concerned about the involvement of youth in the gangs and also the violence associated with their activities is being increased. Being in a gang is highly related to the delinquent behavior. Youth joins gangs because they experience certain pulls pertaining to the attractiveness of the gangs like gang membership can enhance their prestige or status among friends, they can make money etc. Thus, youth personal advantage in gang membership. There can be numerous reasons for why youth join gangs like parental/family influences, poverty/socio-economic status, neighborhood ...

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Abstract

This paper reviews the effects of effects of breast cancer at a later stage among women living in the United States of America and its relation to factors such as ethnicity, race, geographic location, and availability of insurance, access to medical test facilities, and course of treatments, lifestyle and socio-economic factors and so on. A special focus has been laid on the racial and ethnic discrimination among women affected with breast cancer in regards to the surgical treatments being offered in health facilities in the United States of America. Many authors ...

Nursing Research

Diabetic conditions are dreaded. There are two types of diabetic conditions, type 1 and 2. These conditions have been on the rise in the recent times and are socially term lifestyle diseases. The reality of the conditions has led to evolution in the field of medical research, especially among the racial minority population in the United States. There has been observed trend of increased diabetic conditions among the African-American population, especially at Ft. Pierce, Florida. The trend has been worrying especially due to its observable racial inclination. This has brought the need to objectively research on the relationship thereof. ...

Introduction : United States, leads the word in health care expenditures, and has one of the finest healthcare services and facilities in the world. But millions of people in U.S, do not have access to quality healthcare services. There is a notable difference in the quality of care received by the people in U.S. In spite of living in the same country, there are differences in the access to preventive and curative healthcare services. There are also differences in the opportunity to avail healthcare services, in the risk of exposure to diseases and in the prevalence of diseases burden. ...

Although Canada is recognized for its embracing policy and as the first country in the world to adopt multiculturalism, the creation of Multiculturalism Act was not inevitable. The Multiculturalism Act became an official policy of Canada during a highly significant period in the history of Canada due to the presence of Canada’s ethnic diversity, the search for economic development, and the political leadership of Pierre Elliott Trudeau. The country has been cited for its successful integration of different cultures and ability to manage the cultural diversity using a federal law (Gagnon, Raska, Van Dyk, & Schwinghamer, 2015). In this ...

Diversity Challenge in Walmart

Walmart and Diversity Challenges: Wal-Mart Sued for Alleged Anti-Gay Discrimination – Smithson was denied spousal health insurance coverage from 2008. In January 2014, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission determined Wal-Mart's denial of insurance "constituted discrimination on the basis of her sex," because Smithson would have been covered if Cote was male . Brian Nick (Walmart’s director of national media relations) says that before 2014, the company allowed insurance to same-sex couples in places where state law required it. In 2013 Supreme Court announced same-sex couples as legitimate and allowed all federal benefits to them. Walmart changed its policy as ...

The Belmont Report

The Belmont Report was designed to ensure that practitioners and psychologists in the United States upheld ethical standards in psychological studies. Historically, three ethical principles have been developed as guiding principles as a result of the Belmont Report; each of these principles must be adhered to by anyone or any organization that is using human test subjects during the course of their work. These three ethical principles emphasize respect for persons, beneficence, and justice—without adherence to these principles, the ethical study can and should be considered inappropriate and should not be conducted. Each of these three facets of ...

In Adarand litigation, the issue that is being raised is the constitutionality of the different races to allowing for preferential treatment. When it came to issue of employment minority groups comprising of the blacks and the females had been treated unfairly over the past years. The affirmative action program were put in place to correct the unfair treatment towards the minority. Meeting these requirements collectively is known as passing the test of scrutiny. Applying strict scrutiny involves the legislature to abridge fundamental rights in accordance with the enacted laws or passing a law, which involves some classification based on ...

The constitutional issue raised in Adarand litigation is the racial classification of the citizens meant to allow for preferential treatment. In the past, the minority groups had been treated unfairly when it came to employment. Programs had to be implemented to amend the unfair treatment of the minority in the workplace. The affirmative program had to meet the particular qualification to be considered constitutional. It had to meet compelling government interest and pass the test of scrutiny. To apply strict scrutiny, the legislature must pass a law involving open specification, which includes race, nationality, religion, and origin. The decision ...

This paper will focus on The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It will address the purpose, history, and possible future implications for the act. It will also address legislation that has occurred since the enactment, consequences for employees and employers, and the opinion as to its fairness. Several laws were passed prior to the ADA banning discrimination. Laws prohibiting employment discrimination against minorities, gender, age, and religious persuasion, had been enacted, but none had specifically addressed those with disabilities. The ADA was first signed into law in on July 26, 1990 by President George H.W. Bush. (U.S. Department of ...

