Essays on Race and Ethnicity

According to the article, “Doing Identity Categories in Educational Research” reviewed Davis (2002), race, gender, and sexuality are critical factors that affect the “doing identity” categories in educational research. Identity politics has appeared in the recent years as a crucial watchword in the educational theory and practice. This aspect of...

Cultural competence is the ability to understand and connect with people from different cultures. Cultural competence enhances diversity among many individuals in places such as work, schools and social sites and religion (Betancourt et al., 2016), especially with the Torres Strait Islanders and the aboriginal people. The native people are...

The Racial Experience of Black People in Puerto Rico and the United States The author of the article has examined the intersections of what she describes as sexualized, racialized, and gendered people living in Puerto Rico through her experiences both in the United States and Puerto Rico. The author tells the...

The existence of race mixture in Brazil does not prove that the nation of racism free. Research indicates that the racial democracy in the nation is mythical. For instance, a study that was carried out by the Warren and Christina revealed that mixed race as well as race mixing identities...

American Dream and Individual Opportunity American citizens believed in the American Dream, and they thought that they had equal chances to education and employment, which would lead to an ability to become financially stable or even wealthy. This idea prompted individuals to suppose that their endeavors would result in being capable...

Black Lives Matter movement (BLM) in America is associated with the constant push that is a result of black activism which can also be related to the NFL protests by African American players. The activities of BLM have raised the question of where the tendency stands regarding the understanding of...

Law enforcement agencies and the creation of profiles Law enforcement agencies seek to protect the rights of the people. Throughout its execution of duty, these agencies identified various patterns of law violations linked to certain characteristics of the perpetrators, allowing for the creation of profiles. From these, officers can infer the...

Immigration Policies and the DREAM Act Immigration policies have been used to define the social and political stability of many countries. In the US, several immigrants are undocumented. Over 1.3 % of the US population are illegal immigrants (Pang et al., 185).The DREAM Act policy introduced in 2001 to cover those...

The Natural Born Citizen Clause Natural Born Citizen Clause is a clause contained in the United States’ constitution requiring anybody aspiring to hold the office president and vice president to fulfill. This clause was intended to protect America from foreign influence (Maskell 2). This clause has been contentious since the USA...

In the past, the politics of the United States of America has been marred by aspects of intersectionality and politics of recognition. Intersectionality is referred to the manner in which the society categorizes people (Yuval-Davis, 2006). The basis of the categorization falls under societal characteristics such as race, gender, and...

Although the US has had significant progress towards the abolition of racism through its policies and laws, there is an emerging challenge of institutionalized racism, which is a major contemporary social issue in the United States. Themes that will apply to the analysis of the thesis statement America has failed to address...

American Dream and Inequality American citizens believed in the American Dream where everyone thought that they had equal chances to education, employment of which would lead to an ability to become financially stable or wealthy. This idea prompted the people to suppose their endeavors would pay by being able to live...