Political correctness is the belief of conforming the language and practices which could offend political sensibilities should be eliminated. I will argue that political correctness is not helpful to further development of our society. To support this claim‚ I offer three reasons. Firstly‚ political correctness cause misinterpretation of words. Secondly‚ people are being afraid of expressing their thoughts and ideas due to misinterpretation of words. Thirdly‚ political correctness will retrograde
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Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance Citation Alesina‚ Alberto‚ and Eliana La Ferrara. 2005. Ethnic diversity and economic performance. Journal of Economic Literature 43(3): 762-800. doi:10.1257/002205105774431243 October 7‚ 2012 10:32:49 PM EDT http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4553005 This article was downloaded from Harvard University ’s DASH repository‚ and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material‚ as set forth at http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL
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Cultural appropriation is a toxin to ethnic communities around and throughout the world. Cultural appropriation has come to the forefront of modern consciousness in recent years‚ mostly because of the age we live in where we are all connected to what’s happening at all times. What is cultural appropriation? Cultural appropriation is the adoption or use of elements of one culture by members of another culture‚ this subsequently robs a cultural group of it’s cultural identity and pride and mocks it
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2013 The Women Covered By a Veil The Islamic veil is a very mysterious piece of garment that has very many questions behind it.What does the veil stand for and why do Muslim women wear them? Why is there so much controversy about this piece of cloth? Most Muslim women wear a veil to show respect for their religion and God"(Murphy15). They feel they are closer to Allah and are doing the right thing. (Murphy15) Wearing the veil for Muslim women is a symbol of their faith and what they stand for and
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The four models are ethnic hierarchy‚ pluralism‚ separatism and one-way assimilation and each define how groups should interact with one another. Ethnic hierarchy is when one group of people assert dominance over the others and withdrawal rights and privileges from the other “outsider” groups. Ethnic hierarchy is the reason that Muslims are feared and considered foreign to the American culture as Christianity is considered the dominant religion. Ideally‚ in a perfect world cultural pluralism a concept
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Ethnic Conflicts are a very important issue that can affect a whole country/state. Ethnic conflicts within a state belong to identity conflicts that are a type of internal conflicts. Sometimes the term ethnic conflict is used to describe a large range of internal conflicts .Before talking about ethnic conflict‚ it is important to know the meaning of ethnicity. . Ethnic groups usually have collectivity or psychological communities who share a combination of historical experience and valued cultural
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The term “Political Correct” has been in this world’s vocabulary for some time now‚ but it has adjusted the way that Americans view life and the way that each of us interact with one another. Politically Correct is the thought of people being careful to not use terminology or behave in a way that could provoke a specific group of people. Society today is dictated by political correctness in our everyday lives. Today‚ individuals have to be careful with the words that they say because many people
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What is Political economy? * No widespread agreement of what; but understood in three ways- those who see PE as an interaction of existing disciplines‚ those who see it as a set of questions‚ and those who see it as a method of analysis: Interaction of existing disciplines: * Starting point is that as capitalism develops politics and econ becoming increasingly interdependent. * Not only interdependence of domestic pol and national econ but also international pol and global econ
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are “intellectuals‚ writers‚ journalists‚ homemakers‚ and educators” who work hard to improve their lives and provide a better future for their
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of the researcher‚ the increasing number of Buhid Mangyan enrollees in the schools for the last five years positively indicates their improved appreciation of formal education and trainings as a capital means to enrich their social‚ economic and cultural conditions. Given all the opportunities to develop their innate potentials‚ the Buhid Mangyan pupils are able to cope with the learning environment they are in; however‚ a set of many obvious problems as regards to how they will effectively learn
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