America as a country established by immigrants from different countries who flew for a better opportunity and seeking freedom. On top that people flock to this country seeking a better life for themselves and their children. Even though‚ it seems demographically that the United State is a diverse nation‚ the fact on the ground does not support that. Thus‚ I agree with the statement that most Americans does not care diversity; rather‚ most people prefer to be surrounded by people whom they feel comfortable
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Laura Young: A historian writing about the Asian Americans: Chapter 1 When people think of Asian-Americans‚ typically people automatically think of just Chinese people or Japanese people. The Asian-American community is made up of not only the Chinese and Japanese‚ but also Filipino‚ Indian‚ Vietnamese‚ and Korean. The term Asian American was used informally by activists in the 1960s who sought an alternative to the term Oriental‚ arguing that the latter was derogatory and colonialist. Usually
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What is Bootstrapping (In Statistics)? Bootstrapping is an interesting process or technique of assigning measure of accuracy. Depended upon calculation‚ Bootstrapping can be used to any statistic to measure estimation. Definition According to the Cambridge dictionary of statistics – “A confidence interval is a range of values‚ calculated from the sample observations that are believed‚ with a particular probability‚ to contain the true parameter value. A 95% confidence interval‚ for example‚ implies
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Do “Asian value” and “orientalism” exist? For the nature of Asia itself‚ Asia is the largest continent by landmass and covers 8.6% of the Earth’s surface and hosts 60% of the world’s current human population. With so much diversity‚ is it possible to for Asians to share quintessential values which only exist in the area of Asia? In some extent‚ the answer is yes as Asians‚ like people of any other region (i.e. Latin Americans)‚ hold their own cultural norms‚ rituals‚ and traditions inherited from
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Cultural Diversity Throughout our world there is a wide variety of different cultures. Each and every culture has their own spin on how certain situations are handled‚ for example; Greeting one another‚ eye contact‚ openness to outsiders‚ etc. In a country such as the United States‚ we live in such a culturally diverse country‚ but yet‚ many of us no very little or nothing about cultures other than our own. Often times we know nothing about our own culture because culture isn’t really thought about
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The discovery of Tutankhamun ’s tomb by Howard Carter in 1922 is considered the most important archaeological find of the century. As one of the most intact monuments of Ancient Egypt‚ Tutankhamen ’s tomb reveals a great deal about the burial customs‚ role of the king‚ religious beliefs‚ leisurely pursuits and food of New Kingdom Egypt. Being so intact when Carter made the discovery‚ the shrine of Tutankhamun gives us a strong indication of the burial practises of the New Kingdom Egyptians. The
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people talk about the fall of humanity‚ however‚ do they really understand what is was? In the bible the fall of humanity is most often though of when Adam and Eve were deceived by Satan and ate the apple from the forbidden tree. What Adam and Eve didn’t know was that not only had they surrounded themselves in sin and death‚ but the rest of humanity as well (Diffey‚ n.d). What Genesis 1 and 2 reveals about human nature. Genesis 1 and 2 reveal many things about human nature and what we were created
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Robert C. Lawrence 10/15/2012 What can crime statistics tell us about the extent of crime in America today? Explain? I think that crime statistics tells us the variation of crimes that are being committed. Each year the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under the Uniformed Crime Rate Program (UCR) collects information from law enforcement agencies throughout the United States‚ giving a total of how much crime is committed in each state. Crime statistics tells us that crime is up and on
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Diversity is when you have a great of amount of variety; very different. Diversity can be different gender‚ religion‚ sexuality or race. I grew up in Puerto Ricon then moved to America at the age 7. In America I saw a tremendous diversity then in Puerto Rico. I continued to see as I entered college. African-American‚ Caucasians‚ Indians‚ etc students sit to my left and right.. I learned about their culture and their stories. Some of which my eyes widen as I hear how they got here to America‚ not
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America—the land of the free‚ and the home of the brave. Known for its empowering freedom and protection provided by all 27 amendments‚ America is the land where equal opportunity is sought. However‚ in the past America has not given equal opportunity to everyone Usually‚ it was people of color who were denied the rights and privileges that were offered to white citizens. With this discrimination came suppression‚ and the existence of people of color was often ignored and neglected. Due to this suppression
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