How much does race affect a person's employment opportunity? Why is racism still a factor? How will this affect the future of society and employment?
Racial discrimination is when a person is treated less favorably than another person in a similar situation because of their race, color, descent, national or ethnic origin or immigrant status. Members of racial and ethnic oppressed groups continue to struggle for equal access and opportunity, particularly during times of stringent economic. Often, the targeted race has a harder time doing things such as finding a well-paying job or house. While there have been some sizeable gains in the labor force status of racial minorities, significant gaps remain. Racism is rampant in all areas of employment. Studies show that people of color are the last hired and the first fired. As a result, budget cuts, downsizing, and privatization may disproportionately hurt people of color. But according to law races used today is inadequate and if any people treated you on the basis of race then you can take legal help for this. In a job we can say it racial discrimination the first step toward making a formal legal complaint is to file a charge with the EEOC. The EEOC will investigate the charge to determine whether it should take action in the case. If the EEOC decides not to take action, the employee is then permitted to file a lawsuit in a court of law.
Does still having my tonsils affects my voice?
I've heard different things about this but I wouldn't advise getting them out just because of that. If you have other reasons to get them out and want to factor in singing as ONE reason, then that's fine, but don't go hacking away at your throat just because it "might" make singing easier. The one thing that IS certain is that even if it is helpful to get them out (and it may not be), it's not going to help you in any way that can't be done without the surgery through training. In other words, you can be just as good a singer without surgery, it just may take a little extra practice. And practicing will help you waaay more than the possible non-guaranteed help that removing tonsils might give you. It definitely affects speech somehow though. I think it probably differs between each person. I got mine out, and saw maybe a 5% increase in quality of my voice. Maybe. By comparison I'd say that vocal lessons improved me about 80%. But the weirdest thing is, and I'm not sure why this is, I completely lost my ability to roll my R's after my tonsils came out. You know what I'm talking about? Like as in, what Spanish speakers use on their hard R sounds? I can't figure that out. I've somewhat re-learned how to do it, but never spent too much time on it so I never totally got it back. It's not huge on my list of priorities haha, it's just something fun that I used to be able to do. Here's a fun little example. I used to be able to roll an R just as forcefully as the guy in this song. In fact I'd sometimes sing along to this just to weird my friends out haha :p 20 seconds in, the first time they use the word "peppeRoni" lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JiJRdZshwo
Why do black singers usually have great voices?
Not all African Am ppl have great voices. However, according to research different ppl have different vocal cord thicknesses and this can be herditary. Although you can't really say all Euro descendants look a certain way or have certain physical features (phenotypes) or African descendants have certain phenotypes as a fact for all ppl of African (or whatever) descent, there have been studies which found that the percentage of people of African descent who have thick vocal cords is greater than the percentge of ppl of European descent - using white ppl as a comparison - who have thick vocal cords.This article summarzes one such study http://www.jvoice.org/article/S0...Whether thick cords make a voice "better" is a matter of personal opinion.Besides vocal cords, interior spaces of the head; bone structure; and musclage can have an effect on the voice. Interior spaces in the head - which are very important to how your voice sounds and howbig it is - can be manipulated through training, though.Many of the people that I think you have in mind, however, are trained in the baptist church where music is very highly esteemed and where vocal participation is really encouraged - participation by everyone, not just a select few ppl. In ky work as a voice teacher, I can say that people who use their instrument a lot and who aren't criticized incesantly when they make a "bad" sound - as is the case in many churches where music is a big part of the experience of worship - learn how to use their voice and stop being so timid and afraid to be "wrong".In my teaching studio, it's my experience that black people are not always great singers. They're not bad or anything, overall, they're just people with different levels of experience, fear, skill, etc. just like everyone else. Some of my African American students have not been encouraged particularly - or have been discouraged - just like the rest of us, and that teally effects how much singing and experience someone feels comfortable doing. Having a powerful voice physically can be helpful in developing a trained up powerful voice, but just having thick cords, which isn't a given no matter where your family comes from originally, isn't necessarily going to make you automatically a great singer. With training and experience - and time on the instrument - the potential of any physical advantages can be realised. But just Singing without any skills as a beginner - imo pretty much everyone is in the same boat.
Does race have anything to do with musical ability?
With regards to the specific ability of perfect pitch (which is only loosely related to musical ability since many amazing musicians do not have perfect pitch), race *may* be a factor insofar as people of a particular race tend to be brought up speaking a certain language. There is evidence that perfect pitch is more prevalent in native speakers of tone languages (e.g. Mandarin Chinese).See this UCSD study: http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/a...
Do u have a taurus moon, do u draw or sing??
