...Children Growing up in Unauthorized Homes Illegal immigration is a topic widely uncomfortable subject that most people really have barely any knowledge about. Yet, it’s one of the major political conflicts today. Stuck in this vicious cycle are the kids of these illegals, who have no say in what happens to them or what they do. There are the children that came here with their parents when they were young, and then there are the children who were born here, but are nonetheless growing up suffering the consequences of their parents’ unauthorized status. There are about 11.5 million illegal immigrants living in the United States today. Illegal immigrants are define as those who live within the country without legal authorization to do so. There are many ways one can became “illegal”, such as overstaying the time period specified on a tourist or student visa, or entering the United States without inspection, like crossing the border (Hoefer et al). Research has shown that, the population of unauthorized migrants is larger now than at any time since the United States began trying to regulate immigration in the early twentieth century; while the United States represents five percent of the world’s population, it has approximately twenty percent of all unauthorized migrants in the world. Although “illegal immigrants” account for about a fourth of the overall U.S. immigrant population, they dominate the immigration debate and are at the heart of the politic debates. As a result...
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...In The article Two Sisters, Two Americas, Brooke Ross explains the life of one of many mixed status families. Diana Saravia, 14, is a legal american citizen and her sister Veronica, 21, is an illegal immigrant. One Person believes immigrants should be allowed in the united states because we are a country of freedom and equality. 11 million immigrants work in the united states doing jobs that no american citizen would want to do. According to Debate.org “They are very hardworking people and take the jobs of janitors, cleaning disgusting public bathrooms, or farmer in the hot sun the entire day.” Immigrants work hard to keep them stable because any job in america is better than going back to their original country. Dianas mother and father were faced with a difficult decision when leaving 2 young kids in El Salvador to go to the United States, but they left anyway because it was best for themselves. This shows that immigrants are just trying to escape a difficult life and start fresh. More than half of the illegal immigrants are in america due to mixed status families and this makes it hard because they do not want to have to leave their families or children if they are deported. 13% of the United states...
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...Three Abbreviated Research Plans Introduction This paper demonstrates research methods that are used in investigations of health disparities in the United States. Research is a process of investigating concepts and theories that will contribute to a scientific body of knowledge. When presented with a problem, researchers or healthcare specialist can use a quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods approach to solutions or explore avenues that might improve health, health outcomes and health services (Bowling, 2002). As health disparities grow in the United States and research is ongoing, three abbreviated research plans are presented as probable solutions to this concern targeting communities and populations that are underserved. Comparison and Evaluation of Strengths and Limitations of Research Methods Used in These Abbreviated Plans Research is an organized investigation to explain, describe, and control an observed phenomenon that involves inductive and deductive methods. Researchers will use a quantitative research design to verify that the research method used is valid and will produce accurate scientific results (Vidgen, n.d.). The strengths involved in using the quantitative research method can test and validate theories that have been already formed about why and how phenomena occur. Quantitative research allows the researcher to measure and analyze data that is précis which may help eliminate the influence of many variables and allow more reliable cause-and-effect...
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...Mixed marriages beteen Aryans and non-Aryans brought a threat to the power of the Nazi regime. While groups such as Jews, Sinti and Roma, and homosexuals were an easy target for exploitation, intermarriage made it difficult for Germans to exploit the non-Aryan partner’s since the Aryans partner usually fought for their non-Aryan partner. Germans did not stop exploitation until it was their family members that were targeted. Nazis did not like the idea of kinship and family ties. This dislike lead the Nazis to pass the Nuremburg laws that prohibited the marriage between and Aryan and a non-Aryan to protect the purity of the German blood. This law faced many complications since there were many mixed Jews living in Germany and many more thinking getting married to a Jew. A movie that highlighted the fate of a mischlinge, a mixed child of an Aryan and non-Aryan, and a young mixed married couple was Rosentraasse. Movies are a medium that encompasses a long story in typically shorter time, where a book can cover longer history. Movie directors are in some ways translators of texts or their subjects; therefore, they have the ability to add or delete parts they prefer from a piece of writing. While the movie...
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...She experienced the struggles of living with a mixed status families, and had to hide her status; all while living in constant fear. She knew people who were arrested and deported for being undocumented. She knew that she would not able to get financial aid for college. She knew that she would not be able to do common things such as getting a license or boarding a domestic flight. She “came out” as undocumented while she was a member of the New York State Youth Leadership Council. Rivera has since dedicated her life to helping undocumented women in the...
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...children of a mixed union between different socioeconomic or ethnic groups to the group with the lower status. Although racial segregation was adopted legally by southern states of the former Confederacy in the late 19th century, legislators resisted defining race by law. In 1895 in South Carolina during discussion, George D. Tillman said, "...It is a scientific fact that there is not one full-blooded Caucasian on the floor of this convention. Every member has in him a certain mixture of… colored blood...It would be a cruel injustice and the source of endless litigation, of scandal, horror, feud, and bloodshed to undertake to annul or forbid marriage for a remote, perhaps obsolete trace of Negro blood. The doors would be open to scandal, malice and greed..." The one-drop rule was not adopted as law until the 20th century: first in Tennessee in 1910 and in Virginia under the Racial Integrity Act of 1924 (following the passage of similar laws in several other states). Before and during slavery, interracial relationships formed. In the antebellum years, free people of mixed race (free people of color) were considered legally white if individuals had up to one-eighth or one-quarter African ancestry (depending on the state). Most mixed-race people were absorbed into the majority culture based simply on appearance, associations and carrying out community responsibilities. These and community acceptance were the more important factors if a person's racial status were questioned...
