Race and My Community

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Race And My Community

This paper will discuss race and how it relates to me personally. I will discuss how race and ethnic groups vary from my hometown, my workplace, my community, and finally the media. I plan to discuss the ethnic breakdown and statistics as well as the challenges the different groups face every day.

Demographics

I was born and raised in Southern California. I have lived here my entire life. California's residents come from many different countries and practice many different religions. I think the best thing about living in California is the vast diversity of both racial and ethnic groups. I currently live in a small town called Beaumont. Beaumont is made up of almost every different race of people. I cannot find detailed statistics for my city so I will use the county I live in which is Riverside County. As of 2009 there is approximately 2,125,440 people that live in Riverside County (U.S Census Bureau, 2009). A shocking fact that I didn't know about was that 41% of the population in Riverside County is made up of White persons not of Hispanic decent. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin makeup about 44% of the population. 6% of the population is of Asian descent. Only 8% of the population is made up of people that are of Black decent (U.S Census Bureau, 2009).

According to (U.S Census Bureau, 2009), 19% of the population in Riverside County are foreign born persons. This is anyone that was born in another country and has immigrated to Riverside County. In 33% of households in Riverside County a language other than English is spoken at home as a primary language.

According to (U.S Census Bureau, 2009), 75% of all people age 25 and older currently have a high school diploma. 17% of people age 25 an older currently living in Riverside County have a Bachelors degree. Home ownership in Riverside County is 69% compared to the home ownership of the entire...