Farmingville Case Study Essay

The narrative of the violent undocumented “alien” serves a dual purpose of instilling fear into Americans and to view undocumented immigrants as criminals. The opening scene of the documentary shows dark, shapeless figures running across the border. This gives the impression of a foreign “thing” crossing the border with bed intentions. During another opening shot, a white male congressman with power talks over a scene

Hempstead Village is a diverse community that borders the affluent town of Garden City where some rich and famous New Yorkers such as actress Susan Lucci, and author Nelson DeMille have resided. Though the village has a current reputation of being high in crime and gang activity, it was once a noteworthy locality in Long Island’s history. This paper assesses Hempstead as a community to diagnose a health problem and identify its possible causes.

I will be applying the three major sociological perspectives, which include functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism to the experiences of Hispanic Americans. No ethnic group attracts more public attention than the Hispanic people do due to their large numbers, their residential clustering, and bilingual programs and signs associated with them making them a recognizable ethnic group. Hispanic people who live in poverty or the small number involved in gangs, drugs, or other criminal activity get more attention and generate negative stereotypes, but most of them live as members of the middle class.

d. Survey research is one of the best methods for gathering a vast amount of original data on a large population.

Alien in one definition is: “Too different from something to be acceptable or suitable,” and Illegal in one definition is “Not allowed by the law.” (Mirriam-Webster Dictionary) The words ‘Alien’ and ‘Illegal’ have inherent negative connotations. A person does not need to know the intimate or factual circumstances associated with those words to understand their symbolism. When those words are used to label the social group of undocumented Latino day laborers the inherent reaction is to see them in a negative way. The individuals become a stigmatized group. The people against undocumented immigrants in Farmingville saw the Latinos through the lens of the stigmatized group “illegal aliens.” They thus became

6) Prepare the survey for analysis. Set up the code sheet for this study. How will this study be set up to be tabulated by a statistical analysis program like SPSS?

On January 7th officials say a vehicle drove past a home in the 400 block of Salem Lane in Rossville.

6. How could we help and take active part in community to make a difference?

The history of Farmingville, New York started in 1791, when areas of the town became part of the “Great Division of Land” that was laid out. The first settlers did not come to the town until 1770, however. At the time, the area was used for farming. Unfortunately, the land was not suitable for crops, so many families turned to raising animals. The area got its first school district in 1813. In the early 1900s, the town got its first electrical installation and fire department, and development of the Farmingville Gardens.[1]

A questionnaire is research which involves a number of different questions to gather information from the people who are filling it in. Questionnaires are designed as a way to find out what people are thinking. An advantage of questionnaires is that it is very practical because it is quick to collect information from the people filling out the questionnaire. Another advantage of questionnaires is that the same questions is asked to everyone filling the questionnaire out so easy to sum up. The final advantage to questionnaires is that large information can be collected. There are also some disadvantages to questionnaires which is that there is no way of telling how much though someone who is filling the questionnaire out has put it. Another disadvantage is that the person filling it out may forget what has happened to fill it out so it won’t be reliable. The final disadvantage to questionnaires is that there is no way to tell how truthful a respondent is being.

Westville is a village in Lumpkin, Georgia that represents the way of life in the 1850s through old antebellum buildings, preserved pre-Civil War artifacts, and “townspeople,” who play the part of villagers. The vision and inspiration for the town was started by a man named John West in 1928.

Mrs. Smith taught a 7th grade science class at Towson Middle School. There were two girls in her class, Kayla and Rachel, that sat next to each other in every class. They were even lab partners in Mrs. Smith’s class. These girls were best friends, having grown up with each other and done everything together, they seemed to have an inseparable bond. The school has just been on spring break for a week. Just like any other break, the two girls hung out with each other every day until the last day. Kayla found out that Rachel had told people about her family secrets. Kayla was furious and everyone could tell they were in a fight when they got back to school on Monday.

4. What evidence have you offered to support your claim/position? Have you included your survey results?

In survey method research, participants answer questions administered through interviews or questionnaires. After participants answer the questions, researchers describe the responses given. In order for the survey to be both reliable and valid it is important that the questions are constructed properly. Questions should be written so they are clear and easy to comprehend.

2. Compare this research design with a survey research design. What advantages, if any, did this research design have over a survey?