3 seperate parts required part 3 is is ONLY part for Houston, TX
part 1 Racial Divides and Linguistic Boundaries
This unit focused on the effects of ethnicity in American cities. Based on what you have learned so far, do you believe urban immigrant cultures reflect racial divides and very real linguistic boundaries?
In your answer, reach a decision as to whether a fully integrated society speaking one language is still possible or even desirable.
Part 2 Diversity and the Melting Pot
For this discussion, the board of directors of ACDBN focus on cultural conflicts in urban areas. Read the “Urban Mosaics: Diversity and the Melting Pot” presentation and then answer the following questions. Is the board justified in shying away from a concrete policy to address urban cultural conflicts? Explain.
Urban Mosaics: Diversity and the Melting Pot
Gwendolyn Sanderson Smythe – Anglican Bishop
Diversity is a great word. Sadly, it can mean that we all live together in the same city while at the same time we live in completely different worlds.
Enrique Guzman – Union Executive
Cities are changing. And we see that Hispanic populations are building their cities within cities. In a lot of situations, it works for them.
Rahim Jahangiri – Successful Businessman
Okay. But the suburbs work for people too. Maybe they work even better? Communities develop. People live together and they grow together.
Yasmin Ardebili – Iranian Exile Novelist
Some cities work better than others. Certain older groups up and leave when other groups start to take over. Everything changes and on occasion it happens too fast.
Luther Jimarcus Jackson – African-American professor
Americans—all ethnic groups-ought to live together. Cities should be a place where this happens. Instead, what I see all too often are people simply cohabiting and coexisting with their brothers and sisters—only to ignore them on a deeper level.
Part 3
Now that you have identified the major ethnic groups within a particular area and analyzed their religious and ethnic situation, the next step in your course project is to investigate the competing cultures within your major urban area. To prepare for this assignment, use the suggested resource located below, and other information you find in the Internet to answer the following:
What is the African American population of the area?
Have Hispanic immigrants surpassed African Americans in numbers since 2000?
Do the numbers of foreign born in the area exceed the number of African Americans in the area? Do the numbers of these two groups exceed the number of other native born Americans (with no African American or Hispanic American backgrounds) in this area?
Has unemployment in the area decreased since 2000? Has family income in the area decreased since 2000?
Has unemployment in the area increased for any specific group since 2000? Has family income in the area increased for any specific groups since 2000?
Is there a coalition of some kind comprised of all major ethnic and racial groups in the area? Have there been cultural clashes as with the recent World Trade Center mosque proposal in New York City?
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