Essays on Biracial

Abstract

Notably, interracial couples and their families have faced various challenges including rejection and being stereotyped. These challenges have resulted in increased trauma and developmental delays among interracial people. The most common misperception about interracial couples is that one partner is black while the other one is white. The rate at which interracial marriages are growing in the US has increased steadily. Considering that the United States legalized interracial marriages, a high growth rate in interracial marriage is a significant move. The demand for interracial counseling is expected to rise as the number of multicultural couples increase. Education of counselors ...

Despite the fact that both the United States and Brazil have a history of the institution of slavery, each country documented a different reaction to the emancipation of those in bondage. Racial relations among Brazilians were significantly different in comparison to the documented experiences of African Americans residing in the United States after the abolition of slavery. For instance, while African Americans became subject to discriminatory laws that included Jim Crow Laws and Black Codes, Brazil did not experience the same form of government-imposed racism. In other words, legislations did not institutionalize racism among the people of Brazil; however, ...

Cultural Perspective:

I am male Korean student

Example 1:

Back home in Korea during summer vacation, we got together with a group of friends with whom we had grown up. The parents to one of the boys in our group invited us for dinner. Now one friend, Lou, has a biracial cousin. My friend who was the host whispered in his ear that he would have to leave his cousin behind when going for the dinner because his parents do not condone friendship with biracial. What was shocking is that the group was split with some agreeing to this while two of us ...

Published in 1889, Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate is set in revolutionary Mexico of the early twentieth century. At that time, society and the family institution exercised an authoritative and oppressive control on women’s activities and expression; in fact, such control had existed since colonial times, Up until recent times, women had been playing a subservient role from which even in the twenty-first century they are still struggling to break themselves free. Not only were women denied participation in society and politics as individuals with their own voice and identity, but they were mostly confined to ...

Introduction

In the quest for justice, different rulings are usually made. Some rulings are received well and by the majority of the nation’s population while others are often controversial in nature. Most times, the controversial rulings are usually against the common religious and moral views of the public. This paper provides an opinion on some of the top controversial cases in the history of the United States of America.

No Duty to Rescue Rule

The no duty to rescue rule states that if one is not responsible for putting someone else (the victim) in danger, then the person has no obligation whatsoever to help ...

The controversy over the understanding of ethnicity and ethnicity unfolded in America and Europe in the early 1970s following the collapse of the colonial system. Many foreign and domestic scientists are engaged in the consideration of the complexity of inter-ethnic relations that has arisen within countries (the so-called “ethnic paradox of our time”). Most of them in their studies refer to the concept of social constructivism (Berger, & Luckmann). This approach allows one to display the natural multiplicity of ethnic identity. Supporters of this trend claim that the ethnic consciousness can have multiple layers; it can be forked and split ...

Introduction

The Bona and Paul story brings about various themes in its narration. Themes identified include character complexity, language complexity and fascination. This essay relates these themes to the black artists during the Harlem Renaissance and modern social phenomenon of multiracial ancestry.

Themes in Bona and Paul

Major themes addressed by Jean in Bona and Paul include the complexity of the characters as it addresses the incorporation of Black Americans into the life of Northern urban Jazz. Additionally, the story characters hardly seem to know each other. An example is that of Helen trying to explain Paul to herself through information passed on to her ...

Kootenai Medical Center is a 246-bed community-owned hospital offering medical-surgical treatment along with cardiology, oncology, behavioral health, rehabilitation and women and children services (About us, 2012). It has consistently garnered recognition for care quality and community value as part of the top 100 hospitals for seven straight years in the areas of “financial viability and capital reinvestment, cost structures, patient charge structures, and quality of performance” (Community report, 2011, p.3). For the past eight years, the facility was also given the Avatar Award for consistently exceeding the expectations of patients. It further achieved, for the second consecutive year, the ...

Traditional and Popular Believes

When people settle down to consider from which tribe, race, religion or dialect to marry, there are a number of factors that are available for consideration. First of all, marrying from ones’ culture will not only cement the culture of the particular race or tribe but will also ensure that the history, dialect, arts and traditions of the particular culture are maintained and perpetuated. There are two major perspectives that come into play whenever such considerations are made. Such perspectives are the traditional belief and popular culture belief. The proponents of traditional belief believe in upholding their culture in ...

Story:

One of the controversial advertisements of 2013 is the Cheerios advertisement which depicts a multi-race family. It would not have been controversial though if not for the reaction of some sectors of society who reacted negatively on the commercial. The advertisement shows a family with a black father and a white mother. My teenage son and I were watching television when the Cheerios commercial went on television. My son then asked me, “Mom, why is this advertisement considered controversial?” Apparently, he saw nothing wrong with it, in the same manner that I also saw nothing bad about it. I had to explain ...

Introduction

Social hierarchies have been in existence from time immemorial in all human societies. Social hierarchies constructed during the ancient civilizations were more pronounced than those in the contemporary societies. The hierarchies are contracted on three main bases: gender, age, and other parameters that group individuals and defined differently by different societies. There are mainly two hierarchies in the society: dominant and subordinate groups. The dominant enjoys more privileges than the subordinate group. Social dominance orientation measures the extent to which individuals embrace ideologies and myths that encourage and tend to justify the existence and maintenance of social hierarchies ...

Race, sex and appearance are some of the easiest ways to segregate people. Whatever goes up against the status quo, whatever goes against what the majority of the population expects, whatever it is that is simply “unnatural” from a person’s point of view will always be called into question. In this case, the topic of the report is race. Like many other species on the planet, the human race is divided into different appearances based on where they were born. Today the world is getting smaller, a single country no longer holds one form of citizenship alone, and a person ...

The study of critical mixed theory is not only a complex field of study, but also a field that must be examined in a multidimensional view. The mixed race theory entangles itself with political, social, and economic implication in the study of racial identities and the ‘race problem’. People with a multiracial background may experience difficulties in identifying with a particular class of people. This is because racial identities give a person the sense of belongingness. Moreover, one tends to develop a sense of self that is crucial to self-acceptance. However, even where there is a defined mixed race, a sense of belongingness can only be realized if ...

Introduction

- Interview Report

Theoretical applications

- Development is a lifelong process of change (Erikson) - Each period of the life span is affected by what happened before and this affects expected outcomes (Learning theories). - Development is influenced by historical and cultural context (Papalia and Feldman)

Conclusion

- Explanation of how this analysis has affected communication within the work environment

Abstract

In this document the author is expected to distinguish, appraise, and integrate multiple theories and/or models of human development relevant to functioning of the client being interviewed. During the interaction the interviewer must recognize how cultural structures that range from marginalizing ...

According to Rockquemore, K.A. (2002), offspring of an African-American mother and a Caucasian father should be counted as African-American because it is an offspring of both races and that past theories on biracial classifications are fading as scientific ones are introduced into society. People no longer look down upon an offspring of a mixed race as to belong to a minority race so as to get opportunities meant for the minors. The trend of biracial alignment results from an offspring group consisting of a combination of two different parent races by which they should be recognized. This will make them known as ...