... | |Ethnic group |Group of people whose members are identified through common traits. | |Anti-Semitism |Is a suspicion of hatred toward or discrimination against Jews for reason connected to Jewish heritage.| |Islamophobia |Is a neologism that refers to prejudice or discrimination against Islam or | | |Muslims. | |Xenophobia |The fear of hatred of strangers or foreigners. | |Persecution |Is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another group, most common are religious, | | |perecution¸and ethnic persecution. | |Religious group |The term religious group means “as set of individuals whose identity as | | |such is distinctive in terms of common religious creed, beliefs, doctrines, practices, or rituals. | Part II Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below. • Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf) o Christianity • Evangelical Protestant • Mainline...
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...People of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture | Anti-Semitism | An attitude or policy of hatred and hostility towards Jewish people | Islamophobia | Prejudice against Muslims | Xenophobia | An abnormal fear or hatred of foreigners and strange things | Persecution | The act of persecuting or the state of being persecuted | Religious group | Individuals involved with or employed in religious denominations or organized religious groups such as churches, synagogues, temples, or mosques. | Part II Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below. * Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf) * Christianity * Evangelical Protestant * Mainline Protestant * Historically Black Churches * Roman Catholic * Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) * Jehovah’s Witnesses * Orthodox (Greek, Eastern) * Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform) * Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana) * Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism) * Hinduism * Racial/Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents) * Asian (Asian descent) * Black (African descent) * Hispanic and Latino (South or Central American descent) * Pacific Islander (Polynesian descent) * White (European descent) * * Part III * Answer the following questions in 150 to 250 words each about the religious...
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... | |Ethnic group |People of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture. | |Anti-Semitism |The intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people. | |Islamophobia |Prejudice against Muslims. | |Xenophobia |A fear of foreigners or strangers. | |Persecution |The act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) | |Religious group |A set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of common religious creed, beliefs,| | |doctrines, practices, or rituals. | Definition of Ethnic Group, Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, and Persecution: WordNet. (2012). Retrieved from http://wordnet.princeton.edu/ Definition of Religious Group: The 'lectric law library. (1995 - 2012). Retrieved from http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/q028.htm Part II Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below. • Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf) o Christianity • Evangelical Protestant • Mainline...
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... | |Ethnic group |A group that shares culture, religion, race, language, or values is an ethnic group. | | | | |Anti-Semitism |Discrimination against Jews. | |Islamophobia |Prejudice or discrimination against Islam or Muslims. | |Xenophobia |Intense or irrational fear of people from another country. | |Persecution |Mistreatment or abuse of one group by another group. | |Religious group |A group of people who share the same thoughts and beliefs about the origin of the universe, creation, | | |the afterlife and other spiritual traditions. | Part II Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below. • Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf) o Christianity • Evangelical Protestant • Mainline Protestant • Historically Black Churches • Roman Catholic • Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) ...
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... Racial Diversity: Historical Worksheet Answer the following questions in 100 to 250 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. • Throughout most of U.S. history, in most locations, what race has been in the majority? What is the common ancestral background of most members of this group? Throughout most of U.S. history, in most locations, Caucasian (European descent) has been in the majority. The common ancestral background of most members of this group is European. The 2010 United States Census estimated that 72% of individuals who live in America are Caucasian American, aking up the largest share of the U.S. racial population (Jenkins, 2013). The vast majority of the more than three hundred millino people who currently live in the United States are decendants from European immigrants who arrived within the last four hundred years. The majority of Caucasian individuals living in the United States have ancestral lines originating from Germany, Poland, France, Italy, and Britain (Jenkins, 2013). • What are some of the larger racial minorities in U.S. history? What have been the common ancestral backgrounds of each of these groups? When did each become a significant or notable minority group? Some of the larger racial minorities in U.S. history include Black (African descent), Asian, and Hispanic and Latino individuals; these are often referred to as “minority majorities”. The common ancestral background of African Americans is of...
