...after having sustained defeats in 1919 and having refrained from unionism and national politics during the 1920s.”1 Her argument is built on the idea that a "successful...strike in the future would require a work force more capable of coordinating on a national level and more unified ethnically and racially."2 To effectively show this metamorphosis, Cohen focuses on the influence of Chicago communities, neighborhood businesses, and welfare capitalism. Cohen is clear and systematic in her evidence of how each point contributed to the Chicago workers’ change over time. She begins by setting the scene for workers in 1919. By that time, workers had carried out countless failed strikes in the hopes of altering the industrial workplace. The main reason for these failures was that workers were unable to effectively unionize at the time due to a vast percentage of the workforce being foreign born.3 Cohen details the various ethnic communities of Chicago and describes the alliances within each neighborhood. The sense of community created in each neighborhood acted as a support system for immigrants, but distanced the different ethnic groups from one another. As Cohen says, "Isolated in local neighborhoods and fragmented by ethnicity and race, workers proved incapable of mounting the unified action necessary for success."3 Additionally, members who identified with a specific ethnic group also showed loyalty to businesses owned by a member of that community.4 Cohen details...
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...Journal: Cohen, Making a New Deal 2/29/16 Laura Mills Lizabeth Cohen argues that the difference in workers lives between the 1920’s and 1930’s can be attributed to outside factors and can be attributed to their own desire to implement change. Cohen uses the backdrop of Chicago as her study group and focuses on the steel mills, agricultural and meatpacking industries, as well as a few other localized industries. She chose Chicago because she feels that it represents other industrialized cities and was the cross roads of transportation and communications. The first third of the book covers explanations of the various ethnic groups and their respective neighborhoods and jobs during post WWI. It explains how these things contributed to the failure of worker unification during this time period. The issues that contributed to the weakness of unification were; geographic fragmentation, repression by employers and government, weak national union structures, recurrent economic recessions and increased automation which allowed for unskilled labor replacement. Geographic fragmentation plays a large part in her explanation of the failure of labor unions in post WWI Chicago. By geographic fragmentation she means neighborhoods that were based on ethnicity. Workers during this period would live within neighborhoods that were comprised of their ethnic background, they would socialize and speak their native languages and practice native cultures, shopping and religious worship were...
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...| | . | I belong to the white American ethnic group. I am half Italian and half Irish. Most people only associate me as Italian and the Irish fades into the back ground. More Italians have migrated to the United States than any other group from Europe (digital history, January, 22 2012). Most of the immigration occurred in the 20th century during the years of 1880-1960(digital history, January, 22 2012). Several Italian immigrants originated from southern Italy without much of an education. The foremost reason for Italian immigration was due to the meager financial conditions in Italy during the 20th century. The Italians established themselves in areas where they could network with each other and not be around other ethnic groups. The Italians from southern Italy were not educated greatly so most of them performed manual labor. Most of the Italians were farmers in Italy but, when they immigrated they moved to the cities. Italians faced much prejudice and racism. The Italians in the United States were a very much hated group. News clippings from the 19th century named Italian immigrants as a sub-human race (Italians in America: From Discrimination to Adoration, Racial Discrimination, October 5th, 2009). They were thought of as clannish because they were known to stick with their family. The Italians were also discriminated against for their Catholic beliefs. They were exposed to anti-immigrant discrimination. There were even acts of violence such as lynching...
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...1. How do the types of choices that Edelman describes overlap with the forms of adaptation described in the reading's Culture Concepts boxes? Ethic group- Edelman describes on his trip to Poland of a chance encounter with a young man who until his father’s death never knew that he was of Jewish descent. According to Edelman this young man was not alone in his yearning to discover his identity. To have Jewish roots was “in” among Polish liberals in a country where almost no Jews remain. Edelman also found that in his hometown of Altoona, Pennsylvania, the Jewish population is substantially reduced. Friends and acquaintances with whom he had grown up with have married non-Jews and have given up their culture and religion. Jews without Judaism; Jews without culture; Jews without history; Jews at best vaguely aware of their culture, two voyages both pointing to a common image of Judaism and Jewish culture. Two path’s one leading to anti-Semitism without Jews, passing as non-Jews and disappearing and the other leads to Jewish renewal and renaissance, to community and continuity. Assimilation and Integration as forms of Adaptation- Edelman found that in Poland much of the wall graffiti is violently anti-Jewish, blaming communism and all of Poland’s ills on phantom Jews, on the ghosts of the murdered. “I heard a klezmer band playing hauntingly beautiful melodies, yet the klezmer band had no Jewish members.” “Jewish culture, burned alive in Auschwitz and Treblinka.” Edelman notes:...
