United States has always been the “melting pot” of various racial and ethnic groups. In spite of the sides of our history where each group experienced prejudice and discrimination on different levels past and present‚ our nation is still rich with cultural diversity. From this I have learned a lot over the last nine weeks about my culture‚ other cultures‚ and the possible future if all of us come together to become a more pluralistic society. I began to understand the classification of subordinate
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The United States of America is the country of immigrants with different believes‚ values‚ traditions‚ race and religion practices. We see that people do not know history and background of different cultures and that lead to discrimination all over the word‚ and we see it for a long time. Discrimination is a negative attitude against others. People should understand what discrimination is‚ why it occurs‚ what consequences it has‚ and how to prevent it. We can have a better future if people know all
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aspects: language‚ customs‚ values‚ norms‚ mores‚ rules‚ tools‚ technologies‚ products‚ organizations‚ and institutions. * Cultural universals = common to all cultures. * Material and Non‐Material Culture * Material culture refers to the physical objects‚ resources‚ and spaces that people use to define their culture. These include homes‚ neighborhoods‚ cities‚ schools‚ churches‚ synagogues‚ temples‚ mosques‚ offices‚ factories‚ etc.. * Material culture helps to define its members’ behaviors
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4304/jltr.3.1.74-84 Cultural Awareness and Translation Teaching at Higher Vocational College: Problems and Solutions Xuelian He Quzhou College of Technology‚ Quzhou‚ Zhejiang‚ China Email: angelaxl@163.com Abstract—In this paper‚ an investigation has been done on culture knowledge acquisition and cultural awareness of English majors at Higher Vocational College by taking the students at Quzhou College of Technology as the subjects. The problem of lack of culture knowledge and cultural awareness has
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Cultural Diversity: Campus Climates and Classroom Instruction American Society has been and continues to become increasingly mixed‚ complex‚ and variegated in its cultural practices and ethnic make up. However‚ the state schools have fallen short of race goals established thirty-one years ago in a desegregation case now known as Geier v. Sundquist. The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has notoriously had one of the worst recruiting efforts for diversifying undergraduates. This realization
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The articles written by Linda McDowell and James Duncan discussed what cultural geography really is and its transformation through time. Linda McDowell’s article was entitled “The Transformation of Cultural Geography” while James Duncan’s article was entitled “The Superorganic in American Cultural Geography.” I find the article of Maxwell more interesting and well-explained than Duncan’s article. The scope of McDowell’s article is more extensive while Duncan’s article is focused on his main argument
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Cultural study. Traditional food habits of the Italians. Breakfast (Colazione) The traditional Italian breakfast (prima Colazione) is different from the English full breakfast. It consists of caffè e latte (hot coffee with milk) or coffee with bread or rolls‚ butter‚ and jam. A cookie-like hard bread called fette biscottate and cookies are commonly eaten. Children drink hot chocolate‚ plain milk‚ or hot milk with very little coffee. If breakfast is eaten in a bar (coffee shop)‚ it is composed
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world”. The growth of interdependence and cooperation among countries‚ and international companies‚ do not claim that the cultural difference is decreasing. Instead‚ Culture difference increasingly impact on most aspects of people’ activities. Regarding business management‚ it is clear that most of the international companies cannot make more profit because of neglect of cultural differences. On the one hand‚ the globalization has created opportunities for corporations to cooperate among countries
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The Cultural Revolution of China: Annihilating Culture with each Political and Class Struggle Wendy Wang Junior Division Historical Paper Wang1 China ’s Cultural Revolution of the 1900s caused radical changes to the People ’s Republic of China. More a political struggle than actual revolution‚ the Cultural Revolution had a huge effect on people throughout mainland China. People of all backgrounds had their lives changed as different factions of the Communist Party fought for control
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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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