English Composition 2

The Diversity Challenge in America

Brianna Williams

English Composition

James Welsh

Ashford University

11/18/2013

Introduction

According to the research, annually, many individuals relocate to America as students or through access to green cards. Other individuals expatriate and after a period, they become full citizens of America. When this act occurs, all the individuals contribute to the nation GDP, and according to the conclusion of many, they are American citizens (Williamson, 1980). This study aims at addressing the issues that arise, and it also examines the aspects of race and culture on diverse perspectives.

Mixed racial and cultural groups in the United States have been described as one of the most important aspect discussed. It is evident that mixed racial relationships have the tendency of increasing globally, but it is more in the United States (Fu and Wolfinger, 2011). There are diverse individuals who elaborate on the case that the groups are supposed to be treated as distinct entity or if they are considered as ethnic Americans. However, although mixed racial and cultural groups continue to increase in the United States, it seems that majority of the individuals have the concept that separate ethnicity will remain prevalent in the United States.

However, when they encountered with by factors affecting other countries it is evident that they consider themselves as African-American or Mexican American and Asian American. Majority of the Americans have multiple identities whereby this factor identifies their ancestral origins, communal association and tribal aspects. This is based on the fact that there are diverse ideological aspects of both culture and race. However, individuals do not change their ethnicity since it is considered fashionable, but they may also emphasize diverse aspects based on their circumstances.

The United States has been a strategic location which is better through the classification of an ethnic background for various reasons (Doane, 1997). This also focuses on an accurate report of their parent’s origin and ethnic backgrounds. In diverse cases, the knowledge of their ancestral origin has improved along diverse families and communities although in some cases, the narratives tend to be suppressed and forgotten in history, resulting to racial variance among the individuals.

The racial and ethnic makeup of the American individuals increases over period of time. It has been noted that new immigrants from both Asia and Latin America has been as a large measure that focuses on cultural and the diversity of the American population over the past couple of years (Williamson, 1980). The difference of racial and ethnic groups has developed because of the increased intermarriages and the developing numbers of individuals with a mixed ancestry. The description of the racial and ethnic composition of American individuals has varied accounts and interpretation.

It is worth noting that individuals have diverse identities that focus on their complex ancestral origins and tribal associations. It is evident that individuals do not change their ethnicities due to personal preferences but because of diverse aspects based on their varied circumstances. An example is an individual who has Mexican relatives; they are identified as Hispanic, and also American in other countries (WANG, 2010). There are possibilities that exist in the saved data because of the opportunities based on varied responses of diverse census question of race and ethnicity.

The ethnic and racial landscape developed in the 19th century (Osei-Kofi, 2013). However, through continental expansions has been a home for Native Americans and individuals with mixed origins. There are successive waves of European and Asian origin, and this has been one of the contributing factors of the high populations. The track of mixed and unmixed individuals in America has been determined through historical and contemporary data. However, one of the shortcomings of the data is the fact that there is a difference in settlement rates and intermarriages. It has been noted that slight differences and assumptions based on relative magnitude of the research program has been termed to create a difference in ancestral origins based on the contemporary American population.

There are great obstacles in the description of ethnic development of American individuals relies on the assumption of most individuals having the ability to give a detailed report based on the origins of their families and ancestors (Doane, 1997). The only groups that are involved in the support of continued collection of racial and ethnic data entails of racial bureaucrats and other groups that are interested in racial and ethnic perspectives. The organizations state that the identification of individuals in a certain race is vital in redressing of past injustices. The federal government is supposed to collect and utilize data with an aim of developing racial and ethnic programs, which have affirmative quotas set aside for the groups. These groups usually entail of recent immigrants, and non citizens. It would be a fair nation if individuals were not judged based on their racial and ethnic backgrounds.

In conclusion, it has been noted that the American individuals require legislation that hinders that federal government from the collection of racial and ethnic information concerning the classification of American citizens by their race and ethnicity (Williamson, 1980). This also focuses on the data collected through census information. However, according to the research, exceptions occur based on law enforcements and medical research purposes.

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