SYLLABUS Course Number: SOCI 1025 Course Title: Sociology of American Culture Fall 2014 Professor: Todd Motto E-mail: tmotto1@fordham.edu 12:45 Meeting day and time: Section L01 – Tue/Fri 11:30amSection R01 – Tue/Fri 2:30-3:45pm Phone: 646 753 0394 Credits: 3 Office Hours: By appointment Course Description A course in the sociology of American culture for students enrolled in the “English as a second language” (ESL) program and taking College ESL Writing (I in Fall and II
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The difference between Ethiopia and America culture There is a lot of difference between my culture and the USA. And I really love my culture because I grew up on it. Now that I am in america I know American’s culture. When I compare these two cultures‚ I can see that they are not similar. For example‚ In my culture most of the time you don’t eat alone‚ if you eat alone people will not be happy because most of the people in our culture eat together with their family or friends
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Today I will be talking about the contribution of African American culture to the United States. One of the largest emigrants to arrive in the United States in the colonial time is the West and Central Africans. You could find African’s spread out around American colonies from Maine to Florida ‚ and Mexico to Canada. In the 1830s there where 2.3 million Africans out of the 12.8 million people in the United States. The way Americans eat in New Orleans is influenced by African’s. The popular foods
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The domain of prosecutors has been extended to provide greater authority. An example of domain expansion of the prosecutors is improving police-prosecutors relationships. Truthfully‚ police officers and prosecutors are looked at as the bad guys in the eyes of the public. They are both to serve justice‚ even though they have different perspectives on the law. For example‚ the police officers consider a case to be closed when the suspect is arrest‚ but the prosecutor needs obtain more information and
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Without the doubt，america is leading global economics and technology ‚it causes a huge impact to rest of the world since the end of World War II.When we talk about globalization，from cultural side‚ boundaries between cultures has become increasingly blurred‚changes in technology‚ economic and social development to promote the expansion of culture.Some people think cultural globalization will enhance communication between people‚ and promote the development of social systems‚also some people believes
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an interview to assess a culture lush in heritage‚ yet burdened with injustice‚ provided valuable insight in appreciating the Haitian Americans. Haiti is a gem‚ located among many islands in the beautiful Caribbean Sea. Haitians have weathered instability and chaos but are strong and resilient. Although Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western part of the world‚ the cultural roots of Haitians are rich in traditions. I had the pleasure of working with a Haitian American at my place of employment
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definition of culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. There are diverse cultures all around the world from a The great American Life to the Greek Gods. Greece culture is called Greek‚ there alternative names are Hellenic and Romeic. The Greek culture is very different from the American Culture‚ the Greek culture is rich and diverse‚ reflecting Greece’s location at the point of the west and the east meet‚ the American culture is diverse to
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Black Culture Then and Now: What’s the Difference? Our society has changed drastically in the past year or two‚ especially black culture due to recent events that happened in our society. A death of a black teenage male‚ caused by a police officer‚ encouraged some in our society‚ mostly black people‚ to show their true colors and express their feelings. Many people rioted‚ looted‚ and protested. Those events resembled things that happened many years ago. So in some ways black culture is the same
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Culture between two Every individual that is born into the universe are brought into a culture at a very young age. Only thing is what is culture? How does someone know that they belong to a culture? That is where the beauty of the answer is released. Culture is whatever an individual is born into and their background.‚ whatever as an individual you declare is part of the culture. We all come from different cultures‚ but we all are bound together by similar or the same salient. In the end‚ though
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intimidating for an American journalist entering into the unfamiliar political world of Bloomberg. Relocating from a completely individualistic society to a collectivist society will require major adjustments when collaborating in an intercultural environment. Since Russia is mainly collectivist‚ the power distance between power holders and society is very approachable. When compared to the United States‚ this may not always be the case; this is very different from the American way of life because
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