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    properly Does anybody here love Asian food? If the answer is “yes”‚ so you must go to Asian restaurants at least once‚ right? There is one common thing that most of Asian restaurants have‚ can you guess what it is? They are chopsticks. I know some of you may know how to use chopsticks‚ and some may struggle with them. Therefore‚ today I will teach you three ways to use chopsticks properly‚ from the easy level to the advanced level. Right now‚ I am going to give each of you a pair of chopsticks‚

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    Amendment and Fifteenth Amendment. After the Reconstruction came to an end in 1877‚ the African’s American’s hopes for equality were destroyed. The 1880’s brought about a push towards racial inequality‚ and by 1890 whites in both the North and the South were becoming unsupportive of civil rights. By the end of the 1890’s the more rigid system of racial segregation emerged with the problems between the Populists and the Democrats in the 1892 election and also with the Supreme Court’s decision in the case

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    the Lockheed Martin U-2 was created in 1955 and was labeled U-2A. It was developed to allow the U.S. a glimpse into the Soviet Union. It was in direct response to the Soviet’s development of the Myasishchev M-4 bomber (“Hammer”) and the alleged bomber gap. President Eisenhower called for designs of a stealth aircraft that could fly near and over Soviet airspace without the risk of being shot down. It was developed by a team of Lockheed Martin employees called Skunk Works. The U-2A was revolutionary

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    Migrants of mixed-race origin - like Leila in The Final Passage‚ inherently suffered against racist attitudes in 1950’s Britain. In Black‚ white or mixed race? It is noted that: ‘mixed-bloods’ were seen as anomalies‚ demonstrably neither one race not another and as such they tended to arouse discomfort.’ This distaste for racial mixing was reflected in the derogatory names given by white people to those of mixed parentage such as ‘mulatto’ the Portuguese word for ‘mule’. The latter resulted in

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    Racial Profiling Just what is racial profiling? Racial profiling occurs when the police target someone for investigation on the basis of that person’s race‚ national origin‚ or ethnicity (www.washington.com). Examples are the use of race to determine which drivers to stop for minor traffic violations and the use of race to determine which motorists or pedestrian to search for contraband. Universally attested and detested‚ racial profiling is a widespread police tactic. Although blacks and foreigners

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    Minority Cultures

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    going to have more benefits than having a monochromatic landscape. Why then do people believe that if there were a single dominant culture in the world they would be better off? Modernists often reference the abhorrent and archaic practices of minorities. They refer to the Arabs calling their women “merely sexual toys and breeding machines”. (Shaikh) They talk about female circumcision in the Maasai community‚ reminding us that the Maasai people think‚ “Cutting girls is something our people have

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    Ethnic minorities in high positions of leadership are becoming the highest growing and highest earning individuals in business. Their growth is attributed to their success in running and operating their businesses with solid leadership. These ethnic minorities often rank higher in many leadership measures over non-minorities. In the play Othello‚ Othello succeeds as a general thanks to his contacts and performance in his position. He makes himself a great example when he leads his crew through a

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    rights of minorities within their borders. Although some groups such as the Inuit still feel underrepresented‚ Canada still provides substantial aid and protections for every group and makes cultural acceptance an important consideration when passing legislation. In the wake of the recent US elections‚ I definitely admire the advantages of having representatives that actually consider the rights of all citizens‚ especially when discussing potential legislation. Considering the rights of minorities during

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    Sexual Minorities Tiffin University Angela Hofacker February 25‚ 2013 Instructor Nancy Golinski SOC360 Multicultural Issues in Society When thinking of the different minorities‚ the one minority that is sometimes not acknowledged as a minority is sexual minorities. These types of minorities can include those who are gay‚ lesbian‚ and even bisexual. For purposes of referring to sexual minorities‚ gays as a reference will be the primary focus. Sexual orientation has been deemed a hot and

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    characterisation have positioned us to see the minority group exploited throughout these two pieces of writing. They show us how minority groups were demoralized during this time period and the techniques used made the stories effective in helping us to gain a better understanding about how unfairly these marginalised groups were treated back in the early and middle to late 1900’s‚ these marginalised groups roles where very different in society to what they are now‚ racism is now seen as intolerable

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