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...Rights In past decades, African Americans were considered as slaves and servants for the white majority. Minorities were segregated, marginalized and humiliated because of the color of their skin. When people hear the words civil rights its always connected to the image of Martin Luther King Jr., and his famous speech I Have a Dream in the nation’s capital. The civil rights movement succeeded thanks in part to the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. and the fight for equality of all people’s has started to become a reality. Inspired . African Americans got the most public attention after the end of World War II. They are well-know activists in protesting against discrimination in racism. Since the end of World War II, the population of African Americans in the United States has been increased 7% in few decades. The massive increase of African Americans population formed huge communities in cities, such as Oakland, Richmond, Los Angels etc. In this long time period, African Americans have to face and struggle for racial discrimination in their life. The major problems were employment, education, and housing. In the case of hiring, the ratio of unemployed African Americans increased double from 1940s to 1970s. Most of African Americans people had to deal with lower living standard. The economic discrimination kept African Americans away from skilled work or sometime not even a chance to get hired in any job. Before World War II, African Americans were denied to work in the field...
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...A Personal Reflection on Race Is/ Race Ain’t The PBS documentary Race Is/ Race Ain’t focuses on the racially charged events at the Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital in Los Angeles, California in the 1980s and 1990s. Many people in the African American community felt like their families were not receiving proper treatment in other hospitals in Los Angeles, ran mostly by white people. They wanted a medical center close to their community where their families could feel safe and cared for in the best way possible. In 1972, the King Hospital was built in a predominantly African American community, those in the community saw the hospital as a political and personal gain for African Americans. In the 1980s, the Latino population doubled in Los Angeles,...
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...Asian Americans and racism in the USA Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date: Abstract Asian Americans are a minority group of both immigrants and person born and raised in the USA. It has been the fastest growing minority group and is considered to be the model minority of the USA due to various factors such as hard work in both academic and employment that successively leads to economic prowess among this minority population (Chou, 2008). The history of the Asian American dates back to the ancient times when they occupied the American land before the European invasion. The tribes that occupied the American land are commonly referred to as the Native Americans. A majority of the Asian American people that are living in the USA are immigrants. Both individuals and the community/communities are faced with various challenges such as adopting the American culture and retaining their root cultures at the same time. However, the major issue of concern is racial segregation they are faced with. Like any other subordinate group in the USA, the Asian American people are not spared off the vice. They experience discrimination emanating from the fact that they are different from other minority groups and as well the whites. They are subjected to discrimination in various fields in which they are engaged such as education, employment, immigration, land acquisition and others (Phan et al. 2009). This forms of discriminations have their impacts on the several life aspects of this minority...
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...|People that discriminate against or are prejudiced to Jewish people. | |Islamophobia |Hatred of or fear of Muslims or their politics or culture. | |Xenophobia |The irrational fear of people from other countries. | |Persecution |The act of persecuting especially based on race or religion. | |Religious group |Individuals involved with or employed in religious denominations or organized religious groups such as | | |churches. | Part II Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below. • Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf) o Christianity • Evangelical Protestant • Mainline Protestant • Historically Black Churches • Roman Catholic • Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) • Jehovah’s Witnesses • Orthodox (Greek, Eastern) o Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform) o Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana) o Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism) o Hinduism • Racial/Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents) o Asian (Asian descent) o Black (African...