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...solutions to the current status quo of experimental outcomes involve exploring data analysis. The concept of research is based on the scientific method researchers use to learn, scrutinize, and explain scientific conclusions interpreted in data collected by conducting experiments, addressing questions, or creating ideas. Understanding the process of the scientific method in research involves many steps that generate evidence that can answer many problems in the human services field. Following the steps of scientific inquiry includes identifying a problem, formulating a hypothesis, performing an experiment, and finally analyzing the data from the experiment. Philosopher Hans Reichenbach’s idea of scientific inquiry included two phases. “Reichenbach’s discovery phase of scientific inquiry includes coming up with a testable idea (in the form of a working hypothesis), crafting the research materials, and developing a study design and a plan to implement it. The justification phase creates the rationale for the plan of study and the data analysis, as well as the logic behind conclusions put forward” (Rosnow & Rosenthal, 2008, Chapter 2). Each step must be included to support the scientific method to discover legitimate statements made and provide a foundation for improving choices about personal health and the health of our community. A human services example of the scientific method is researching pregnant teenagers to determine if their family background and lack of education...
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...All marriages involve hurdles, but mixed-race marriages face unique challenges. Currently mixed marriages have become more and more widespread and common than they were many decades ago. Mashangwa (2013) indicated that “in the past, many countries such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt and even Germany had strict regulations and restrictions, which didn’t allow to get married with a person of another nationality”(p.1). However, presently, times have changed and mixed marriages gradually have increased. According to the Associated Press (2008), it was estimated “65000 interracial marriages in 1970, and then this number has risen to 422,000 in 2005”. Some state, that there are many problems with mixed marriages. They can be cause of misconception in relationship. Sometimes the two spouses are of different religions, nationalities, races, ethnic groups, economic levels, etc. Additionally, these couples may be faced with the disapproval of their parents or negative attitude of their relatives and surrounding society. The more significant differences in background that a couple has, the greater are the challenges that need to be resolved before and during marriage. Sometimes their efforts to reach a consensus can draw the couple closer together. With other couples, their differences could drive them apart. These relationships frequently represent the blending of cultures and practices but may also entail a clash between partner’s values and beliefs. These dynamics become more...
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...with him all the time because I thought the process of testing his hearing and the process of making and adjusting his hearing aids was so interesting and exciting. That is why I chose hearing loss as my topic. Hearing loss is defined by Farlex as; any degree of impairment of the ability to hear sound (Farlex, 2013). In other words if you cannot hear whispering or if you cannot hear fireworks you have some sort of hearing loss. “About 26 million Americans between the ages of 20 and 69 have high frequency hearing loss due to exposure to loud noises at work or in leisure activities” (Disorders, 2013). There are three different types of hearing loss and different severities. There is conductive hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss, and mixed Hearing loss. Dr. Michael P. Robb defines conductive hearing loss as; hearing loss due to problems affecting sound transmission through the outer or middle ear (Robb, 2010). In other words, if you have a problem with your outer or middle ear, such as an obstruction of the ear canal, or otitis externa, (swimmers ear), you would have conductive hearing loss. These are treatable with medicine or surgery if treated early enough but, can become permanent if not treated. Dr. Michael P. Robb defines sensorineural hearing loss as damage to the inner ear or nerve pathways leading to the brain (Robb, 2010). Some of the things that can cause inner ear problems are ototoxic drugs (medicines that cause hearing loss as a side affect), Meningitis (inflammation...
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...Delinquency Juvenile Justice System Crime Analysis State of Hawaii Fiscal Year 2009-2011 Arrests: Status offenses have consistently remained the highest offense type in arrest for all three years for all four countries. Status offenses for all three years for the State as well as the individual circuits made up for more than 40 to over 50% of all arrests. Detentions: Detention rates were highest in 2009 and showed a marked decrease of the three years. The age groups that were the highest across the three years were either 16 or 17 in detention with males accounting for the larger percentage of the population in detention. Probation: The probation rates declined over the three-year period. Hawaii circuit showed the highest probation rates while Honolulu showed the lowest for all three years. Following the statewide trend for all three years, Honolulu, Maui, and Hawaii circuits showed status offenses as the highest, and property offenses as second largest in probation. Gender Race and Ethnicity: At all points in the system males had the largest percentage in all phases. While gender differences were noticed in all phases of the system. Older are groups, generally age 16 and 17, also have the highest rates in the system for juveniles, beginning with arrests and establishing a trend that is consistent along decision points. Ethnically, Native Hawaiians, Blacks, Mixed Pacific Islanders, and Samoans are generally overrepresented in the system at each decision point, again...
