The Demographics of It

   According to a Humboldt County demographic study, the county is home to many different ethnicities and ancestries. There are tons of United States natives but there are also a lot of people from different countries that may have migrated to the United States. With all of these interesting ancestries and ethnicities, it really adds to the down to earth flavor of Humboldt County.
    When I was researching the demographics for Humboldt county, I stumbled upon the numbers for native residence and non-native residence. A whopping 28.9 % of the people in Humboldt County were new to the county and just started living here. This was very interesting to me because I would think when someone wants to settle down they decide on a certain place to spend their lives and just continue living there. This was proven wrong to me through these numbers. It is very cool that this many people chose just recently to live in the county. I believe it shows that this county is a good county to settle down in and live your life the way you wanted to.
     Another interesting number that was brought my attention through the demographics was the status on war veterans. I myself have seen war veterans around Arcata and Eureka. Be it riding the bus or just walking around town. The number of once active soldiers is 14.5% of the entire county's population of 126,000. That is a large amount! With this I also believe Humboldt is an amazing place to heal and enjoy life as it should be enjoyed. The reason I chose to come to Humboldt was for its beautiful surroundings and just all around good feeling.
     For my blog, I plan on interviewing a Humboldt county native and a war veteran. I will be interviewing the Humboldt county native to get a feeling of how the certain ethnicity operates in Humboldt county and I will be interviewing the war veteran on the reason of what brought them to Humboldt county and also, if they have been here long, what has changed in the county as time has passed.

So It Begins...

                Through the media Orange County, California is a very shallow, rich, and tan place. That is only what the media portrayed it to be. To an extent it is very much shallow, rich, and very tan but, there are is some diversity in ethnicity contrary to popular belief. I grew up in Orange County. Specifically San Clemente where the sun is hot and the waves are great. From my years there, I have noticed that it is largely populated by Caucasian and Hispanic peoples. I would have previously noted these groups of people as an ethnicity thinking it is the politically correct term or some guff. I have only recently learned that this is the claimed definition of race. Ethnicity, I think, is something completely different from race. I have come to this conclusion from the knowledge I have gained so far this year in both my Cultural Anthropology class and also my Ethical Studies class.

                

               Through my very limited knowledge to ethics and anthropology, ethnicity is relating to heritage, beliefs, and ancestry. Previously I would have scratched my head looking at these words and simply shrugged saying ethnicity and race are the same. Through a bit of maturity I can see the folly of my old self and hopefully learn as much as I can to increase my knowledge and understanding of ethnicities and their significance. My goals through blogging about my increasing knowledge of ethnicity will hopefully help me make a difference in the ever growingly dark world.

                

                To better outline my goals, I am going to learn specifically about one or two ethnicities in a fairly modern area. I will also use my knowledge to help others as much as possible through various group conversations or talks. This probably sounds cheesy and really lame but I am fairly serious. Too often do people just throw around terms that are derogatory and based on ethnicity. It is, frankly, disgusting and ignorant and I hope to dispel this slightly through my findings. Through various researching styles and excursions I will accomplish these goals thus bettering the world as it is known currently.

                As previously stated, I am striving to better my morals and become a better person through this increased knowledge. With this knowledge I will learn about how other people feel about ethnicity and its issues. Hopefully from just talking to people about the subject I will learn even more about their personal heritage and beliefs and with this knowledge be able to educate people who don’t have the knowledge much like how my previous self was.