Traditionally Marginalized American Group

Traditionally Marginalized American Group

Introduction

The rapid and sudden increase in the rate of migration, arising from the needs and desire of people to get more facilities and move towards a better lifestyle, has caused a number of positive and an equal number of negative impacts. Although most of the societies are open to immigrants and welcome them wholeheartedly, there are certain issues that always persist and disallow the individuals to adjust in the other society properly. The same situation has been faced by the traditionally marginalized groups in the American society, including the African American communities, the Muslim community as well as other minority and immigrant groups that have settled in American in the past few decades. The following paragraph highlights the situation, issues as well as achievements of the African American community in the Unites States of America, which is regarded as a traditionally marginalized community by the natives.



Discussion

Educational achievement

When it comes to the achievement and the position of minority groups in any area, education is the first area that comes to the screen as academic achievement is directly linked to the progress and improvements in situation of any group. Studies have shown that in case of Africa Americans living in United States of America, a number of injustices have been done and the community has been deprived of its right to get proper education, mainly because of the racial discrimination (Gates and Higginbotham, 2004). As most of the African Americans are not allows in the normal schools, they do not get many chances to get proper education in the right environment. However, if proper chances are provided to the African American students, they not only come up with a positive self perception but also gain more interpersonal support and active problem solving skills and abilities. A number of African Americans have also gained high profile positions in the American Government on the basis of their academic achievements, and are now playing their part in the development in education sector for the African American students.

Income

Although there is no doubt on the fact that the income of the African Americans is less than that of while Americans, the gap started reducing in 1990 when the income of African Americans started increasing. There was a tremendous increase in the income of African Americans during the same era, however, the advent of recession reversed the process yet over again and the income of African Americans started reducing. According to the latest available statistics regarding income of average American household, in 2011, the annual income of 57.9 % African Americans households was $ 35, 000 or more than that, and the same amount was earned by only 3802% of the African Americans in 1970. The statistics show a sharp increase in the number of African Americans earning more than before, however, the gap between income of white and black Americans remain the same. The differences are highlighted by the fact that in 2011, the annual income of average white American ...