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...YEAR 2001 1560 males 1683 female Ethnic grove 85% percent European 25% multi 28% unDER 15 5.8 65 and over median income is $19500 $18000 for NZ. Employment is lower in Kelvin Grove. $17000 for Palmerston North and Nice Suburban social economic, less crime, more opportunity, access to buses. Opportunity to raise grandkids. Low crime, stable, safe community. Opportunity to make money on property. YEAR 2013 Kelvin Grove is 8.5% of Palmerston Norths population Males 3336 38394 Female 3438 41688 Total 6771 80079 1,929 people, or 39.8 percent, since the 2006 Census. Median income is $35,000 $27,000 for Palmerston North Ethnicity Ethnic group(1) Kelvin Grove (percent) European 79.9 Māori 17.0 Pacific peoples 4.0 Asian 9.5 Middle Eastern, Latin American, African 1.6 Other ethnicity 2.2 16.6 % born overseas 84.3% speak English Common birthplace Asia. Recreation Physical Environment Palmerston North City(percent) 78.9 16.5 4.5 9.7 1.3 2.1 19.2% 82.9% Educaton 79.3% 15 years and over have a formal qualification 80.25% 20.9% 18.3% have a Bachelor degree Safety and Transportation 15.6% have access to vehicles Politics and Government 13.1% Health and Social Services Communication Economics Unemployment rate 5.1% 15 years and over 7.6% Business demographics Business demographic data for the year ended February 2013 showed that: • There were 347 business locations (geographic units) in Kelvin Grove compared...
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...the constitution was passed and not ratified until August 18, 1920. When I read this I was blown away at the fact that our country could have been so ignorant such a short time ago. This caused me to dig deeper and study the discrimination and prejudices of the enslavement of African Americans, the acts of prejudice and discrimination enacted against almost every ethnic group that has immigrated to this country at one point or another in our short two hundred plus year history. The more I read the clearer it became to me that the majority of these outrageous acts and the willingness of society to turn a blind eye to them was mostly driven by economics. Greed and the desire to possess more wealth is the driving factor to racism and prejudice. It is in my opinion the only plausible reason that makes any sense. Because if you look at racial frictions in our country you can easily come to the conclusion that all ethnic groups have been at one point or another discriminated against and that none of said ethnic groups felt as though they deserved it. The oppressors in every instance of discrimination reaped financial rewards from carrying out their acts of racism and prejudice. To further my point another group that has and is undergoing prejudice and racism and oppression are the elderly. Think about it, the elderly which make up a significant portion of our population and which are made up op every ethnic group are severely discriminated against in...
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...The Solution to Ethnic and Racial Civil Conflict Jacqueline Zhang GOVT 150W Introduction to International Politics Introduction Within a period of three months in 1994, an estimated five to eight hundred thousand people were killed as a result of civil war and genocide in Rwanda. Large numbers were physically and psychologically afflicted for life through maiming, rape and other trauma; over two million fled to neighboring countries and maybe half as many became internally displaced within Rwanda. This human suffering was and is incomprehensible. Similar ethnic and racial civil conflicts have deeply scarred countries and are threatening to break out in many places around the globe. Too much blood has been shed for ethnic and racial causes and too many have died in ethnic and racial wars. In accordance to the constructivist model of nationalism, identity (re)construction solves ethnic and racial civil conflict. Definition For the purpose of demonstrating how identity (re)construction solves ethnic and racial civil conflicts, “solve” can be defined as 1) to explain and 2) to put an end to, settle. In addition, “explain” means to make clear the cause, origin or reason of. Furthermore, an ethnicity is a population of human beings whose members identify with each other, on the basis of a real or a presumed common genealogy or ancestry. The term race refers to the concept of dividing people into populations or groups on the basis of various sets of physical characteristics...
