Final Project
Joey O'Neill
ETH 125
April 28, 2013
Dr. June Terpstra

Final Project

* * Mostly, I now have a better understanding of the diversity within groups that would be different from the ones that I am considered to be in. I have seen groups of people that are all grouped as one but are actually more individual than meets the eye. An example of this is the differences within the Jewish community. According to Schaefer (2012), “The Judaic faith embraces several factions or denominations that are similar in their roots but marked by sharp distinctions. No precise data reveal the relative numbers of the three major groups. Part of the problem is the difficulty of placing individuals in the proper group. For example, it is common for a Jew to be a member of an Orthodox congregation but consider him- or herself Conservative. The following levels of affiliation are based on a 2010 national survey of Jewish Americans: *
_ Orthodox—10 percent
_ Conservative—24 percent
_ Reconstructionist—2 percent
_ Reform—26 percent _ just Jewish—23 percent * _ not sure—1 percent” (p. 337). * * This has given me a better understanding of this group’s diversity and made me realize that is the choice of the individual to follow their desired path. One thing new I learned about my own racial cultural history is that it is a lot easier for this group to hide within its own kind than it is for others. Because of the volume of people that fall into this racial category, it is the ones that create most of the difficulties for others, that then hide behind the others of the same race and have them absorb all of the retaliation for acts that they did not commit or agree with. * * The current trends in immigration will continue to develop and change the demographics of the * United States dramatically by 2050. (February 2008) “A