Racial Diversity Historical Worksheet

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------------------------------------------------- Associate Program Material 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 White has been the majority race with European as the common ancestral background. European ancestry is in reference to French, Portuguese, and Dutch, to name a few. The majority of our larger U.S. cities and states such as Hawaii, District of Columbia, Texas, California, and New Mexico are comprised of minorities according to the U.S. Census Bureau, (2008, 2010). Based on current trends, according to the U.S. Census Bureau (2008, 2010), racial and ethnic minorities will become a big part of the U.S. population by 2042. * 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 have been Native American Indian, African American, Hispanic American, and Asian American. “In 1900, nine out of 10 minorities were African American. In 1998, Blacks made up less than one-half of all minorities, and their share is declining. Hispanics, with a 1998 population of 30 million, are the second largest minority, accounting for 40 percent of U.S. minorities,” according to the Population Reference Bureau, (PRB, September 1999). “The U.S. Census Bureau projects that Hispanics will outnumber non-Hispanic Blacks by 2005,” (PRB, September 1999). “Asians accounted for 13 percent of minorities in 1998, while American Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts made up 3

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