The Facts Amidst incredible wealth, more than 3.5 million Canadian live in poverty. In fact, poverty is increasing for youth, workers, young families and immigrants and people of colour in this country. Poverty in Aboriginal groups remains appallingly high, both on and off reserve. While Canada officially ranks an impressive 4th on the UN Human Development Index, the statistics measuring poverty in Canada's Aboriginal communities would place us 78th—a ranking currently held by Peru. The inherited poverty facing our youth is especially emergent.
Using Material from Item B and elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of ethnic differences in offending and victimisation. According to official statistics there are significant ethnic differences in the likelihood of being involved in the criminal justice system. Black and Asians are overrepresented in the system. For example black people make up 2.8% of the population, but 11% of the prison population. Contrastingly whites are underrepresented.
Meritocracy Issues in Canada related to Gender, Race, and Immigration Megan Robertson Bailey 100923991 SOCI 1001B Tamy Superle Sarah Rodimon Thursday November 14, 2013 Being successful in Canada seems to be because of a combination of factors, including hard work, education and intelligence. However most sociologists in Canada feel that this is not the case. They think that Canada is not a meritocracy, that what race you are, gender, or the class that you originate from are the main reasons for the opportunities and restraints that the population of Canada encounters. Women in Canada come across many obstacles in their life, due to their gender. Women are often seen as less significant than males, as both genders age, stereotypes are placed for them.
Some people don’t know the meaning of racism because it means something different to each and every individual. One common definition would be judging someone based on the color of one’s skin or religion. In Canada racism has taken a big change. Bharati Mukherjee a professor of creative writing. In the United States of America, who had “not met an Indian in Canada who has not suffered the humiliations of being overlooked (in jobs, in queues, in deserved recognition) and from being singled out (in hotels, department stores, on the streets, and at customs.
Sociology is playing an important role in the alarming health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Although statistics are slowly improving, currently Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people endure much poorer health outcomes than non-Indigenous Australians. For the 2005–2007 period, life expectancy at birth was estimated to be 67 years for Indigenous males and 73 years for Indigenous females, representing gaps of 11.5 and 9.7 years, respectively, compared with all Australians. In 2008, almost one-third of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (aged 16–24 years) had high or very high levels of psychological distress. Indigenous young people died at a rate 2.5 times as high as that for non-Indigenous young people Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0–14 years died at more than twice the rate of non-Indigenous children.
Poverty is being discussed as something that most families fall into at some point of their life time, and how poverty is very different in some states oppose to other states. More importantly, this article focuses on the intellectual disabilities that push people into poverty faster than people who are not suffering from disabilities. People with intellectual disabilities better know as “mental retardation” fall into poverty more often because of the expenses of taking the child to the doctor, and the higher chance that the child
The author of this paper found that a great deal of rural poverty is caused by the lack of opportunities that are available in urban areas. Poverty in America’s Rural Communities According to Fisher (2007), “poverty rates have long been higher in nonmetropolitan than metropolitan areas” (p.56). Lichter & Johnson (2007) came to same general consensus in stating that the concentration of poverty has been historically higher in rural areas. Individuals who reside in nonmetropolitan areas have higher odds of being poor than their metropolitan counterparts. Persistently poor counties, or counties with poverty rates of 20 percent or more in each decennial census, have been mostly nonmetropolitan areas.
Minorities In Poverty In New York CITY There are so many minorities living in poverty today in New York city. According to a recent report from the Census Bureau, 2.6 million more Americans fell into poverty in 2010; the 46.2 million people in poverty signaled both "the fourth consecutive annual increase and the largest number in the 52 years for which poverty estimates have been published." The report also contained disturbing news regarding the middle class: the New York Times writes that "median household incomes fell last year to levels last seen in 1997." It is becoming even more difficult to raise a family on a low income budget in new York city. The rising poverty rate was most severe for blacks and Hispanics.
This may represent an ageist bias within psychology and psychiatry. It has been hypothesized that the large number of women seeking psychological support may be a consequence of increased social stress on the older woman. Larson (1978) indicates that subjective well-being is most influenced by environmental factors. The factors having the greatest influence on well-being are hypothesized to be health and socioeconomic status. In 1990, 50 percent of White women had incomes below 646 per month, African-American women had incomes below 419 per month, and Hispanic women had incomes below 426 per month.
That makes up about 12.6% of the population. There are certain patterns of privileged income based on ethnicity and race. Looking at the US and Philadelphia we can breakdown the median household income between the different racial factions. The income in Philadelphia City, PA seems to fluctuate according to the racial or ethnic differences a great deal. The median household income looks to be from $15,000 to $20,000.