Beliefs and policies favoring native-born citizens over immigrants is called a. racism. b. ethnocentrism. c. nativism. X d. absolute deprivation. 5.
Jeff Badu History 281 Section AD1 2/4/13 Paper #1 The Pursuit of Power In the book Whiteness of a Different Color, Jacobson made a strong argument on how race was not only something biological, but a social construction and a forever evolving, unstable process. This means that the color of your skin did not necessarily define who you were, but how society viewed you based on your appearance and actions determined your race. Also, different people such as the Irish faced different obstacles throughout different times in order to gain their citizenship and be socially accepted as “white”. Jacobson’s book does not support the idea that all immigrants encountered the same obstacles with the different examples he provides and the term “whiteness of a different color” refers to how different racial groups were fighting in order to be considered white. Different racial groups had to struggle throughout different time periods in order to gain their “whiteness”.
After World War Two the United States of America finally seemed to prosper after the Great Depression. The 1950s became the capitalist golden age. Society was classless; there were growing numbers of white-collar jobs, high wages for blue-collar workers, and few labor strikes. Everything seemed to be great, however the growth of the affluent society put many problems in the dark. African Americans were still unequal to whites; twenty percent of the nation had been in poverty, and the defeat of Nazism and imperialism brought on a new enemy to freedom: Communism.
The author of Source E also provides facts to support guns, “National violent crime rates that soared for 30 years from the early 1960s began to decrease markedly since 1993. Last December the FBI reported that murder and other violent crime rates fell again by 6.4% during the first half of 2011 compared with the same period in 2010”(Source E). But the statistics pro-gun control are overwhelmingly
Early America portrayed the wild frontier as part of their national identity, while common colonial American ideology stigmatized the associated Native American culture as less civilized, as savage, and as subordinate to ‘modern’ eighteenth and nineteenth century societies. Factors such as Western European influence, racist ideology, subjective sciences, and speculative theories all contributed to a prejudiced judgment passed on Native Americans.
In Path to Prosperity, Paul Ryan offers an 80% cut in discretionary spending - the largestgutting of governmental public services in our lifetime - and FEMA finds itself stuck on the chopping block. Although exact numbers aren't given to how much disaster funds would be cut, it's safe to say that calling 211 might be the only option left in a nation starved for cash flow. This was the point made by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid yesterday when he chastised Mitt and Paul for even thinking that they could show sympathy for the hurricane victims. A bit harsh? Yes.
Employing Giddens’ (1984) perspective, we can investigate a specific structuration, the interactive and dynamic duality of whiteness and “race” in American society. “Whiteness studies [explore] what it means to be White in the United States and the global community,” and constitute “a growing body of books, articles, courses, and academic conferences,” (Rodriguez 1999:20). This exploration of what it means to be “white” in American society raises a key question: Does American society, or merely one set of its constituents, benefit from the social construction of whiteness? According to one critic, “the critique of whiteness, . .
Ethnicity is a concept referring to a shared culture and way of life, especially as reflected in language, folkways, religious and other... an ethnicity is often called an ethnic group, although technically the use of "group" is inappropriate in sociological usage because a group is a social system. (ethnicity. (n.d). Retrieved from EBSCOhost.) Race and ethnicity are important to the society of the United States for many different reasons.
Out of 7,624 hate crimes that were reported in 2007, 2,659 of the hate crimes were against African Americans. One example of hate crimes that has happened was in 2008, after learning that Barack Obama has won presidency, three individuals in Staten Island, New York went and found African Americans to beat. Slavery started in American in 1691.Slavery was the beginning of all the discrimination of African Americans. They were beat brutally, and ordered around and even though slavery ended in 1865, it did not change how other ethnic groups looked and thought of African Americans. I am white however, I have always thought that learning about the African American group has always been interesting to me.
PEST ANALYSIS POLITICAL Analysis • Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index (CPI): 94th out of 176 nations, score of 36 out of 100 on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) • Political instability: factions, criminal cases against leaders, corruption • Government stipulation for foreign single-brand retailers: source 30% of what they sell from SMEs. Ikea requested for moratorium on this, government agreed to 7 years a 10-year • Frequent strikes, protests and bandhs (complete or partial shutdown of cities), often instigated for political reasons – Often in response to some change introduced or proposed by the ruling party – If it’s a union or organization strike / protest, opposition party will support it in order to bolster its vote banks – Examples of reasons for strikes / protests / shutdowns: • Increase in LPG or petrol prices, or even onion and potato prices • Allowing foreign supermarket chains to enter • Not raising public transport tariff (autos and taxis) • Death of a political leader • Release of a controversial movie • Regulation changed to allow 100% FDI for single-brand retailers. However, states free to allow or bar retail FDI – Key cities and states for Ikea: • • • • Mumbai (Maharashtra) New Delhi (Delhi - Designated National Capital Territory) Chennai (Tamil Nadu) Bangalore (Karnataka) – Two strong parties in most states; one is more liberal and supports progressive reforms, the other supports the masses and blue-collared workers. For e.g., • Mumbai: Congress-NCP v/s BJP-Shiv Sena • Chennai: AIADMK v/s DMK – State policies keep changing according to who’s ruling and what alliances have been formed between which political parties Hurdle & Solution - Ruling and opposition political parties have different stands on FDI - If opposition comes to power,