What Zinn argues on this chapter eight is epitomized in the tittle of this chapter. “ We take nothing by conquest, Thank god. Zinn uses this statement to present how atrocious the conquest really was since there was a conquest. America wanted to hide it's evil ways behind the facade of saying that America acquire land always through peaceful purchases. The war was very unpopular to many. Polk said that the war was to gain California and also said that Mexicans invaded first. On this chapter Zinn focuses on the Mexican American war and how it really was a conquest caused by Polk.…
Medical imaging is a way on how doctors can see the inside of your body. This means the body does not have to be opened up surgically for medical doctors to look at various organs and areas. There are many different kinds of imaging including mammograms, MRI, ultrasounds, molecular and x-rays. It is important because it comprises different imaging and processes to image human body for diagnostic and treatment purposes. Therefore it has an important role in the improvement of public health in all population groups. Medical imaging is justified also to follow the course of a disease already diagnosed. X-ray based examinations and ultrasonography is crucial in every medical setting and at all levels of heath care. Health care policy has improved and increased the number of available medical equipment. The number of radiological medical procedures is increasing considerably. Reports from some countries indicate that a significant portion of all abdominal surgical may have been avoided if simple diagnostic imaging services such as ultrasound had been available.…
What is culture? Culture is the total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group. It involves religion, language, education, food and shelter, security, creative expression, relationships, and political and social organization. However, it ties us up to one group and separates us from other groups. A group that shares a geographic region is called a society, while a group that shares a language, customs, and a common heritage is called an ethnic group. Culture changes over time by acculturation, diffusion, and innovation; It spreads by religions and language. Culture develops, spreads, and changes over time.…
First of all, culture is the total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group. It involves things like food, shelter, religion, security/protection, education, creative expressions, language, relationships to family and others, and political and social organization. Some people would say that culture acts kind of like a blueprint for things like how a person should act to fit in with a group. It ties everyone together into one group while separating them from other groups. Culture includes all products of human work and thought and helps us solve some problems that everyone faces.…
One can safely argue that the Canadian government was solely trying to protect its economy and its citizens. An important foundation of the global and political economy of any country is, of course, its people. Politics is fundamentally about how society and its people are organised in and for public life. A people are better understood by their culture and that culture helps to define and be defined by politics. To understand the politics of a society therefore requires understanding its culture, that is, the ways of life of its people - their beliefs, practices and values - and how these impact on politics and the global economy. (1)…
It is important to share your cultural with other people just so that they can learn from your people and create an understanding among people and how they live. This help reduces many misconception about different cultural and this help build a bridge of understanding between two people. Another good example of sharing our cultural at the beginning of each school year all new Anglo or African American teacher comes to our school district they experience a one week crash course on what life is like on the Navajo Reservation by having the spend several days and nights with a family in the remote desert of Arizona. They experience life with out electricity, running water and technology as well as share the experience of herding sheep or cattle, butching a sheep or farming crops. This experience for the young teacher is to show them what life is like for our young Navajo students. In Tucson, Arizona there is an elementary school does something similar with their teachers by allowing the new teachers to meet the families of their students at there home and spend sometime getting to know each other. This is helpful because the teacher become part of the family and the students relate better to the…
Cultural appropriation is often described as when somebody takes something of significance from a culture that is not their own without showing respect for what they have taken. While some people do this on purpose for personal gain, that being profit or just popularity, many may not even know what cultural appropriation is. Miley Cyrus has shown evidence that she either does not know about or does not care about cultural appropriation at her 2013 Video Music Awards performance on live television where she used black women’s bodies as sexual props, performed a song that she explicitly wanted to feel black, and degraded a vast population of black women in the process.…
The young girl of 10 years remained fixed in front of the machine, despite the announcement that she and the others could have a moment of respite. She futilely endeavored to abandon thoughts of the meager lunch that would barely sustain her throughout her lengthy work day. Although the machines made the stitching appear to be of higher quality, and thus, pleased her oppressive boss, she despised them for their incessant motion and their ability to hold her captive. The young girl merely wished to return to her residence where thoughts of labor would escape her as she slept. However, she was aware that this was an impossibility, so long as the machines ran. As such, she continued her wearisome, repetitious work of…
When the European colonists came to the Americas, they saw many new and different aspects of life and a whole new world unlike their own. Two major elements the colonists saw were the native “barbarians” who had their own culture and as well as the native land filled with opportunity to grow crops and many colonists had different views on how to treat these newly found treasures.…
Being an American is being proud to be a part of a community of people working together for a life full of success and opportunity for themselves and generations to come after them. Being an American means to have passion, enthusiasm, and spirit to live in a free country, this country. having the ability to do whatever you want while being proud, strong and hopeful for a country full of freedom, full of opportunity and full of success, is all what it means to be an American. Being an American is having spirit and patriotism, devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty is what it means to be an American.…
Do you know what it means to be an American? There is several ways to show what it is to be an American. For example, the police protect our streets everyday. Also the people that have careers that makes our country a better place. An American is showing patriotism, having freedom, and showing love and devotion for your country.…
To be American can be seen in many different ways. There is no right or wrong way to tell whether you are American. Some of evidence that interested me through out the stories is that we are all immigrant, the founding father of America weren’t all American, and how only Chinese immigrants were sent to Angel Island. Out of the several stories that we read, many of them enforced or reinforced my point of view on the situation. My personal view on what it means to be American is that your race, religion, clothing, hair and all things like that don’t matter. To be American you just have to be a citizen of the United States, in my opinion.…
I believe there is no simple answer to what being an American means. I think that the background which a person is raised in influences their definition of an American. Being an American can mean many different things to different people and that is where the line becomes blurred as to what does it actually means. Merriam-Webster dictionary states that an American is, “ a person born, raised, or living in the U.S.”. Being an American includes the Lakota Sioux, Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans, African Americans, Jewish, and many, many more. An American is simply someone living on United States soil. Throughout history, many minority groups have and are still sacrificing to be considered an American. Chinese laborers working hard to build the transcontinental railroad. They were forced to do all the work that nobody else wanted to do and were made to work through the dead of winter. After the transcontinental railroad was completed, they were not needed anymore. The Chinese were pushed out of towns and had to live in slums. Then, in 1882 Congress passed an immigration act stating that Chinese could not gain citizenship. Japanese were also not…
After World War II Greece and Turkey’s economy and political conditions were decaying. Great Britain, who was providing financial help to Greece and Turkey, informed the United States that it could no longer provide assistance due to their financial situation at home. The United States had been monitoring Greece and Turkey’s conditions and the rise of communist and Soviet influences over the years and decided to take action. On March 27, 1947 President Harry S. Truman presented his address before a joint session of congress. The United States involvement in aiding Greece and Turkey was an important part of history that led to many events.…
Culture is the attitudes, customs, values, and beliefs a human being has learned from generation to generation. In businesses, there are many employees with different cultural backgrounds. Even though Mexico and America are neighbors, their ways of living are completely different. If both culture are not understood, accepted and respected it can cause problems in an organization. Hofstede’s dimensions of culture identify four dimensions that study the differences of attitudes and values of employees to improve communication and be successful: power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism/collectivism, and masculinity/femininity.…