Essays on American Culture

The word value has many meanings firstly it means the worth of something that can be traded with an amount of money, but it could also mean morals, and a person’s principles and their standards. Values have to do a lot with ethics since they...

The most significant event in America during our time frame of 1860-1900 is the Civil War, and thankfully everybody should already know at least the gist of the defining moment. Most of us know what happened, why it happened, and the general outcome of it...

McDonald’s is as American as you can get, or so I thought. Eating burgers and having fireworks for the 4th of July. that is what is thought of us by the world, but of course being American is much bigger than just eating donuts and...

This essay is going to cover how the American television show How to Get Away with Murder, HTGAWM, implements to an extent the idea of colour-blind ideology. It will also examine the show in relation to colour-blind ideology through the stories plot and racial changes...

Cultural Appropriation, by some it’s seen as an adoption culture being stolen away from a dominant group. Mostly, people view cultural appropriation as simply the adoption of some particular cultural aspects of another culture. Cultural appropriation is starting to become more evident in everyday life...

What is thanksgiving to you? When most people think of this beloved holiday, they think of having a huge feast with loved ones who are gathered at the table. Envisioning celebrating love, hope, and happiness during this day. But there were many rebellions, which led...

I love Thanksgiving. I like the eating part, don’t get me wrong. But I love the preparing part. For the past couple years, I’ve missed it though. As a chaplain, I worked on Thanksgiving, strolling floor to floor blessing and sharing meals with nurses and...

The annual American holiday celebrating the Autumn harvest in the United States is modeled on the three-day harvest feast shared by the Pilgrims of Plymouth and the Wampanoag Indians in 1621 in Plymouth. Thanksgiving Day was the first holiday celebrated in America, and is today...

This past weekend on October 26, 2019, I attended the 36th annual “Viva La Vida Parade and Festival” in Austin, Texas. This event was to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos or Day of the Dead, during this event they had authentic and traditional Mexican food...

A time I had faced “culture shock” was when I was seven years old and had arrived to the United States from a country known as United Arab Emirates, or U.A.E. Prior to arriving in the U.S., I grew up in the predominantly Muslim emirate...

Ethnocentrism is the judging of another culture based on your own culture. This happens a lot throughout many cultures especially American. Take Hollywood for example, they are constantly depicting different cultures in a bias way. Typically involving variety of stereotypes that are out of line...

The human race has developed immensely over the years. From the most ancient peoples to the modern peoples of today, we have continued to expand our horizons. The Hopi tribe sets a prime example for human development. History is important today because of how improvements...

The Hopi people are a spiritual, indigenous American group who place emphasis in their ancestor’s history, rather than archeologist history. Hopi people believe that their cultural landscape, or landforms that are affiliated with religious and historical affairs, bodies of water, and places of worship, includes...

In America today, individualism is at the core of American culture. In America, the ideal is for all people to be able to make their own decisions freely. We teach that individualism gives you the freedom to pave your path, make your own choices based...

Before the widely known Great Depression, there was an era of great economic, political, and social transformation: the 1920s. This was an equally important period; however, it is discussed less often than the following years of devastation. The involvement of people and the changes they...

The 1920’s is still considered one of the dynamic periods in US history. From all the crazy money people like Rockefeller were making while others faced the great depression. To the temperance movement rocking society in both good and bad ways. To the explosion of...

Almost a hundred years ago, Jazz music fills the streets, flappers smoking outside while cars bustle down the streets. It is the roaring twenties. A time of joy and an ever-growing culture. Compared to today’s culture of technology and millennials, it feels like we have...

The 1920’s were a decade of dramatic social change and political realignment. Forms of mass media were shaping popular culture by spreading information and bringing new ideas to the table. This new era of free-spirited popular culture, known as the “Roaring Twenties”, kicked off with...