Identity and intercultural communication are crucial aspects when dealing with health care. As explained in Experiencing Intercultural Communication (EIC), as the world becomes more culturally diverse, so does the necessity to effectively communicate with other cultures and identities and acclimate with some form of affirmation...
The Psychological Underpinnings of Racism There is a reason for everything that we do. The actions that we commit are either voluntary or involuntary. But believe it or not there is a psychological reason for everything that we do. This philosophy has a very wide...
America has always been a place of ideals, a place where people have striven for their concept of a perfect lifestyle. Certain virtues have permeated the American spirit, and they continue to influence social revolutionaries today. Motivation, courage, intellect, and thoughtfulness are some of the...
How culturally determined are the values you hold dear? You can see some “American” values on page 110. What are some of these values that you ascribe to? Why do you believe this? What are the differences in how the four factors of values from...
Sherman Alexie uses embedded analeptic narratives throughout the chapter “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” in Tonto and The Lone Ranger Fistfight in Heaven to emphasise the importance of both the characters memories and pasts on their lives. Embedded in the main...
One of the worst feelings in the world is the one you get when it seems like you are trapped in the life you live. This is the feeling when the routine of your life gets so repetitive and tired that it’s stifling, and the...
Native Americans are often a forgotten minority, in history and in literature. The slaughter of native lives and the obliteration of their culture is an unfortunate American legacy. Luckily, writer Sherman Alexie has attempted to fill the cultural void and illuminate the plight of his...
The Korean war was as a result of the conflict between the North and the Southern part of Korea. This war began on the 25th of June 1950 when the North Koreans invaded South Koreans as a result of multiple clashes along their borders in...
“Model Minority” is the term given to the Korean minority, also known as Chaoxianz, in China. For the last 50 years the Korean minority has had little to no confrontation with the state and has been a model for their academic success (Yu, 2017). About...
A short look back will tell you that Germany has been a territory that has not been united for a long period of times, in fact, for the past two millennia, it has rarely been united. This can even be indicated by the mere facts...
The reaction of Native Americans towards the white travelers was with curiosity rather than hostility. The manners and customs of the Native Americans were quite different from their own that many settlers were suspicious and afraid. Their mistrust and fear eventually came from lack of...
“Poem About My Rights” is a passionate, emotional, and personal poem. Violence toward and oppression of individual African Americans and countries in southern Africa are the overriding themes of “Poem About My Rights.” The poem vulgarly refers to sexual violence experienced by woman and how...
Films have been a central critical issue over the past century. In the beginning, the film was not given the title of art. But the critics could not resist the great influence on cinema vested in society and human thinking in a short span of...
Humans are social creatures. We yearn for companionship and acceptance. This is why we identify ourselves to certain groups and as certain members of a culture, so we can have the common ground to socialize with one another. This is how we connect with others....
Although it’s a hotly contested subject, the credit for first entirely hand-drawn animation often falls to the Anglo-American Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906, James Stuart Blackton) (McLaughlin).To this day, America continues to have a major impact upon the animation industry, especially considering the Western...
In her introspective work, “Split at the Root: An Essay on Jewish Identity,” Adrienne Rich delves into the intricate layers of her cultural heritage, navigating the complex interplay between past memories and present selfhood. Rich’s poignant reflections invite readers to ponder the enduring impact of...
Abstract The MOVE organization was a group formed for the purpose of freedom by activists who were all nature loving. The group consisted of mostly Black people in Philadelphia in the early 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s. The organization’s leader, John Africa, was...
Gerald Alfred’s paper “Colonialism and State Dependency” is a critical examination of the current empirically capitalist system that First Nations peoples find themselves trapped within. The colonial enterprise is formulated in a way that requires these First Nations peoples to be dependent on the same...
Engaging Du Bois’ work with an objective of extracting useful insights to establish an intellectual and social initiative makes one deal with his concept regarding color line and the role that he dispensed both in African history and for human history. Arguably, his analysis pertaining...