DQ1: Discuss what is meant by a Letter of Intent. Why do you think it may be important?…
Applied Eugenics by P. Popenoe and R.H. Johnson The Argument: The main focus of the article Applied Eugenics, written by P. Popenoe and R.H. Johnson, is that it would be detrimental to the American gene pool to allow foreigners to immigrate to Unites States soil. This article identifies that, in 1918, there were approximately “14,000,000 foreign-born persons, together with other millions of the sons and daughters of foreigners who although born on American soil have as yet been little assimilated to Americanism” (Popenoe & Johnson, 1918). They argue that foreigners should not be absorbed, as the stock that is incoming is not as hardy as the stock that the original invaders brought with them, as necessitated by the vigorous voyage to, and strenuous establishment on,…
They were practical, pragmatic people. They were not afraid of change, and saw good ideas and they weren't afraid to jump on it. They learned from others and adopted all kinds of things.…
Because of their tri-racial ethnicity, they did not fit under any category listed on the Census, so for “recordkeeping” purposes, they were categorized as either melotos/white/Indian/Africa American, when in fact they were “all”. Melungeons were suggested to be descendants from “tri-racial isolates” (Los Angeles Times), a mixture of whites, blacks and American Indian who historians say interbred along Appalchia’s ridges during the 18th centuries. Old documents and stories passed down throught the generations tell a tale of “Portugese” Berbers, “sheperd-like” people who came to American in ships. They were proposed to be decendants of early Portuese, Spanish, Sephardic Jewish Mulims, Moorish, and/or Gypsy/Roma colonish in the southeastern United States (Kennedy 1997; Hirschman 2005; Price 1953), that were exiled from Spain and Portugal through a religious witch-hunt know as the “Spanish Inquisition”. Many of them settled in the hills of the Appalachian Mountians. Over time The Melugeons, were pushed off their lands, denied their rights, murdered, mistreated and became an embittered and nearly defeated people. They tried to fit in with Anglo neighbors, but lost their heritaage, their culture, their names and their…
Eugene Bondurant (E.B.) Sledge, born November 3, 1923, was a war veteran of World War II who was born and raised in Alabama. In May of 1942, he graduated from Murphy High School in Mobile, Alabama. He then entered the Marion Military Institute the following fall semester. Sledge wanted to participate in the war and was afraid the war would end before his graduation; he proceeded to purposefully flunk out of the Institute. He was then placed into training to become an officer for the Marine Corps. On Christmas Eve of 1943, Sledge, serial number 534559, officially became a U. S. marine. His first tour of combat took place at Peleliu and Negesebus…
Biology, 7e (Campbell) Chapter 19: Eukaryotic Genomes: Organization, Regulation, and Evolution Chapter Questions Under the electron microscope, unfolded chromatin resembles "beads on a string." What do the "beads" represent? A) nucleosomes B) ribosomes C) beadosomes D) molecules of DNA polymerase E) molecules of RNA polymerase Answer: A Topic: Concept 19.1 Skill: Knowledge…
Fink ACSW, B., Biery , L., & Summerfield PhD, W. (2007). Maternal and Infant Health Program. Retrieved May 2, 2007, from http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MATERNAL-INFANT_HEALTH_PROGRAM_Final_125181_7.pdf…
There holy book, the Popol Vuh, There gods, present almost everywhere and all the time, and their belief in the afterlife, which kept them on the correct path through the suffering and monotonicity of life.…
humans and race relations in history and the present. This use of two different species where humans are not top dog allows the reader to see race relations through the eyes of downtrodden. The novel creates a feeling of sympathy for both the Ina and humans that are being targeted due to the mixing of Ina and human DNA. This sympathy can then be transferred to reality in that the Ina and human issue is just a metaphor for race relations in America. For example, both Ina and humans need each other to survive, this can be said for slavery in America. Plantation owners needed slaves to provide income while slaves were dependent on the plantation owners. The Silk family would be the prime example for this analogy because while needing humans, the Silks detested humans and thought Ina superior to humans. Hence, the Silk’s rage towards Shori and the idea of contaminating Ina DNA with that of humans. The author is using genetic engineering as a parallel of inter-racial breeding. So when thought of eugenics that way, it does not seem so terrible.…
associated with them because they were considered a poor tribe with lazy speech. Not only did my…
As a freshman in college veterinarian school seems like a daunting and almost impossible task. Many upperclassmen I’ve talked to have told me that to get into veterinary school you must have a 4.0. With all this being said I’ve also met colleagues who had a 4.0 and yet their application was rejected. After searching for the million dollar question of “ What I can do to increase my chances of getting accepted into a veterinarian college” I stumbled across the website avma.org. Avma stands for American Veterinary Medical Association, its mission is to be an advocate for it’s 88,000 veterinarians members and to unite and improve the veterinary profession as a whole. This website was the golden answer to all of my questions, in the article “ Veterinary School Admission 101” it contains a list of steps, tips, and insider tricks that are aimed at giving you the best chance possible of being accepted into Veterinarian School. As a small animal science major and one of the thousands of undergraduates applying to veterinarian school, I want my…
Main findings, publications, and contributions: One of his best known theories, argued that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than a steady process of slow change. This theory, known as punctuated equilibrium, was part of Gould's work that brought a forsaken paleontological perspective to the evolutionary mainstream. Popular books by Gould include ''Wonderful Life,'' which examines the evolution of early life as recorded in the fossils of the Burgess Shale, and ''The Mismeasure of Man,'' a rebuttal to what Gould described as pseudoscientific theories used to defend racist ideologies. Enrolled at Antioch College in Ohio, where he received a bachelor's degree in geology in 1963. In 1967, he received a doctorate in paleontology from Columbia University and went on to teach at Harvard, where he would spend the rest of his career.…
Despite Leda’s position as simply the lesser woman, in Adam’s eyes, her race is still something that must be considered when discussing the orientalist discourse within The Purple Cloud. Adam speculates that she ‘was of Circassian blood, or, at least, origin; her skin whitey-brown, or old ivory white’ (p. 187). Circassian being something that was linked to beauty, racial purity, and superiority. Many of Shiel’s contemporaries would have believed in the theory that the Circassian woman was the ‘whitest, racially “purest” specimen of human woman found on Earth’, and one of those contemporaries was the notable nineteenth century German anatomist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. Blumenbach speculated that Circassians were the ancestors of Caucasians,…
One of the general terms to define the word family is a group of individuals that consist of two parents and their children, which is also known as a nuclear family specifically. As of today, the definition of a family has expanded, due to family now coming in all shapes and sizes, disregarding blood relation, ethnicity, or even species. However, despite the changes in the family definition and formation, family interactions and functioning all remains the same (Anderson & Sabatelli, 2011). Family is the most important group that an individual is distinguishably recognized in. It is instrumental…
The family has constructed their identity based on their white heritage. The "white strain" becomes their most important asset, as it allows them limited access to the white world. This obsession, however, leads to a hatred of their black ancestry, self-hatred, and even incestuous marriages to preserve the white heritage. Education becomes another defining characteristic of the family's whiteness, and through education they are able to attain positions of power. These positions of power, however, allow the family to continue the legacy of racial…