Essays on Race and Ethnicity

Literature takes us to the extremes of different understanding and interpretation of different historical memories. The Indian act is a manuscript, weighing more than a body of law that has served for over a century (Hurley et al.,). It was aimed at revealing the understanding of the native identity and...

In The Gift - McCarty et al. (2006) Research In The Gift, McCarty et al (2006) conducted a research on the indigenous youth counter-narratives of native language between 2001 and 2006. They mainly based their study on the nature and effects of the loss and retention of native language on American-Indian...

From the time in memorial, discrimination is a vice that has always existed, manifesting through various forms and contexts. One of the popular variations of discrimination that has stood the test of time is colorism. When tracing its occurrence in history, it is essential to note that colorism was and...

Huyser, Kimberly R., Arthur Sakamoto, and Isao Takei. "The persistence of racial disadvantage: The socioeconomic attainments of single-race and multi-race Native Americans." Population Research and Policy Review 29.4 (2010): 541-568. In the Persistence to racial disadvantage, the authors try to unravel the unfortunate truth of the disparity in the schooling and...

The American Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald The American Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 and died in 1940 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Raised up by an ambitious mother and an alcoholic father, he was brought acutely conscious of wealth and privilege. His writing started to hit the lame light...

The Resilience of the Indian Act The Indian Act has been said to have racist roots and that it is inscribed in injustices, however, even with these negative attributions that Act has been receiving justifications from both the First Nations and from the Canadian State. through the social theory that was...

Over the years and in recent times there are some societal factors responsible for how people are treated on the society. These factors could either result in positive or negative reactions of the society to this group of people. Based on the above notion, this study will look at how...

In What my Bike has Taught me about White Privilege (2014), Jeremy Dowsett explores how whites react defensively towards the white privilege phrase. The author raises the issue that many white people dislike being associated with opportunities that other races have been unable to enjoy. The exposure of white privileges...

According to Ruth Frankenberg, the author of the editorial, The Social Construction of Whiteness: White Women, Race Matters, race affects the daily lives of human beings whether or not they are aware of it. Frankenberg supposes that each person sees the world typically via a racial lens that colors their...

Several questions continue to linger about the position of either gender in the society. These are questions that seek to understand whether there is a specific place in the society set aside for men and women or if there is any difference between the position of men and women in...

Multiculturalism Multiculturalism is a situation where all different cultures or racial groups in society receive and enjoy equal rights and opportunities without any forms of discrimination or disrespect. Ordinarily, multiculturalism comprising of various aspects of religion, cultural and cultural groups manifest itself in the thinking, customary behaviors, values and cultural presumptions....

Women are still viewed as inferior compared to the male counterparts regardless of colour or educational qualifications. However, the perceived glass ceiling paced for women by the male dominated society can be obliterated when appropriate policy interventions are put in place to address the gender inequality issue (Amis et al.,...