Intercultural Communication

Paper Summary:

This paper analyzes the current position of both African Americans and Hispanic Americans in the United States. Through analyzing the similarities and differences among African Americans and Hispanic Americans - both in terms of history and the present day - the paper attempts to show why these two dominant minorities are in fact vital to the future of the United States work force, while dispelling the myth of the Hispanic American "threat" to the US.

Outline:
Abstract
Introduction
History
Subculture
Nation
Institutional Networks
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The history of African Americans in the United States stretches back to the Atlantic slave trade. The vast majority of African Americans are descendants of slaves that were sold by the British to North America. By the year 1860, it is believed that there were approximately 3.5 million slaves in the United States (Boddy-Evans, N.D.) Three years later during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln would sign the Emancipation Proclamation, effectively freeing all slaves in American territory (Lincoln, 1862). This was far from the end of African Americans' travails, however. In the 20th century, states in the southern United States would pass laws to enforce segregation."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Boddy-Evans, A. (N.D.) The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Retrieved December 1, 2007 from African History web site: http://africanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa080601a.htm
• Bowser, B.P. (2007). The Black Middle Class: Social Mobility - and Vulnerability. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
• Davis, R. (N.D.) Surviving Jim Crow. Retrieved December 1, 2007 from The History of Jim Crow web site: http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/surviving.htm
• Educational Broadcasting Corporation (2002). The Great Migration. Retrieved December 1, 2007 from African American World web site: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/great_migration.html
• Kaplowitz, C. (2005). LULAC: Mexican Americans and National Policy. College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press.

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