Describe some of the heterogeneity within the following diverse populations
What will be an ideal response?
White non-Hispanics
• persons who have lived in America for generations
• those who are new to the country
American Indians or Alaska
• American Indians
• Eskimos
• Aleuts
• 100 additional tribes acknowledged by states
African Americans
• people who have lived in the United States for generations
• recent immigrants from Africa
• recent immigrants from the Caribbean
• recent immigrants from Europe
Hispanics
• Mexicans
• Puerto Ricans
• Cuban Americans
• Central Americans
• South Americans
Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander Americans
• immigrants and refugees from East and Southeast Asia
• Vietnamese,
• biracial (Amerasian) youth for family reunification purposes.
• Foreign born
• American born
• (more than 40 distinct groups)
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