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Dear Cheddar. "Cheddar" in the context you heard it has nothing to do with the sabrosísimo cheese but is rather the Denver way to call a Mexican a wab-which is to say, it's a regional ethnophaulism (otherwise known as an ethnic slur) used to deride Mexicans as wetbacks. It's a mongrelized form of the word 'chero, itself a contraction of the word ranchero, literally meaning a rancher but in Mexican Spanish also denoting someone from the countryside. "Cheddar" is a prime example of how Mexican-hating is such an art form in the United States that it even has provincial variants-for instance, the "cheddar" of Chicago is "brazer" (short for bracero), nosotros in Orange County call our backwards Mexicans wabs, and cabrones in Oxnard, California deride wabby cheddars as TJs, the English acrony...
... derogatory nicknames for particular ethnic groups in America is a reflection of the strengths of the...
The U.S. Census Bureau has released a mind-bending report indicating that poverty in the United States is declining, but every other ethnic group is surpassing African-Americans. In Fact, Latinos have moved ahead of Blacks, and Asians have the highest median income in the country. The same report also indicates that health care is still a prime concern of families. There is another figure that needs examination and that is the figures on life expectancy. Harvard University Institute released this data for Global Health and Center for Disease Control. It gives us the life expectancy for what they call the eight Americas. The Eight Americas are categorized by income: Asian-Americans, are at the top and once again African-Americans are at the bottom of income and have the lowest life expec...
... life expectancy of any of the ethnic groups in America. In most categories of people having a ...
IT HAS OFTEN been the case in America that specific religions, races and ethnic groups have been singled out for discrimination, demonization, incarceration and worse. But there have always been people willing to stand up boldly and courageously against such injustice. Their efforts are needed again now. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., appears to harbor a fierce unhappiness with the Muslim community in the United States. As chairman of the powerful Homeland Security Committee, he has all the clout he needs to act on his displeasure. Today, he plans to open the first of a series of committee hearings into the threat of homegrown Islamic terrorism and the bogus allegation that American Muslims have failed to cooperate with law enforcement efforts to foil terrorist plots.
Like Negro, the word derives ultimately from the Latin niger; black. It is not an Americanism, the first recorded use of nigger being in a 1786 poem by Robert Burns...'Nigger' has also been an offensive derogatory term applied to Indians as well as blacks up until recent times," according to Robert Hendrickson's 2004 edition of Word and Phrase Origins. Well, consider this: Black people aren't doing anything different than white ethnic groups in America. Though I would not address someone outside of my racial group with an epithet, I've heard Italians refer to each other as "guineas" and Irish brothers and sisters call each other "micks. Is it "racism" to use such words? Depends on the context and intent. But considering that white ethnic groups use derogatory terms with one another...
This is an issue we cannot afford to ignore, especially in the African American community, where rates of diabetes, heart disease and obesity are higher than other ethnic groups. In our 2006 State of Black America, the health status of Blacks was almost 76 percent of that of whites. According to the Centers for Disease Control, African American women are roughly twice as likely to suffer from hypertension and to be overweight or obese than white women. Roughly half of African Americans lead inactive lifestyles compared to 38 percent of whites, the CDC contends. And cancer is most likely to hit Black men than any other ethnic group and gender, followed by white. If the African American community continues down this road, we'll never be able to close the gaps that exists between us and ma...
...It is, by now, widely acknowledged that ethnic minority immigrants have a high propensity towards...In the case of the US, while some groups like the Cubans in Miami and the Chinese in San Fr.... Anderson, S. & M. Platzer (2006). American made. Washington: National Venture Capital Associa...
Sleep deprivation, it turns out, is colorblind. The National Sleep Foundation, a Washington-based nonprofit that promotes sleep health, released its annual "Sleep in America" poll this month and for the first time examined how ethnic groups differ in their sleep habits. The poll of 1,000 Americans ages 25 to 60, who were asked to identify themselves as white, black, Hispanic or Asian, was meant to examine how cultural differences push the physiological boundaries of how much sleep we need.
Even when you're covered, there's no guarantee that you won't be driven into the poor house by an unexpected medical emergency. According to a 2005 Harvard University study, 50 percent of bankruptcy filers, a majority (68 percent) with health insurance, attributed their situation to unforeseen medical crises. And the average out-of-pocket medical debt incurred by those who declared bankruptcy was roughly $12,000, which is twice the average net worth of African-Americans. This is an issue we cannot afford to ignore, especially in the African-American community, where rates of diabetes, heart disease and obesity are higher than other ethnic groups. In our 2006 State of Black America, the health status of Blacks was almost 76 percent of that of Whites. According to the Centers for Disease ...
Sculptor and painter Preston Jackson's work has been described as politically charged. His work, often centered on the histories of various ethnic groups, is meant to teach us something about our past against the cultural mosaic of the melting pot known as the United States of America. Jackson, 61, is a professor of sculpture at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. Artist, painter and musician, his sculptures in bronze and steel are part of collections throughout the Midwest, including the Harold Washington Public Library in Chicago, the Illinois State Museum in Springfield and Chicago's Union League Club. He is best known for producing large works of art, including a 25-foot-long steel and bronze sailing vessel, which depicts the many ethnic groups that arrived in America unde...
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