Dr Flavius Akerele III's The E Team Education blog

Sociology 101 tells us: “ Race   is defined as a category or group of people having hereditary traits that set them apart. While race revolves around the idea of biological traits,  ethnicity   is based on a shared cultural heritage. Sociologists and other social scientists accept that race is a socially constructed concept. It is an idea that was created in society to justify inequality. Race is a modern concept”. Skin color does not now, nor has it every been a race; and because the United States has never confronted its history fully, the good, the bad, and the ugly, this conversation makes people squirm. “The 1924 Racial Integrity Act defined race by the “ one-drop rule ,” defining as “colored” persons as anyone with any African or Native American ancestry. This law was in effect to purify the white population, while also expanding the scope of Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage ( anti-miscegenation law ) by criminalizing all marriages between white per...

There is no doubt that the largest proportion of undocumented immigrants in the U.S come from or through Mexico. It makes sense considering the proximity of the country, our history with the country, for example: states like California, Texas, and Arizona (there are more states I know) used to be part of Mexico. Also, not everyone coming through Mexico, is Mexican. There are large groups coming from other places. So where do the other groups come from? Let’s look at some numbers: http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000845 1.       6.72 from Mexico 2.       1.78 from South and Central America 3.       1.17 from Asia Here are some specific 2012 numbers 2012 Country Populations 1. Mexico 6,720,000 2. El Salvador 690,000 3. Guatemala 560,000 4. Honduras 360,000 5. Philippines 310,000 6. India 260,000 7. Korea 230,000 8. China 210,000 9. Ecuador 170,0...