Friends ‚ u have already heard about monolingualism‚ but on the contrary‚ I m standing here to speak about bilingualism and firmly believe that bilingualism has an upper edge in capturing the cross cultural euphoria. But 1stly I wud like to explain what is bilingualism? It is the ability to use 2 languages in equal /nearly equal fluency. Since time immemorial‚ bilingual intellectuals have left their remarkable footprints in the history. to name a few- gautam Buddha‚ mahatma Gandhi‚ karl marx‚
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national minority in Croatia is Serbian minority. Writing about this minority is very interesting for me because Croatian had lived with Serbians in one country‚ former Yugoslavia and we had big war which had separated two nations. Despite the war that we had and which has started 1991. and finished 1995.‚many people with Serbian nationality lives in Croatia. The protection of minority rights in Croatia is comprehensively assured by the Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities (CLNM)
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What do members of minority groups gain and lose as they undergo a process of assimilation the process by which minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture. As a minority you gain and lose it can be positive or negative. Every culture is different as we all know as a minority you have to adapt to the norms. As a minority you gain certain things such as learning a new language although it might be very difficult‚ given the right for a better education‚ being independence the
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rights of minorities within their borders. Although some groups such as the Inuit still feel underrepresented‚ Canada still provides substantial aid and protections for every group and makes cultural acceptance an important consideration when passing legislation. In the wake of the recent US elections‚ I definitely admire the advantages of having representatives that actually consider the rights of all citizens‚ especially when discussing potential legislation. Considering the rights of minorities during
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Adolescent Essay Sexual minority is a term to describe people that having sexual orientation‚ identity and behavior that is rarely appear in the norm or society or different from majority. Example of sexual minority included gay‚ lesbian‚ bisexual‚ and transsexual (LGBT) and definitely the majority will be heterosexual. However‚ the trend is changing as more and more people aware and accepts itself as homosexual. The subtle change in the ratio of the 2 populations had been brought a great reformation
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breath. This is what is happening to minorities in America. America’s society holds down minorities and all they are trying to do is come up for air. Doesn’t everyone have the right to breathe? America’s jails are filled with minorities. Minorities that would have less likely been put in jail for the same crime if it was a caucasian person. Minorities are put in the system and are made to work and in a sense‚ treated as modern day slaves. It is not right that minorities are still treated as less than and
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In his short article‚ “Minority Report”‚ Christopher Hitchens tells us the arrival of Columbus on the shores of the Americas “inaugurated a nearly boundless epoch of opportunity and innovation‚ and thus deserves to be celebrated with great vim and gusto” (Hitchens‚ Coursepack #67). He pays his loyalty to the atrocities of “racism‚ conquest and plunder” (Hitchens‚ Coursepack #67) that precipitated from that moment of cultural contact‚ but dismisses “those who view the history of North America as a
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WWII Minorities DBQ In the mist of the countries involvement in one of the most grueling wars in history new barriers were broken to make room for an equal America. Although true equality was not reached‚ these short four years would lead to the turning point in American acceptance toward diversity‚ both in and out of the work place. The movement of thousands of men overseas create a substantial gap in the work place‚ creating a never before seen chance for women‚ Blacks‚ and immigrants to flood
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how he develops into a man that ends up on the wrong side of the law and lands himself in jail. I will be showing how the techniques such as point of view and characterisation have positioned us to see the minority group exploited throughout these two pieces of writing. They show us how minority groups were demoralized during this time period and the techniques used made the stories effective in helping us to gain a better understanding about how unfairly these marginalised groups were treated back
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Citing our textbook material‚ should we define minorities in terms of gender as well as race and ethnicity? Defend your response. The idea that most people have for the United States as a country is for everyone to be equal. I honestly have no idea how this would ever happen. When it comes to being able to vote‚ or our freedom of speech‚ or the second amendment‚ yes I believe that everyone should be equal in having these rights. Things such as the laws and bill of rights should be equal to every
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