Social and cultural diversity in American society

From the new statistics recently revised and published by the U.S. Census Bureau, it is clear that racial diversity will continue to be a major issue in society. For example, Bureau projections by age, race, and sex, based on the 1990 census show faster population growth and an increase in racial diversity that goes beyond previous estimates (Waldrop 9). Whereas the Bureau previously predicted three racial groups for the twenty-first century, it is now projecting four racial groups (white, black, Asian, and American Indian), with Hispanics increasing their birthrate from nine percent to 21 percent--thereby becoming the largest minority in the United States.

Many people believe the most effective way to solve the problems racial diversity seems to cause is to start in the school system. Diversity of student backgrounds is probably the most serious and difficult issue with which schools now struggle--partly because their transition to a multi-cultured community has been more rapid than that of adult society as a whole. Diversity is also important in training and retraining teachers. (Howe II 32).

The increasing ethnic and racial diversity of colleges and universities is

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of Black Journalists indicate that black journalists are frustrated by the lack of advancement opportunities and support for coverage of racial diversity. More role models could help them find their voices (Lloyd 27). In the wake of the Rodney King case, a coalition of minority journalists became determined to improve the status of minorities in the media (Iwata 10). They want better news coverage of racial issues as well. For example, little has changed since the 1960s, when the Kerner Commission blamed the news media for having ignored racial issues and adding to an atmosphere of racial strife that had led to the Watts riots. Less than one percent of the journalists were minorities at the time of the Watts riots. Today, there are 5,120 minority journalists, or 9.4 percent of the total, in newsrooms across the United States (Iwata 10). Many people, however, believe that in view of the racial diversity of the country, this number is not high enough. Recent research shows that it will be a long time before newsrooms are fully integrated. There are few minority managers in editorial, marketing, circulation, and production; and the number of minority candidates for prized management jobs is also small. Another problem is t
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