My Community Research Paper
My Community
Misty Eoriatti-Waymack
ETH 125
03/14/2010
Five years ago I moved to a small town and it never crossed my mind about diversity. I am a white female and not a person who cares what race, sex, or social standing of the people in my community, but moving to a small town I just had not thought about ethnicity of my neighbors. When looking at my community from the outside it looks like just another little community. It was only when I started looking closely at the people around me that I start to see the differences. Have I been so oblivious in the last five years to my neighbors and my community? I live in Enumclaw, which is a small farm town with a population of 11,116 (U.S. Census Bureau 2000). Enumclaw is mostly Caucasian …show more content…
When I do run into someone of a different ethnicity they have darker skin, and sometimes talk with an accent; this is the only real difference that can be seen. I mainly only see Hispanics and Indians throughout Enumclaw even though there are other ethnic groups these are the largest groups. When I see other people walking around my town, I do not see in color and from what I have observed neither do most of the other people of my community. No one is noticeably treated with disrespect and the ethnic groups which live here have been able to insert themselves into life in this small town. I have also found there are not any real differences in clothing styles, hairstyles or cultural clashes that may be found in a larger …show more content…
All the manuals and paperwork at my job are all in English and is biased toward Caucasians. We do have a computer training program that is available in either English or Spanish, and the actors on the programs speaking of our jobs are ethnically diverse. As for the paperwork and posters; they are all in English except for the posters the department of labor and industries send to be posted, they are in English and Spanish. Most of the paperwork that corporate sends us is in English unless specifically requested otherwise. My work information is in English and most of it is either available in Spanish. We also have a bi-lingual gentleman that helps with translation from English to Spanish when needed. The Hispanic people who I work with do feel they get treated a little different by non-Hispanics they work with. They are hard workers but are spoken down to sometimes or if they go to the boss with concerns he or she feel like his or her concerns are
Misty Eoriatti-Waymack
ETH 125
03/14/2010
Five years ago I moved to a small town and it never crossed my mind about diversity. I am a white female and not a person who cares what race, sex, or social standing of the people in my community, but moving to a small town I just had not thought about ethnicity of my neighbors. When looking at my community from the outside it looks like just another little community. It was only when I started looking closely at the people around me that I start to see the differences. Have I been so oblivious in the last five years to my neighbors and my community? I live in Enumclaw, which is a small farm town with a population of 11,116 (U.S. Census Bureau 2000). Enumclaw is mostly Caucasian …show more content…
When I do run into someone of a different ethnicity they have darker skin, and sometimes talk with an accent; this is the only real difference that can be seen. I mainly only see Hispanics and Indians throughout Enumclaw even though there are other ethnic groups these are the largest groups. When I see other people walking around my town, I do not see in color and from what I have observed neither do most of the other people of my community. No one is noticeably treated with disrespect and the ethnic groups which live here have been able to insert themselves into life in this small town. I have also found there are not any real differences in clothing styles, hairstyles or cultural clashes that may be found in a larger …show more content…
All the manuals and paperwork at my job are all in English and is biased toward Caucasians. We do have a computer training program that is available in either English or Spanish, and the actors on the programs speaking of our jobs are ethnically diverse. As for the paperwork and posters; they are all in English except for the posters the department of labor and industries send to be posted, they are in English and Spanish. Most of the paperwork that corporate sends us is in English unless specifically requested otherwise. My work information is in English and most of it is either available in Spanish. We also have a bi-lingual gentleman that helps with translation from English to Spanish when needed. The Hispanic people who I work with do feel they get treated a little different by non-Hispanics they work with. They are hard workers but are spoken down to sometimes or if they go to the boss with concerns he or she feel like his or her concerns are