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...York in 1913 to an Italian Immigrant. When growing up, Vince went through a hard time and always battled continuous prejudice and excessive stereotyping as a result of his native Italian roots. Developing in New York at the time, there did not exist much racial diversity thus an Italian native living in Brooklyn in the 1920s was a big deal. During this period, ethnic backgrounds of individuals were treated the same as racial differences. Vince’s experience in handling racial segregation impacted his life. His experiences made him stand by the view that every person should be treated equally regardless of their race or ethnic backgrounds. This view in Vince’s life would be translated in his career later in life as an NFL coach at Parkers his stint as head coach running from 1959. During this time racial tensions were high in the US, this drove Lombardi’s non-tolerance for...
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...We have already, in Chapter One, defined racism and ethnicity, however, it is instructive to understand that the definition of these words have tended to change over time. A person we might define as white in 2016, may well have been seen as Black or Irish or Italian at some time in our past history. For example, around 1900, people arriving in the U.S. from Ireland or Italy were not viewed as white (Gallagher, 2012). Rather, the Irish and Italians were not classified as white by U.S. immigration officials when they debarked from ships in New York 120 years or so ago. Since people arriving as immigrants from Ireland and Italy did not fit easily into the existing racial categories, they ended up in a racial limbo – not really white, not black,...
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...Human Diversity Human diversity is immense and rich with different varieties of people and cultures. With billions of people walking the earth today, there are thousands of different races, cultures, sub-cultures, values and religions. At times most were once separated by either vast bodies of water and land or borderlines drawn out by the many different kingdoms and civilizations. Over the centuries with great triumphs in human exploration, technologies and politics, people began to amalgamate. Although invisible lines of beliefs and age old conflicts have kept most cultures separate for the most part people have always found a way to mingle and co-exist. Human diversity is the difference among people and how those differences make an effect on society. These differences can include biological, social, and cultural differences (ask.com). With the help of psychology we have also found a way to better understand each other. Humans are a very cultural species. Culture provides modes of thinking, acting, and communicating ideas about how the world works and why people behave as they do (Pearson). Everything we do as humans relates to our cultures and where we come from, whether it’s how we speak, walk, dance, right down to how we may think and our beliefs comes from our individual cultures. Cross cultural research allows psychologist to examine the way these influences affect our behavior as well as the study of gender. Cross cultural studies gave birth to Anthropologists Margret...
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...Abstract This paper discusses the underrepresentation of blacks in the accounting profession in light of the increasing demand for Certified Public Accountants (CPA). The paper ex- plores the various reasons why blacks are underrepresented in the accounting profession. Furthermore, the paper examines these reasons through the lens of race and ethnicity. The paper also synthesizes multiple sources regarding blacks’ underrepresentation in account- ing. Blacks are underrepresented in accounting because of internal and external factors linked to their ethnic identity. Many blacks feel that they do not belong to the accounting profession, and as a result, they rarely choose accounting as a career. Many CPA firms think that blacks are not capable of doing the job and delivering the superior results that clients expect. While the demand for new and diverse accounting talents is increasing in light of recent white-collar crimes committed by Bernie Madoff, Enron and WorldCom, blacks’ representation in the ac- counting field still remains low. Research has shown that blacks are under- represented in most American Certified Public Accountant (CPA) firms. There is much speculation as to why this is so. One reason might be that blacks have some personal qualities that cause them to enter the account- ing profession at a low rate. Some people might even wonder if society is still oppressive towards blacks years after the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s. The reasons why blacks are underrepresented...
