Does being part of a community mean becoming more multicultural or more assimilated? As of today‚ I believe that in being part of a community‚ it is important to assimilate towards multiculturalism to understand the oppressive issues of our nation (a.k.a. Donald Trump and his candidacy); but we must first understand what assimilation is today. The concept of assimilation has changed over time in accordance with our history in America. Since the colonization of the New Word‚ assimilation
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Technology can be very beneficial in the fact that our advancements in it have made things a great deal easier than they would have been many years ago. It allows us to keep in contact with people that we do not get to see every day or that live far away. I have a close friend‚ in the Air Force‚ who is stationed in Japan for at least four years and because of technology we can keep in touch all the time‚ whereas we would not be able to without it. Thanks to technology we have satellite TVs and radios‚ which
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Racism Today For many years race has been a topic among many people. It does not directly affect me because I am white‚ but it does affect those who are not white‚ mainly African Americans. People are usually racist because of the person’s skin color‚ religion‚ or beliefs. When people are racist towards a person or group of people it is not like it is their fault‚ they did not choose to look or be like that‚ God did. Race is a common reason many people in the United States are treated poorly. The
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The Progressives vs. Today The Progressive Era was a time of reform taking place from the 1890s to the 1920s. During the Progressive Era‚ women’s rights‚ African American’s rights‚ and child labor were key issues dealt with. This Era had an overall attitude of toughness‚ and a parent might tell their child something along the lines of‚ "Man up and deal with it." But how would someone from the Progressives view our society today? During the Progressive Era‚ efforts were focused on land
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USA Today Summary USA Today is the largest newspaper currently in the U.S. The paper is known for its color and simple layout. The paper’s creator Gannett Co. was looking to reach a new untapped market of readers‚ the young professionals and travelers. He sent out 3 different versions with surveys asking what readers liked‚ didn’t like‚ suggestions‚ and asked would they buy it. After very positive responses from test subjects‚ the paper was published. Gannett’s ideas were very controversial
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The relevance of Shakespeare is‚ in my opinion‚ unquestionable‚ even in contemporary times. Not only is his contribution to the English language immense in its proportions‚ but also enduring. Even today‚ William Shakespeare is a household name the world over. He is quite literally‚ the figure-head of English literature‚ even to the average layman. Innumerable versions of his immortal works are seen again and again in our films‚ plays and even our writing. His simple yet deep concepts have stood the
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meaning of ‘Teenagers Today’? Teenager refers to young people between the ages of 15 to 20. Now‚ I am going to talk about the teenagers today. First of all‚ I would like to talk about teenage love. Let’s start from this angle - an artist. Justin Bieber is the artist that most teenagers fallen in love with. He is a famous artist and he is young and handsome. Teenagers like to spend their money to buy their favorite artist’s album. Don’t you think this is a waste of money? I think so‚ because they
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the type of thing that would be great to have in our society but I don’t believe that it exists too much anymore in the world today. Let me break down here some of the chivalry rules compared with the actions of the people of the current world. One rule of chivalry is that you have to honor and respect women. Back in the days of King Arthur this was carried out greatly but if you look at the lack of respect given to women today you see that this rule of chivalry no longer exists. Women’s right
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Those rights are all that we require as free people in an administration that has the Bill of Rights. There are a couple of things that should be possible to reduce bias in America today. One of the primary things that we could do is to show all the young children to never judge somebody in view of the group they are related with‚ however to just judge them in view of their ability. This would have a domino impact: children will push
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I. Introduction Slavery in America began from the early 17th century‚ a slave was someone who could be forced to work from the age of 10 or if they were not so lucky they could be slave when they were 4 years old. Many of the slaves in the North America came from the west coast of Africa. Actually‚ they were captured by African tribes and some of them were captured by European‚ and the slave would be traded to European and American merchant. In 1619 slaves ( African Americans ) were brought to
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