Laura Young: A historian writing about the Asian Americans: Chapter 1 When people think of Asian-Americans‚ typically people automatically think of just Chinese people or Japanese people. The Asian-American community is made up of not only the Chinese and Japanese‚ but also Filipino‚ Indian‚ Vietnamese‚ and Korean. The term Asian American was used informally by activists in the 1960s who sought an alternative to the term Oriental‚ arguing that the latter was derogatory and colonialist. Usually
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Gossip girl here‚ your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Herzliah’s elite. Top story on my page: The 2010 graduates 20-year reunion. The reunion was held at Hannah Finestone’s house. Surprisingly enough‚ the first to arrive was Leora Syne. Shortly after‚ the Shochet Ariel Dahan showed up‚ providing smoked meat for everyone! Once the house was all set up‚ people gradually made their way in. Jason Schenk and Julianna Sitrit-Libovitch‚ happily married‚ arrived in a sweat after having
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Cultural Considerations War is hard on anyone involved; however‚ it is especially hard on the children who are forced to live with it or in close proximity to it. Children typically lack the worldview to process the level of violence that occurs during war. The Nigerian children who were rescued from the refugee camp lived in extremely poor conditions and before arriving there were subjected to serious events that may change them forever. They are likely suffering from some severe psychological
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Who knew that by getting assign to interview someone who you don’t know that is also a classmate‚ that we were eventually to find out more about them. There were some parts where I believe we both struggle but other than that it was a great experience and did help me get out of my comfort zone. We did ask each other some questions‚ but at a point we struggled to ask more question about each other because the questions we would come up with would just give us more similarities on each other‚ but it
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My understanding of cultural and contextual considerations in William Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth was greatly developed through my participation in the Interactive Oral. Before the Interactive Oral‚ we discussed how we must respect other’s cultural and social aspects. Throughout the Interactive Oral‚ My peers and I conversed on ideas about cultural and social considerations through the time period in the course of the novel. During the year 1606‚ Shakespeare wrote Macbeth based on the themes of
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CULTURAL INTERVIEW My cultural interview was with a coworker‚ 28 years of age and of Hispanic descent. While conducting the interview I learned a lot about the Hispanic culture. Many Hispanics like to be called Latino (a). Some do not like to be referred to as Mexican when they are from other countries other than Mexico. Hispanics also use slang within their culture just like African Americans. Within the culture the male is the dominant figure in the household. All the decisions that
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Asian Americans Asians are not a homogenous group. They do‚ however‚ constitute a significant minority group in the United States. Asian Americans represent many distinct subgroups that speak different languages‚ worship through different religions‚ and practice different customs and beliefs. The main groups are East Asians (Chinese‚ Japanese‚ Korean)‚ Pacific Islanders‚ Southeast Asians (Thai‚ Vietnamese‚ Cambodian‚ Laotian)‚ and South Asian (Indian and Pakistani). Threads of similarities may run
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Cultural Interview October 22nd‚ 2014 I based my cultural interview on an Iranian family that I’ve known for many years; I’ll refer to them in an alias name as the Gabr family. They are a very close nit family whom live nearby in a middle class neighbor. I mainly interviewed the mother of this family whom I’ll refer to as Eklass Gabr. Eklass is a highly educated and respected teacher in the community. She was born in Jerusalem; to her father whom was a business man and her mother whom was a stay
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RESPECTFUL Cultural Interview RESPECTFUL Cultural Interview I was not sure how Adriana was going to react to certain topics/questions and this made me apprehensive about conducting the interview. I was nervous that she might feel vulnerable about her hearing impediment since she is a private individual. She was ridiculed in school and did not have many friends. I was unaware if Adriana would avoid questions or become emotional about her childhood. I was also apprehensive about mentioning
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Job Interview Questions About You http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/interviewquest.htm 1. How would you describe yourself? - Best Answers 2. How do you handle stress and pressure? - Best Answers 3. What motivates you? – Best Answers 4. What are your salary expectations? – Best Answers 5. Tell me about yourself. – Best Answers 6. What are you passionate about? – Best Answers 7. What are your pet peeves? – Best Answers 8. What do people most often criticize about you? – Best
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