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...friendship is revered, often being romanticised and is a relatively new area of sociological study. Research has transferred the focus from personal interactions and the psychology of friendships to the social structures that influence and underpin them. This shift in sociological view of friendship is a reflection of the growing interest of mixed methodologies in research. What the social structures are that bind friendship in terms of manners agreed between the perpetrators of the friendship, so the rituals and routines become particular to those people in their understanding of the relationship. The understanding of the influence of class and gender on friendships is in the influence on the opportunities for meeting people and making friends. Everyday micro-level interactions are contained by structural parameters. Although the friendship exists within social structures, the friendship itself has to defy social hierarchy in order to maintain itself, as sustenance requires an element of equality between bearers....
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...The Social Science Mixed Racial and Cultural Groups in the United States ENG COMP II/ABE1314D Dr. Nicole Martinez and Mrs. Karissa Sullivan May 6, 2013 Mixed Racial and Cultural Groups of the United States is a huge topic being discussed recently because mixed racial relationships are increasing daily all around the world, but especially with-in the United States. There are many individuals who elaborate on whether or not each group expects to be treated as a separate entity, or be considered just Americans without the hyphen. Is the United States better off by classifying individuals by their ethnic background? What do we actually gain by these separate entities? Why is the government so concerned on everyone’s ethnic background? These are just a few of many questions that are being discussed and I will answer based on facts. While mixed racial and cultural groups continue to rise in the United States, it seems that the vast majority continues to pursue their separate ethnicity with-in the United States, but when approached abroad with-in another country, they seem to consider themselves as Americans vice African-American, Mexican American, Asian American, etc. (Perez and Hirshmann, “The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the United States). Many Americans have multiple identities that reflect complex ancestral origins, tribal and communal associations, and varied ideological outlooks on race and culture. In general, people do not change their ethnicities...
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...a 1968 paper: "Although the burden of the Negro child is recognized as a heavy one, that of the Negro-White child is seen to be even heavier." But new research says this old, problematized view of multiracial identity is outdated. In fact, a new paper in the Journal of Social Issues shows that multiracial adolescents who identify proudly as multiracial fare as well as — and, in many cases, better than — kids who identify with a single group, even if that group is considered high-status (like, say, Asians or whites). This finding was surprising because psychologists have argued for years that mixed-race kids will be better adjusted if they pick a single race as their own. The population of multiracial kids in the U.S. has soared from approximately 500,000 in 1970 to more than 6.8 million in 2000, according to Census data quoted in this pdf. In the early years, research on these kids highlighted their difficulties: the disapproval they faced from neighbors and members of their extended families; the sense that they weren't "full" members in any racial community; the insecurity and self-loathing that often resulted from feeling marginalized on all sides. That simple but harsh playground question — "What are...
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...identifying measurement devices, analysis of the data, and generating conclusions. The literature review indicates that adolescent pregnancy is a multifactorial problem with similar risk factors that include poverty, poor school performance, low future expectations and social exclusion¹. ²The World Health Organization defines adolescent pregnancy as any pregnant girl less than 20 years old¹. This article aims to analyze if socio-economic status, family type and mother’s age at first pregnancy are risk factors for adolescent pregnancy. This also discusses the designing of a risk score of first-time adolescent pregnancy. The data was collected from 66 adolescent and 140 adult primiparous women who were recruited and consented to participate in the study. This collection, via interviews, occurred during antenatal care visits to Barreiro’s Public Hospital in Portugal for outpatients and the OBGYN wards for inpatients between the six month period of August 2007 and June 2008. This hospital serves a population of mixed socio-economic status, both urban and rural. The exclusion criteria for the study included refusal, lack of parental figures and the woman could not be a gypsy. The exclusion of gypsies was due to the fact that the population encouraged and valued adolescent pregnancy making the results biased if included. To ensure...
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...stalling point where they take actions and dominion over their lives. Unequal treatment and have less power, and being overweight must come to an end. Concept: Confront Racial Discrimination in a Melting Pot: A descendant of a Pilgrim is White, for example. But sometimes race is more ambiguous: People who are the children of an African American and Vietnamese American union are biracial or “mixed,” or whatever they come to be seen by others. Our recognition that race is socially constructed has sparked a renewed interest in what it means to be White in the United States. Two aspects of White as a race are useful to consider: the historical creation of Whiteness and how contemporary White people reflect on their racial identity. Importance: It should not matter the color of the parent to determine the future of a child. It is important that we allow children not to be categorized before opportunities reach them. Something should be done to allow all children to grow up rather mixed or anything else for that matter to get and gain the same respect as someone brought into a full white family. Concept: Recognizing Internal Colonialism: is the treatment of subordinate groups like colonial subjects by those in power. Native Americans Found themselves to be the subordinate group on land that once they occupied alone. Now they were being treated like a colonized people by newly formed government. Importance: I feel that we as Americans should return or find a way to favor all...
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