Attitudes Towards Race and Ethic Relation in the Us

Attitudes Towards Race and Ethic Relation in the U.S

A public attitude toward race and ethic relation for the United States suburban regions is experiencing racial change. There was a survey that was done in race relation problems which has increased over a period of time. Many residents believe that racial change is having negative consequences and favor the anti-illegal immigrant initiatives. They say that the use of programs will raise public understanding about cultural diversity, which is needed. The racial diversity is having a negative impact on the quality of life. The population growth, industrialization and urbanization have resulted in the development of suburban regions.

Racial and ethic change is one of the most important trends taking place in the suburbs. The 1990 U.S. Census survey reported that there was 17.6 percent increase of suburban residents who were very racial and ethnic minorities. In this 17.6 there were 6.9 percent of Hispanics that were part of this minority. Ethics and racial change in the suburbs has included a rapid growth in the Hispanic population. The first thing has been the increase in the number of Hispanics who are migrating from central cities to the suburban regions. United States suburban regions have had to experience the historic unprecedented flow of immigrants in our cities. In a very short period of time, there have been many suburbs that were mostly white and have seen a significant increase in either their black or Hispanic population. In some of the Unites States regions, there have been some suburban locals that were changing from racially homogeneous to multi-ethic change. Over a period of time the residents’ recognition of community problems related to racial and ethic change. When taking a look at their current perceptions of race relations in that community, the policy preferences have changed involving racial changes in there region. There is so much evidence that suburban residents living in large, dense and social communities do have a greater distrust of strangers. The residents have experienced a much higher crime rate and reports more incidence of conflict. Some argue that these findings reflect the type of social class, their age, and the sub cultural differences. The suburban communities are now experiencing the urbanization eras and the suburban residents may be reacting very negatively to the increase of population’s size, and density. An urban sociologist pointed out those individuals’ values and residential expectations are important predictors of community perceptions. The ridiculous increases in the population and employment in the 1970’s to the 1980’s would explain the main reason why so many different suburban residents started focusing their complaints on growth, traffic and overcrowding. The rapid change in the racial and ethnic composition of suburbs has the result in our residents having negative attitudes towards race and ethnic relations. Hispanics are living in a very different eras of circumstances in the United States suburban regions. This causes higher minorities to have higher crime rates, to have more residential instability and to show signs of fiscal stress.

There were some tests that were done on the attitudes towards race and ethnic relations in a metropolis suburban region and the analysis of a public opinion survey, the results are as follows:

 “Race relations and foreign immigration are increasingly viewed as a major problem in the suburban regions.”

 “Measures of Urbanization in suburban municipalities are correlated with attitudes towards race and ethnic relations.”

 “Whites vary in their attitudes towards race and ethnics relations depending on their suburban context.”

 “Hispanics will differ in their community perceptions and public policy preferences, reflecting their unique patterns of residential segregation and differences in economic experiences.”

Orange County, California, is a suburban region between Los Angeles and San Diego that has recently seen rapid population growth, industrialization, urbanization, racial, and ethnic changes. This county has experienced increasing ethnic and racial diversity, in the 1980’s there was 21 percent of the population was Hispanic. In the 1980’s a little later in the year, the minority population in Orange County has increased to a population of 97 percent Hispanic origin. Most of the ethnic and racial changes in the Hispanic communities were the results of immigration. “In 18 of 31 different cities, at least 1 in 4 residents in the 1990’s were Hispanic.

Survey Results for Race and Ethnics in the U.S.

The survey was used to measure attitudes towards race and ethnic relations. The survey consisted of 1,000 households and it included questions that were asked to. The four main questions that were asked were as follows:

1. “Has the wide variety of ethnic groups in Orange County helped or hurt the quality of life here?”

2. “Are ethic groups in conflict in Orange County, or are ethnic groups getting along these days?”

3. “Do you think that programs to raise public understanding about the diverse cultures of Orange County are needed a lot, somewhat, very little or not at all?”

4. “If the election were held today, would you vote yes or no on Proposition 187?”

The results for the survey were there are some public concerns about race and ethnicity on the rise. There was about 15 percent named that there was race relation and felt that the most serious problem is health and social concerns. In 1994 survey the public policy issue was crime that had a 31 percentage rate followed by jobs and their economy, which was 18 percent, foreign immigration, traffic and transportation, and growth. The social problem that was mentioned the most was drug abuse followed by health care, the homeless, race relations with child care. The suburban county perceived that racial groups are in conflict and say that cultural diversity programs are highly needed in these case studies of the survey. The greatest findings were that suburban population groups perceived the effects of racial and ethnic changes in other ways. The whites and conservatives held very negative views about the impacts of racial diversity and the quality of their lives. There is some correlation