The Han Dynasty
The Ethnic Group China 1
The Han Dynasty
There are very many ethnic groups classified in China, which is what I’m choosing, because I have a lot of Chinese ethnics in my blood. I looked under wikipedia on the Internet and I found a very long list of different minority ethnic groups that classify in china. I believe that there are fifty- six different ethnic groups in china today. The group that I would love to learn more about is the Han with over 1.6 billion people currently belonging to that ethnic group. To save me time I will just do Chinese in general.
The Chinese were the first Asian group to immigrate to the United States in the early 1800’s. The reason for them to come to our state is because of the California gold rush. Later to find out the Chinese lost great deal of there population on account of the flood. Now they are one of the largest populated areas in the world.
The Chinese, like mostly every different ethnic groups according to the United States, face prejudices, segregation and racism even in today’s society. When we had a foreign kid in our school from china, everyone there would tease him about his physical appearance, his religion and they told him not to join any sports cause they said, and I quote, “This isn’t China, we don’t practice karate, we play football.” I think our country is either jealous or just jerks. China creates the majority of all technology we use everyday. I just think racism is stupid.
The Chinese faced many problems like dual labor market, environmental justice issues, affirmative action, redlining, double jeopardy, institutional discrimination, Reverse discrimination, and glass ceiling, glass walls, or glass escalator. Glass ceiling,
The Ethnic Group China 2
glass walls and glass escalators I think is a great deal and plays in a great role in society. The glass ceiling etc. issues mostly with women, not to be sexist but our state is...
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