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... |One who discriminates against or who is hostile toward or prejudiced against Jews | |Islamophobia |Fear or hate of Muslims or their political or culture | |Xenophobia |Dislike or fear of people from other countries or of that which is foreign or strange | |Persecution |Systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another group basis of race, religion, gender, | | |sexual orientation, or beliefs that differ from those of the persecutor. | |Religious group |An ethnic group of people whose members are also unified by a common religious background | Part II Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below. • Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf) o Christianity • Evangelical Protestant • Mainline Protestant • Historically Black Churches • Roman Catholic • Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) • Jehovah’s Witnesses • Orthodox (Greek, Eastern) o Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform) o Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana) o Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism) o Hinduism • Racial/Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents) o Asian (Asian descent) o Black (African...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix E Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Racial formation |The process where individuals are divided and categorized by mutable rules into different racial | | |categories. | |Segregation |The physical and social separation of categories of people. | |De jure segregation |The physical and social separation of categories of people by law | |Pluralism |A state in which people of all racial and ethnic categories have about the same overall social | | |standing | |Assimilation |Is the process by which minorities gradually adopt cultural patterns from the dominant majority | | |population. | Part II Answer the following questions in 150 to 350 words each: • Throughout most of U.S. history in most locations, what race has been the majority? What is the common ancestral background of most...
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...Racial Diversity: Historical Worksheet Throughout most of the history of the United States, the majority race in most locations has been White, also referred to as Caucasian or White American. Of the White American race, there are two separate ethnic origins defined by the United States Census Bureau that a person may belong to – Hispanic or Non-Hispanic. A White Hispanic person is defined as a “citizen or resident who is racially white and of Hispanic descent”. The ancestral backgrounds that most members of the White Non-Hispanic racial group share are Europe, the Middle East, and North African, while those of Hispanic descent have ancestors from Spain or Latin America and Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa (United States Census Bureau, 2012). Two of the larger racial minority groups in U.S. history are Black or African Americans, comprising about 12.5% of the population, and Asian Americans who make up about 4.5% of the population. Black Americans are primarily descended from Africans who were involuntarily brought to American and the United States between the early 1600’s and the mid-1800’s, so specific African nations of origin are usually untraceable. Since the 1970’s, there has been a growing population within the Black American racial group who originate in Jamaica, Haiti, and Barbados. Black Americans have been a significant minority group since the early 1900’s. Asian Americans typically share ancestral backgrounds in China, the Philippines, Vietnam,...
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...religions are “false” and choose to associate with those who are in the * “truth” just like them. In conclusion, Witnesses are basically discouraged from relating with * anyone outside the religion. * http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/witnesses/ * Jehovah Witnesses have entered into multiple court cases to fight for their religious freedoms * and freedom of speech. In doing so, they have brought about a certain degree of religious * freedom for all religions and freedom of speech for all people.. Also, because of their refusal of * blood transfusions, they have led advancements in bloodless surgery procedures. * * * http://people.opposingviews.com/ways-did-jehovahs-witnesses-contribute-american-culture...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix E Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Racial formation |An analytical tool in sociology that was developed by Michael Omi and Howard Winant. This is used | | |to look at race as a socially constructed identity, where the content and importance of racial | | |categories is determined by social, political and economic forces. | |Segregation |Refers to setting apart or separating things or people. More common form is racial segregation | | |which applies to activities such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a| | |public toilet, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home. | |De jure segregation |De jure meaning concerning law. De jure segregation is segregation that is imposed by the law. | |Pluralism |A condition in which numerous distinct ethnic, religious, or cultural groups are present and | | |tolerated within a society. | |Assimilation |The process whereby a minority group gradually...
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...that Jesus Christ died on the cross for the sins of the world. Hinduism believe in reincarnation and Karma which tells a person’s destiny in the life they are living now and in the next life. The beliefs and views of the Jehovah’s Witness is not shared by everyone. “In the precedent-setting 1944 Prince v. Massachusetts decision, which involved a Jehovah's Witness, the court ruled that a child's welfare trumps the religious beliefs of the parents.” (Goodenow, 2009, p. 1) The Judge believed that the parents could follow their religion beliefs however, it does not give them the right to “expose the community or child to communicable disease, or latter to ill health or death.” (Goodenow, 2009, p. 1) Jehovah’s Witness has contributed to the American culture by displaying freedom of speech and religious freedom. Jehovah’s Witness from around...
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