Politics of the New South

"Politics of the New South"

• What are some reasons refugees come to the United States?
• Some of the reasons refugees come to the US is because often there is war going on in their countries or there is great poverty in their country. So they come to America to find peace and even though there is poverty here in America for a lot of them, I'm guessing it is better here, in America, than it is in their country.

• What are the challenges and opportunities concerning the integration of refugees into a community?
• Some of the challenges of integration of refugees into a community is that some of the members of the community aren't really happy about it. One of the members expressed that he was a little angry because he could go to town and get a bunch of food but he couldn't find a ham sandwich or eggs and bacon breakfast. I guess he feels that they are taking over. Some of the members of the community feel that the refugees come here with a number of kids and no education so how are they going to contribute to the community? They feel that dumping the refugees in the community will bring great consequences and at one point they couldn't meet the needs and services of so many refugees.   

 References

Hinojosa, M. (2013). Politics of the New South. Retrieved from America by the Numbers: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/america-by-the-numbers/episodes/episode-105/

 

Diversity Chapter 1 Blog Post:

I've been asked to talk about two things in this Blog Post. Those two things are:

1. What will the US demographics look like in 2050?  What implications does this have for you personally?
2. On page 9 of the textbook Bucher states, " Technological advances have transformed our social world into what Marshall McLuhan termed a  global village."  What does he mean? 

First I feel like we should understand what the word Demographics means. According to dictionary.com,  demographics is the statistical data of population, especially those showing average age, income etc. I did a little research on what the demographics may look like in 2050 and according to cnn.com the population is about 439 million, most of which will be minorities. Specifically, cnn.com says about 237.5 million will be minorities. For me personally, it might not do anything. I'll be about sixty years old in 2050. I'll probably be well into my career, with a house and everything established so I don't feel as though this will have any implication for me. If I were younger just looking for a job it might be a problem because everyone is looking for a job. So if I were young, looking for a job then it might impact me negatively because I would have more people to compete with. 

When Marshal McLuhan talks about a "global village" he's saying that technology has made the world come closer together. We have computers, satellites, etc. You can know what is going on all the way around the world about a minute after it happens, instantly. I think this is a good thing because now if another country needs help then someone can help them. If children need a donation in a third country we have the technology to wire it and I think that is absolutely wonderful.

 Works Cited

demographics. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Science Dictionary. Retrieved February 19, 2016 from Dictionary.com website http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/demographics

Broughnton, A(2008, August 13) Minorities expected to be Majority in 2050. CNN retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/13/census.minorities/index.html

Bucher, R.(2013) Diversity Consciousness: Opening our minds to people, cultures and opportunities,