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...1 CHAPTER OUTLINE Ranking Groups Types of Groups Listen to Our Voices Problem of the Color Line Does Race Matter? Biracial and Multiracial Identity: Who Am I? Research Focus Multiracial Identity Sociology and the Study of Race and Ethnicity The Creation of Subordinate-Group Status The Consequences of Subordinate-Group Status Resistance and Change WHAT WILL YOU LEARN? How Does Society Rank Different Groups? What Are the Four Types of Groups? Does Race Still Matter? How is Biracial and Multiracial Identity Defined? How Is Sociology Applied to the Study of Race and Ethnicity? What Leads to the Creation of Subordinate-Group Status? What Are the Consequences of Subordinate-Group Status? How Does Change Occur in Race Relations? ISBN 1-256-48952-2 2 Racial and Ethnic Groups, Thirteenth edition, by Richard T. Schaefer. Published by Merrill Prentice Hall. Copyright © 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc. Exploring Race and Ethnicity Minority groups are subordinated in terms of power and privilege to the majority, or dominant group. A minority is defined not by being outnumbered but by five characteristics: unequal treatment, distinguishing physical or cultural traits, involuntary membership, awareness of subordination, and ingroup marriage. Subordinate groups are classified in terms of race, ethnicity, religion, and gender. The social importance of race is derived from a process of racial formation; any biological significance is relatively unimportant to society...
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...This is a protected document. Please enter your student or faculty username and password. Username: Password: Log In Need assistance logging in? Contact Technical Support. Doc ID: 1009-0001-1993-00001994 Toll Free: 877.428.8447 M-F, 6am MST or Sat-Sun, 7am-12am MST Find us on Facebook and Follow us on Twitter! F I F T H E D I T I O N An Introduction to Multicultural Education James A. Banks University of Washington, Seattle Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico City São Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo ISBN 1-269-53060-7 An Introduction to Multicultural Education, Fifth Edition, by James A. Banks. Published by Pearson. Copyright © 2014 by Pearson Education, Inc. Vice President/Editorial Director: Jeffery Johnston Executive Editor: Linda Bishop Editorial Assistant: Laura Marenghi Senior Marketing Manager: Darcy Betts Production Editor: Karen Mason Production Project Manager: Elizabeth Gale Napolitano Manager, Central Design: Jayne Conte Cover Designer: Laura Gardner Cover Art: “Sea and Sky” (013) 2003 © Marvin Oliver Artist Full Service Project Manager: Niraj Bhatt, Aptara® , Inc. Composition: Aptara® , Inc. Printer/Binder/Cover Printer: Courier Westford Text Font: ITC Stone Serif Std 10/12 Text Credits: Page 11, Stiglitz excerpt: From Stiglitz, J.E. (2012). The price...
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...a very interesting thing this world is full of all kinds of people. No one is going to be exactly the same yet some a very similar. This paper will cover the impacts, differences and the effects that difference ethnic groups have on my life. The differences between ethnic groups make the world a place of challenges and variety. In my community I have to say that I do look like most of my immediate community. However I live in a part of Houston that is commonly called “the rich part of town” it is mostly a white neighborhood with very few ethnic varieties. If you look all over Houston there are many different cultures and ethnic groups, as I look across the city I have seen an abundance of Mexican Americans, as well as Asians, Indians and African Americans. These different ethnic groups tend to stay in separate regions of the city, although they are not separated by laws they tend to stay separated by choice. I feel like this is one of the only cities that I have lived in that feels very segregated. Leaders in my community often look like me, however after this past years election there now is the very first Hispanic Sherriff in Houston (Harris County Sheriff’s). I was ever excited for the different groups of Hispanics in the area, I am aware that many of these groups feel like they are underrepresented, and this was a major step in the advancement of there representation in the community. For the most part being a white person in Houston is not that difficult, although in the...
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...cultures in a group or organization. | Ethnocentrism | Ethnocentrism is the tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life are superior to all others. | Melting pot | Melting pot is diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming a new creation, a new cultural entity. | Minority group | Minority group is a subordinate group whose members has significantly less control or powers over their own lives than do the members of a dominant or majority group. | Emigration | Emigration is when a person or group of people who leaves a country to settle in another. | Immigration | Immigration is when a person or group of people who comes into a new country as a permanent resident. | Culture | Culture is the behavior, beliefs, and characteristics of different social, ethnic, and age groups. | Part II Answer each question in 250 to 350 words: 1. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified? Groups of people are identified in four groups’ race, religion, gender, and ethnicity. People who are identified by their race are looked at by the color of their skin, hair, and clothing. These things are looked at by society by ones physical appearance only. The ethnic group is a group of individual that are set apart because of origin and cultural. A person from another country will have different ways of doing things, and eat different foods, and should be able to express their own culture without experiencing prejudice or hostility. Religion is a group of people...
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