I'm a Sagittarius and I have a Taurus moon also. I can't draw, but I have a very beautiful singing voice and I sing very well. So I guess it must have some truth to it.
Are there voices that exist only in a certain ethnicity?
Not necessarily, but a person’s genetic inheritance will determine the size and shape of their mouths and vocal chords.Speaking in general terms, those with African heritage tend to have large mouths that make them powerful singers. In my opinion, they have a distinctive smoky quality to their voice no matter what genre they are singing.Asians are often of smaller build and have smaller mouths. Their voices are not as powerful but have a unique sweetness. Izumi Masuda, below, is a good example.Please note that this is only a generalization and there are many vocal timbres throughout all ethnicities. I only point out that ethnicity does play a role to some extent.
Why is it that just mentioning someone's race can be considered "extremely racist"?
There's no malice or hatred in the statement. How is this racist?“Malice or hatred” is not the only determinant.Using race as if it were the overriding factor is what instinctively sounds insensitive.“Which Derek? The black one?”Derek, who happens to be black, does not want his reputation at work to be The Black Guy.Many members of disadvantaged groups experience this sort of constant, seemingly innocuous labeling. They are reduced to a color, religion, gender, sexuality…; this is the undercurrent of discrimination that permeates their daily life, as they navigate a “majority” world.Acting as if people need to be relentlessly called out for their “difference” from you is the definition of “othering”.When needing to distinguish between two people such as in your case, use their last names, job functions: something with relevance. If it’s a stranger, use what they’re wearing, where they’re standing, what they’re doing etc. (You know, what you typically do when describing another white person.)This suggestion to avoid reducing people to labels assumes you want to be reasonable and decent towards others, of course, rather than just do the easiest, most expedient thing for yourself.You have a choice.
If IQ tests are unfairly biased against blacks why do Asians score higher than whites?
Well, exactly. Mainly it's because they are not unfairly biased and genetics are at least 50% of why your or my IQ score is what it is. If an IQ test was knowledge-only, then I could say that it's biased. But an IQ test takes much more into account, including creativity, critical thinking, analysis etc. All the things you are expected to acquire on your own or already have on your own, not exactly something you can ever teach. You cannot make a genius, you cannot make a retard, and no matter how hard you try - if you're average, then you're average, whether you grew up here or in Africa, or in Asia. Whilst I agree that environment makes a contribution (well, of course it does!), I cannot agree that it's more than genetics. Just because you change a person's environment, does not mean they will start scoring much higher. Also, can you cite some references? Also: Such things as motivation and drive contribute to a person's intelligence, and things like that are a part of someone's personality/character, which is very much something you're born with. "After all isn't it possible that IQ differences are what caused Africa to be Third World?" It's highly possible. I'm not sure this is exactly genetics related, but more where they live. Where it's warm and not much work is required - you don't feel like you need to evolve, better etc., you enjoy life and continue enjoying it. Nothing wrong with that. In Europe, just with weather changes alone that affected basic needs - they were forced to evolve, forced to think etc. How can it NOT contribute to evolution?
Why does an African American person's voice have a different timbre from a Caucasian voice?
There are several factors that make up the voice quality/timbre of a voice: Size/thickness of vocal chords/folds-Since the air must pass through the folds in order to make a sound,the shape and thickness of the folds determines quality of voice as well as range and vocal type. A soprano and an alto singing the same note will have different timbres-the soprano A above middle C for example, will not be as heavy sounding as the mezzo singing that same A, and a tenor singing that same note will have a different sound as well. Lower voices tend to have thicker folds than higher voices, and men have thicker folds than women. Thinner folds means that the chords are able to vibrate faster-thus producing higher pitches. Thicker folds cannot vibrate as fast, which means an ability to produce lower pitches easier than higher voices.Size of the neck/head (the laryngeal/pharyngeal tract)- The size of the area where the air travels from the lungs to the mouth area impacts the sound of the voice. The head and neck are resonators-places where the sound vibrates and projects. The size of the resonators impacts the way the voice sounds.Shape of the head/neck/jaw-Shape of the head and mouth and neck are also factors in deterimining how the voice will sound. Different shapes of these areas means the voice will resonate in a different way with different people. Cultural speech factors-Differences in speech, pronunciation of words, accents, etc, also play a role in how lyrics are sung.So, it's not so much race as it is physical makeup of people. However, generally, African-American people appear to be physically bigger than Caucasians, and have different head and neck shapes, so it would follow that any differences between the two races would be more because of this rather than due to the fact that one is black and one white. If you listen to two opera singers who are the same voice type or fach, one black and one white, you cannot really detect any difference between their voice timbre that can be solely ascribe to race.