Race in my community(Daytona Beach Florida)

RACIAL DIVERSITY IN DAYTONA BEACH

GREG SCHMIDT

AXIA COLLEGE OF UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

ETH 125 CULTURAL DIVERSITY

MS . LINDA PETHTEL

APRIL 22 , 2007

The focal point of the is to prepare an autobiographical research that analyzes the influences of race as it relates to my community i .e . Daytona Beach Area . In this a first-person account would be presented on how human interactions in the community have been racialized . For the community , considerations would be made in relation to the neighborhood , local government , service groups , clubs , schools workplace

, or any environment of which I am a part

My community is situated in Volusia country in Florida . It is a wonderful resort area with lots of beaches that are considered to be the best in the world . It also hosts the best educational institutions like Keiser College Daytona Beach Campus , Beach Community College Bethune-Cookman College and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University . It should be mentioned that our area is very culturally developed with several significant places of interest that includes Southeast Museum of Photography , Museum of Arts Sciences , International Motor sports Hall of Fame , Halifax Historical Museum and most of all , the second most tallest construction in the United States , Ponce de Leon Inlet Light

In general terms it could be mentioned that the Daytona Beach Area consists of about a population of 65000 in accordance to the 2000 census report . The same report indicates that there are about 29000 household and the number of families located in the city is about 14000 . The population density of the area is about 410 people per square kilometers . The racial demography of the area mostly consist Whites and Hispanics with a number of African Americans . There are also minority communities of Asian , American Indians and few other races including Pacific islanders (King , 2001 , 45-46

Most of the members of my community look like me or it could be said the majority of the Daytona Beach Area are racially similar to my community but at the same time it should be mentioned that there are a good number of people belonging to the Hispanic origin . In a way they look different as they have a comparatively shorter forehead and higher cheek bones Their eyes are slitter and the skin complexion is browner . The basic structure of these communities is shorter and corpulently built

In general sense the leaders within my community treat people with much compassion who are from the same community but this is not to suggest that they ill treat people who are different . In fact it appears at occasions that they treat them better but this is an observation from a personal point of view

It could be mentioned that other members of my community treat people who are like them in a normal customary manner , however , this does not holds truth while they interact with people who are different . But this hardly suggests that they misbehave with them . Only this that they do not always acts in a similar...