Ethnicity Essay Examples and Topics

Problem Statement For years now, discrimination within the criminal justice system has indubitably contributed towards the mass incarceration of African Americans. During the late 60’s President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on crime, however, this was nothing more than a discreet way target the black…

The field of psychology can be supremely helpful in reducing health care disparities especially for minority individuals in America whose voices often go unheard. Findings from a 2002 medical journal stated that Spanish speaking Hispanic patients were far less likely than English speaking Hispanic patients…

President Roosevelt introduced the Good Neighbour Policy on March 4th, 1933. This approach marked a departure from traditional American interventionism. In his inaugural address he stated “In the field of world policy, I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbor—the neighbor…

One’s ethnicity or their cultural beliefs and traditions are what make people different in addition to their physical appearance, and in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies and Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony, these are the two key aspects of life that are focused on as characters…

Genocides happen when an expansive number of individuals are killed in an “ethnic, national, racial, or religious group”. These mass killings are usually in an attempt to wipe out either an entire or a certain extent of this specific groups existence. Genocides lead to grave…

This week’s conference about sustainability was very interesting, since there were guests with different backgrounds like culture, nation, environment, mountain, cities and their speech was based on “how to sustain the spheres on which they are focusing”. It was interesting to have brain storming in…

Today, the idea of immigrants or diaspora is not a new concept. People who had immigrated to Canada, US or to another country in the past already have their second, or even third generation. The topic about how difficult it is for the second generation…

In 2004-2005, there were 215 total actions and the highest ethnicity shown as percent of action was black male, with a percentage of 52%. The second highest disciplinary action was between disorderly conduct and student assault. Black male had the highest percentage of action in…

“Rabbit Proof Fence” shows the struggle three Aboriginal girls, Molly, Daisy, and Gracie, face trying to get back home after being taken thousands of miles away from their families. They are removed from their old way of life and forced into what is basically slavery…

Fritz Staal (2003) and Fernando Zialcita (1999) attack the “Asian Values” rhetoric as being empty. Staal criticizes Mahathir Mohamad for using “Asian Values” as a way to jail Anwar Ibrahim. He also points out that there has been (especially in the past) a vibrant homosexual…

South Africa is known to be the world’s multicultural country with 11 official languages and more than 13 cultures co-existing. Though South Africa has integrated and accepted the various cultures and traditions, all these cultures and traditions have specific ways of dealing with social, economic…

Why do we need to have more diverse schools? What is the definition of a diverse school? Why is it important to have a diverse school? A diverse school is when there is religion, ethnicity, race, sexuality, and etc. All in one school and there…

Recognizing the various combinations of many identifications, self is an essential part of every individual becoming a mature person. Identities are much wider than self-identity fitting with a human being. Individuals are even willing to sacrifice their lives to protect their identity group. Many groups…

The regionalization of the Native Americans also helped to create the hunting industry, both on land and in the sea. The Indians in the Plains region became excellent hunter-gatherers because of their lack of resources but wild animals. The Mandans, a tribe located in present-day…

The Toda people assign a small pastoral community that live on the remote Nilgiri plateau of Southern India. Preceding to the late 18th century, the Toda close by with other communities, including the Badaga, Kota, and Kurumba, in a loose caste-like community organization. The Toda…

There has been evidence of some botanical remains of Grains/ seeds on the ancestral site (present day village) dating to a period of Late first millennium BC to early first millennium AD in New Phor. The present settlement of different villages in the area, are…

Final Essay (Study of Power in Race and Ethnicity) Culture, generally speaking, is a way of life of a particular social group. Herder, an influential German writer during 19th century had even defined culture as ways of life of particular groups, nations and period. (D.Denby,…

Official statistics show that black and other ethnic minorities are more likely to be stopped, arrested, and imprisoned than white people. Left realists argue that black people do have a higher crime rate because of their greater relative deprivation and social exclusion, whereas neo-Marxists argue…

The United States was created on the “racial structure” as a hierarchy system in order to keep African Americans in poverty. Sociologists have criticized the United States for maintaining a “racial structure” despite having anti-discrimination laws that were intended to prevent prejudice and discrimination practices….

The protagonist Character in “We Came All the Way from Cuba so You Could Dress this way” by Achy Obejas takes us through her adventure. Beginning with her family’s escape from socialism in their home of Cuba. The hero who is the storyteller of the…

When looking at history and its events, one can see the amount of horrifying acts done by humans in the name of their ethnicity or religion. Genocide, war, and colonialism are all products of ethnic nationalism and its ideologies. Ethnic nationalism is when a nation…

The development works in Nagaland have mostly come up along the areas inhabited by the ‘advanced’ Naga tribes rather than the areas inhabited by the ‘backward’ Naga tribes of Eastern Nagaland, who have been clamouring for greater attention to development. This perceived disparity amongst the…