Young Minority Delinquency as Explained through the Lenses of Strain and Social Learning Theory: Insights from “Crips and Bloods: Made in America”, “Grand Torino” and “A Better Life” Young Minority Delinquency as Explained through the Lenses of Strain and Social Learning Theory: Insights from “Crips and Bloods: Made in America”, “Grand Torino” and “A Better Life”

Introduction

Young minority males from poor families are more likely to turn to delinquency than any other group in the United States of America. In an attempt to explain this tendency by means of well-established criminal law theories, this paper will look at three ...

Literature Review

Chairman: Committee member: Committee member: Masters of Arts in Psychology 2016 Introduction With childhood obesity on the rise, there is increasing concern about the prevention and treatment of obesity. Current national data on childhood and adolescent obesity show 16.9 percent of 2-to-19-year-old children and adolescents are obese (Ogden, Carroll, Kit, & Flegal, 2014). An effective intervention to manage obesity is essential. The current weight management practices involve dietary modification, behavioral change therapies involving exercise, pharmacological therapy and surgical intervention. The purpose of this literature review is to explore the current research on Motivational Interviewing (MI) as an effective method for ...

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Introduction

Burnside and Machiraju (2013, p. 1) states that the European Commission initiated consultative meetings with regards to possibly widening the coverage of the “European Union Merger Regulations (EUMR) to “non-controlling minority shareholdings.” The conference was simultaneous to the decision of the United Kingdom’s Competition Commission ordering Ryanair to reduce its Aer Lingus shareholdings from close to 30 per cent to 5 per cent. The recent ruling of the UK commission is indicative of the position that rigid policies obstructing EU commerce and trade regulators from intervening in transactions engaging the sale of minority shareholdings ...

Liberal democracy is a form of social and political order - a legal state based on representative democracy, in which the will of the majority and the ability of elected representatives to exercise authority are restricted for protection of minority rights and freedoms of individuals. In the UK, formally hereditary monarch has the highest authority, but in fact that power has the people through their elected representatives; monarchy has in this state symbolic character. Liberal democracy is aimed at ensuring the equal right of every citizen to due process of law, right to vote, private liberty, freedom of speech, ...

Introduction

The ‘National Merchant’ was connoted by the Young Turks and Unionists in a determined effort of competing with the non-Muslim merchants and dominating the national trade. This was as a result of the initial dominance of trade by the non-Muslim ethnic communities that was in existence during the Ottoman Empire. The members of the ‘National Merchants’ were devoted to the development and consolidation of their positions and the positions of national manufacturers through the consequent promotion of commercial activities of Muslim Turks. The corporations that were established afterwards had little or no affiliation with non-Muslim Ottomans. These corporations were ...

The benefits of the crusades vs. the benefits of the current terrorist group (ISIS)

Introduction Since the medieval ages, religion has been used to spread acts of narrow-mindedness against others. From the time of the Christian inquisitions and crusades to the current Islamic jihadism and terrorism, this fundamentalist attitude has caused the death of many. At its root, is the selfishness and ambition for power and wealth that rules the hearts of men. Religious organizations are responsible for establishing the moral fiber in the society. They undertake this duty by selling the concept of ‘salvation’. In return, they obtain rent in the form of tithes in order to intercede on behalf of individuals ...

My final project is going to focus on the representation of female masculinity in popular media and especially as seen in Orange is the New Black (OINB). The representation of gay women on television started back in the 1980s in the medical series called Heartbeat. It took so long a time until the 21st century for society to accept their existence. Television plays a very critical role as mainstream media, and many people find themselves glued to it. In order for society to appreciate gender diversity that has strayed from mainstream traditional gender relations, it is important to look ...

Introduction:

There is little doubt that the LGBT community still faces both discrimination and bigotry and many areas of the globe. Even in the United States, thought to be among the most accepting nations in the world for all minorities, it can be difficult to get Gay Marriage legally recognized, or to receive reproductive health services if you are gay. However, in some areas of the globe, revealing your sexuality is still more than a political and equal rights issue, it is a life-or-death discussion, that centers around- not the freedoms of- but the safety of those that are openly ...

Education is the foundation of the well-being and success in an individual’s life. The educational institutions have the responsible on their shoulders to provide the best ambiance and facilities for every student, so that he or she is able to learn the academic lessons in the best possible way. It is the onus of the academicians and authorities to find the right mode of communicative techniques that would reach out to the students with full impetus. As such, with the globalization of education- something that includes classes with students from different communities, the challenge of teaching the lessons ...

