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    Japan to not forget who they are‚ their customs‚ and their beliefs. Algren then goes off and lives in the samurai village. Through the course of The Last Samurai‚ there is evidence of imperialism‚ the most protruding ones being nationalism and ethnocentrism. There are several different examples of nationalism that show up in multiple places throughout the film‚ such as certain samurai customs‚ the final battle‚ when samurai visit the council‚ and when the Emperor did not sign the treaty. The samurai

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    CRB 502 - Revival Zion; An Afro-Christian Religion in Jamaica. Guano‚ Emanuela. Anthropos Institute‚ 1994. Introduction – Afro-Jamaican Religious Variety Afro-Jamaican religions based on a spectrum from a European to African end. Based also on how Christianized the religion is Kumina: Perceived on the “African” end of the spectrum Also defined as least Christianized. Secretive cult in rural areas of St. Thomas and St. Catherines Traits shared with other Afro-American religions:

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    idea was that a psychologist was a person who dealt only with psychoanalysis‚ and I would imagine that this is a common misconception. The possible career fields for a psychologist are much greater than I had imagined it to be. In the context of the Jamaican society‚ psychology plays a major role in the developing and

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    England in the 1960’s was a changing point for their culture. This time was known as the Swinging Sixties. The country transformed from a conservative environment into a place full of freedom with hope and promise. The nation had just moved past the second world war‚ and now the youth culture was beginning to freely express themselves. Adults in tis time fought during their youth and wanted the youth to enjoy their time. One of the biggest aspects of the sixties in England was the music. Music

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    female should not affect their rights to a job‚ schooling‚ or anything else in life. Ethnocentrism occurs when negative value judgments are made about others based on differences between one’s own culture and a foreign culture. Say‚ you go over to France; they have different values than we do‚ and act like our culture/nation is more superior to theirs. This is an example of ethnocentrism. Excessive ethnocentrism can lead to discrimination and violence. Every nation is different but that doesn’t give

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    family continue to plague the Welfare System‚ my personal biases would have caused me to miss important information and data to conclude my finding on this research. Because of my bias the truth would be distorted‚ biases skews data in researches. Ethnocentrism

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    thought to be a dirty cult of outcasts that smoke marijuana all day in a tropical paradise. For the most part‚ people have an image of the stereotypical Jamaican guy with dreadlocks down his back wearing green‚ gold and red with a fat joint hanging out of his mouth. This is how I used to see Rastafarians as well. The common misconception is that all Jamaicans are Rastafarians and they all smoke marijuana‚ which is not true. The Rastafarian culture and belief system

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    West African languages have contributed to Antiguan Creole‚ but in rather limited ways. The closest comparison to Antiguan Creole is Jamaican Creole‚ as Antiguan Creole shares the general structure with it. Antiguan Creole has some of its own distinctive features however. Syntax: * Rather uniquely‚ Antiguans use min to indicated past tense‚ whereas Jamaicans use ben/en. Eg. You min looking at the television. (You were looking at the television). * Similar to Jamaica‚ Antiguan Creole

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    similar to us‚ Reference – Sewell 2000 cultural comfort groups Criticise – this seems to back up the idea that people imitate in order to feel comfortable and copy each other to learn norms values Point – ethnocentrism‚ we believe what we are told and take it as the only truth Explanation –ethnocentrism is… this means that people are taught this is the norms and values of society this then means we only accept this way of thinking even if it is not politically correct. We can adopt our teachers views

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    Title Deportation should not exist because they are many reasons why it shouldn’t. First reason is that some people in the world are going through struggles. Second reason is that it cost too much‚ every state in the united states could lose its GDP. So mass deportation isn’t really a good idea we could lose a whole bunch of money. The united states should stop the deportation of immigrants‚ especially those without criminal records‚ because it is dangerous‚ because it is inhumane‚ and because

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