Running head: FINAL PAPER 1

Final Paper
Jamie Erwin
ETH/125
July 4, 2014
Helene Hutchins

FINAL PAPER 2

What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past?

From all the information that I have learned about diversity in the United States I believe it has helped me better to understand and to relate to other people better then I have in past. The information has also cause me to be more open minded. I know that diversity is all around us and will always be, but if it wasn't for diversity we would all be the same. When we deal with diversity we can learn new ways to better ourselves. When I was younger I wanted everything to be easy. As I have aged I have started to look for ways to challenge myself to try and think better, and that is when I was able to recognize diversity and how it plays a large part in our lives. Yes, I have learned that over the centuries my cultural has been involved in some really terrible things.

Have you learned something new about your own racial, ethnic, or cultural history?
During one of the assignment I had the opportunity to not only research and find out about my own heritage, but I learned about some of the history of my ancestors. I knew what my heritage was prior to this I was unaware of all the different tribulations that my people went through we they came to America in the beginning, but also what they experienced for several years after they arrived. Life in America was not easy for of the immigrants, but with hard work and determination each demo-graphical group has made their own place in America.
FINAL PAPER 3

Trends in immigration will continue to shape the demographics of the United States. What will the U.S. population look like in the year 2050? Why do you think so?
I believe there will always be some racial issues, because ignorance in people will always exist. Racism will never disappear, but I do not think it will be the major deal it was before. I think that people have a different attitude now, we have grown and become more excepting. You don't see the kind of concern for racial statius that we once had. There will be a very diverse minority population with large amounts of interracial marriage. I believe the mixed-race population will grow the fastest because compared to the past, interracial relationships are increasingly tolerated and considered to be normal by a large percent of the younger generations. It is no longer strange to see a black and white couple together today.