How can American culture embrace ethnic foods while neglecting‚ oppressing‚ gentrifying‚ and discriminating against the members‚ traditions‚ and practices of a culture? Nowadays‚ food has become more and more diverse. From mixing spices to mixing cultures in “fusion cuisine”‚ food in America has become a melting pot in itself. Most of American food has major influences from other cultures. Spaghetti and pizza is Italian‚ hot dogs and hamburgers are German‚ and tacos and burritos are from
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American Pop Culture Michelle Lilier University of Phoenix SOC/105 Robert Legaspi 29 January 2007 American Pop Culture American pop culture today is McDonald’s‚ Starbucks‚ finding a potential significant other on online dating sites‚ conversations via cell phones but with the use of fingers and not voice‚ the highly anticipated Super Bowl games and more interest in American Idol than politics. The given examples are just a few of today’s popular culture all too common to the average person
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society or culture‚ every person living in this world has a social identity and cultural background. I share similar cultural circumstances with the character Victor‚ from ‘The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven‚’ and we see our heritage as something that is getting faded away as society becomes assimilated into modern culture. The society of today and that of the past live extremely different lives. The American lifestyle is more of a materialistic culture‚ while the Native Americans see their
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the Civil War HIS/110 The Civil War is considered to be greatest war in American history‚ perhaps because it is the only war ever fought on American soil. Three million men fought in this war and 600‚000 died. As of today‚ this war is the most fascinated because it was fought on American soil. There have been many documents and books written about the Civil War‚ this war also settled disputes betweent the states and gave many blacks their freedom. The origins of the American Civil War
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The First World War was a war that represented the cultural changes that would take place directly following it. It was a war of new weaponry and new ways of communication. However‚ much like the new era of culture in the 1920’s‚ it came to a standstill; stuck in the trenches of some far off land. After the sons‚ brothers‚ and husbands had left the country to serve‚ the daughters‚ sisters‚ and wives were given the task of supporting them. They made weapons and sent letters. My grandmother was
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The Civil War That Ended Slavery The United States civil war began in April 1861 pitting the Northern states (Union States) against the Confederacy States (Southern States). The main duel was fueled primarily by differences between the two parties on the idea of slavery and secondarily on trade‚ tariffs‚ and states rights. Therefore‚ in fighting‚ the first aim was first to stop secession of the southern states in order to preserve the union. This however evolved into a war to end slavery and free
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“Hispanics are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as people of any race who are Mexican‚ Puerto Rican‚ Cuban‚ Central or South American‚ or belong to any other Hispanic origin group” (U.S. Department of Commerce‚ 2000). “55 million is the Hispanic population of the United States as of July 1‚ 2014‚ making people of Hispanic origin the nation’s largest ethnic or racial minority. Hispanics constituted 17 percent of the nation’s total population” (Bureau‚ 2015). In 2008‚ there are an estimated 3‚838
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There are 4 million Caribbean Americans in the United States. The most widely practiced religions in the Caribbean are Voodoo in Haiti‚ Santeria in Cuba and obeah in Jamaica. Their religion is very important and take the seriously in the Caribbean Culture. There are four dominant language‚ Spanish‚ French‚ English and Dutch. Food is considered family tradition and it is very important in Caribbean culture. People spend many days to prepare food. An African influence Caribbean dish‚ is Callaloo‚ combines
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culture‚ gender roles continue to be able to change to some extent‚ even though traditional gender roles still apply in many quarters. For example males are usually encouraged to become strong‚ fast‚ aggressive‚ dominant‚ and achieving‚ while usual roles for girls are to be sensitive‚ intuitive‚ passive‚ emotional‚ and interested in the things of home and family. But these gender roles are culturally bound. For example‚ in Tchambuli culture of New Guinea women do some
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The two events in American history that I believe shaped America the most are the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. They both were periods of history in which there was a lot of turmoil‚ and for good reason. They both were bloody wars‚ but they showed how willing American’s were to fight for what they thought was truly right. The Revolutionary War showed how much Americans were willing to fight for their freedom against an oppressive and controlling government. American people were ready
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