Assignment #1
It means something different to everyone to be an American. This country was built on immigrants arriving here and setting up a new home for themselves. While we may have been born here, we are still part of a culture of mixed groups and a wide variety of races, ages, cultures and backgrounds. I do not think that Ms. America represents America as a whole in any shape or form except for the fact that she is living in America. The current Ms. America is Indian American. She is not Representative of the US according to our text because she is a minority here. According to our text non-white races are only 3.5% of the population. (Diversity Consciousness, Bucher, pg. 4)
In researching zipskinny.com, I compared my zipcode (21015) to 21237 and found the following information. I live in Bel Air so I researched zipcode 2015 and compared it to 21237. I found that my zipcode is closer to the numbers you may have found in a census from many decades ago while 21237 has a set of demographics which look more like the 2010 census in our readings. (Diversity Consciousness, Bucher, pg. 4) Bel Air has a 92.8% white non-hispanic group while Rosedale has a 76.7% rate.
The U.S. demographics for the 2050 are not as different as I expected but still yet different. There will be more women than men in the workforce as opposed to 2000 when there were more men. There will also be 53.4% White non-Hispanic workers down from 73.1% in 2000 where as the Hispanics in the workforce will go up about 13%. Finally another notable difference is the increase in workers over age 55 by about 7%. (Diversity Consciousness, Bucher, pg. 8)
References:
Richard D. Bucher, Patricia L. Bucher (Fourth Edition). Diversity Consciousness
ZIPskinny demographic information. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://zipskinny.com/zipcompare.php
I agreed with Mellisa, America is made up of people from various background, belief and value. in other words an American is one who value and appreciates others who also live in America. According to the text, the Miss American by law appears to represent the oneness and liberty of every individual living here in America. In reference to your initial definition of America, is a nation built on immigrants who came and set up a new home for themselves, while new ones were born. "In all these we are still part of a culture of mixed groups and a wide variety of races, ages, cultures and backgrounds."
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. demographics for the 2050, though it appears to be lower differences between 2000 and now but by 2050, there will be a greater difference. There might be more women in the civilian workforce than men.
References:
Richard D. Bucher, Patricia L. Bucher (Fourth Edition). Diversity Consciousness
ZIPskinny demographic information. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://zipskinny.com/zipcompare.php