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    The country’s government‚ society and culture changed as a result. America was a presidential democracy and gave the people a say in their government‚ a choice Britain never gave them. People voted their officials who represented the people in the senate and house of representatives. In society

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    Character Not Color

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    Mrs. Sixty Nine ENG1DO-1 December 27‚ 2013 Character Not Color “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin‚ but by the content of their character.”-Martin Luther King Jr. In The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd tries to tell the reader that as individuals we can display complex body of characteristics and personality traits regardless of race or ethnicity. She illustrates this by: showing Lily’s perspective

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    The Color of Water

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    fear‚ embarrassment‚ frustration‚ and isolation. Many of James ’s adult years were filled with even larger problems concerning race and his own identity‚ he later solved the mystery of his identity through the writing of the book‚ The Color of Water‚ where James ’s mother unrevealed their family ’s history. As a child‚ James had always questioned his mother about her race‚ doing so would uncover his identity‚ but had never received a straight forward answer. At one point during his childhood‚ he

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    In Paul McLean’s book Culture in Networks “The term Culture is one of the most complex terms in the social sciences to define‚ but we can understand it broadly to refer to the knowledge‚ beliefs‚ expectations‚ values‚ practices‚ and material objects by means of which we craft meaningful experiences for ourselves and with each other.” So from a persons country to their city‚ from a persons school to their work‚ and from a persons belief system to their social activates each community a person belongs

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    Investigative Essay Race is a highly thought out and controversial topic in today’s society. The topic of race has become immensely wide spread in the arguments pertaining to it. Race is not simply a matter of the skin color‚ hair texture and facial features seen on a particular person anymore. In two readings from the English 102 Reader‚ “Does Race Exist?” by Michael J. Bamshad and “America: The Multinational Society” by Ishmael Reed‚ the arguments are regarding different topics regarding race‚ but they also

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    begins to write letters only to God‚ pouring her soul into this only form of communication she feels comfortable with‚ thus letting the reader easily look into the roots of Celie’s thoughts through this first person point of view. Living in a time where Celie‚ an African American woman‚ is being abused by not only

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    Every culture has their own traditional food that they enjoy eating‚ and people from this culture bring their traditional food with them when they migrate to a different country. While some people from diverse culture might argue that their traditional food are healthy and nutritious‚ Korean people believe that food is a medicine for their health. Koreans eat soybean paste‚ soy sauce‚ chill paste which has soybean malt‚ salt‚ and chill pepper‚ and grilling beef. Koreans eat numerous of food that

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    be honest and give detailed answers to my questions‚ and‚ secondly‚ her perception of the world is somewhat different from other people‚ maybe because she is partly German and it given her an opportunity to consider all cultures critically and from the perspective of another culture. During the interview‚ I wanted her to be relaxed and not distracted by anything‚ therefore I invited her to my home for a cup of tea‚ considering that the best time for a long conversation for Kazakhs is the teatime.

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    Race and Racism

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    Synthesis on Race and Racism In comparison to the almighty universe in which people all live in‚ human beings are merely a speck of dust at the size of it all. Then here are these beings on planet earth‚ with all 7 billion people under the same moon‚ divided. No longer are human equals as beings‚ but separate because of the system of ignorance‚ exploitation‚ and power used to oppress people on the basis of ethnicity‚ culture‚ mannerisms‚ and culture (Marable 1). Racism is the issue Americans have swept

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    Color and Religion

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    Color has so much meaning in our world today. Different countries and their cultures see different meaning in color. Religion is a major part of color distinction and meaning. The color red means something different to Christian‚ Buddhist‚ Jewish‚ and Islamic religions. Traditions and beliefs change the meaning of colors in religions around the world. Christianity is a monotheistic religion and teaches the life of Jesus of Nazareth. Christians believe in Jesus Christ ad follow him as the Son of

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