Race has been a thorny issue in the United States. It dates back to the colonial times of this country. It spans the centuries dating back to the ages even before the slavery period. As the American empire continues to rise today, it is often bedeviled by the contentious issue of race and prejudice to the minority groups and the immigrants in the United States. Many civil rights groups have tried to demonstrate and fight this vice numerous times, but their efforts have been able to stamp out this vice. In addition to the efforts that are exerted by ...

Challenges Confronting Minority Owned Businesses in the United States? Globally?

Although the minorities in the U.S. and globally have experienced significant advancements in their rights, in educational opportunities and economic well-being, many minority-owned businesses still face significant challenges in competing in the marketplace on a national and global level. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce data (2014), the minority-owned companies contributed to the Nation’s economy with their $66 Billion in annual economic output and 342 thousand of employees in 2007. The minority-owned companies made only 14.3 per cent of total number of firms in the U.S. in 2007. In 2011, according to SBA, there were 5,989, ...

Introduction

In principle, scientists define diabetes as a condition that leads to an individual’s glucose (blood sugar) level going up above normal. Significantly, it is a condition one has to live with for the rest of their natural lives. Moreover, research has proved that two types of the disease exist. Therefore, depending on one’s symptoms and age, the type of diabetes can be known. In essence, Diabetes Type 1 is known to develop mainly in teenagers and children due to the pancreas’s failure to produce insulin. However, Type 2 diabetes is mostly diagnosed in old individuals above ...

Introduction

In this assignment I will apply the basics of statistics and probability theory to a real world problem. Assume I would like to know about the effectiveness of teaching in a particular university of the United States. The goal of the research is to find out significant factors which affect teaching evaluation score among professors at the University of Texas at Austin in 2000-2002 (Source: http://wps.aw.com/aw_stock_ie_3/178/45691/11696965.cw/index.html). According to this source, the data is measured by the following variables: I begin with descriptive statistics and summary table for all variables. According to the output of the descriptive statistics, we can ...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 Survey of Business Owners, the minority-owned firms in the United States were estimated to be 5.8 million in 2007. The report captured an increase in minority-owned firms up from 4.0 million in 2002. The percentage increase has increased by more than twice (17.9% to 45.5%). The receipts of the minority-owned firms indicated transaction of over $1.0 trillion (55% increase) while the business across the entire nation had an increase of 32.9%. In the same year, the U.S had 27.1 million businesses but more than one-fifth (21.35) were the minority-owned firms. Compared to ...

Introduction

The article intends to review the merits of the cultural - test –bias hypothesis. The hypothesis claims that the differences observed in mental tests are not to be taken with confidence. The hypothesis states that the racial or ethnic differences are a result of biases integrated in the mental tests. These biases have developed over the years through wrong and irresponsible psychometric methodology. If at all they exist and the hypothesis is proven true, the implications would be huge. Practically, there would the unjust denial of placement in educational opportunities. There would also be the unfair denial of employment ...

In Living Color

Jana King in her essay “In Living Color” talks about the difference among races, the discrimination that used to be perpetuated by the Whites against other communities, the measures taken by the US government to nullify that discrimination and finally about “affirmative action” and its effectiveness. I agree with the author and believe that “affirmative action” is counterproductive because merit of a person is ignored in favor of the color of the skin. Accepting the differences between people based on their skin color emphasizes one’s recognition of the difference and thereby his latent racist feelings. In her opinion, ...

Introduction

Sports are popularly believed to exist in a cultural, social, and political vacuum and place that is distinct from everyday realities of political and social life. As such, it is presumed that opportunities exist and are available for all groups regardless of socio-cultural backgrounds. This narrative stems from the popular belief that the issues of race are no longer present in sport as in other corporate affairs and also the increasing proportion of high-profile members of the black and minority ethnic groups in contemporary professional sports. However, this narrative represents the contrary to the actual state of racial representation in ...

Introduction

The seventh amendment of civil rights provides provisions for workers under certain classes from being discriminated against in the work environment. The Act outlines the various classes that are protected against discrimination while working. The process of hiring, firing, and promotion may be undertaken with a certain prejudice and the Act keeps the employers in check. It can look out workers who get discriminated based on their race or even religion. The focuses on the classes protected under Title VII in this essay involve race and religion. The religion and race of an employee can be abused by an employer ...

Implicit Bias can be referred to as an unconscious attitude or behavior towards a certain group in society. Education and awareness led people to believe that all groups and communities must be treated on an equal basis and discrimination of any sort must be avoided. The aim of educating the masses is to ensure that a society where all humans enjoy rights regardless of their color, occupation, race, and religion can be formed. However, old beliefs and values are hard to change and they continued to seep into minds from generation to generation. Although awareness played its role in making people ...