Major Themes of Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel As Jared Diamond examines the major factors of a great civilization after being posed by Yali’s question‚ he comes to an astounding realization. It is that Asians and Europeans came to be powerful not because they were smarter or better than other civilizations‚ but because they were luckier in terms of geography. Diamond focuses on the idea that the success of a society is not catalyzed by genetics or natural superiority‚ but instead by these two major
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Guns‚ Germs and Steel Preface * Basis: Why did history unfold differently on different continents? * Predominant focus on histories of literate Eurasia (western Eurasia) and North African societies 3 disadvantages 1. More people today are interested in understanding societies besides that of Western Europe a. Other societies encompass most of the world’s population and vast majority of the world’s ethnic‚ cultural and linguistic groups b. Other societies are already or
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Hate Speech Edward Oliver‚ Jr PHL-305 3/102013 Colette Palamar Hate Speech Hate Speech Thomas Jefferson one of the founding fathers once said‚ “A democracy cannot be both ignorant and free.” The first amendment structured to give United States citizens the right to speak freely is an essential law that builds the foundation of the United States Constitution. The first amendment is one of the most controversial laws that higher instructions of learning‚ churches‚ state‚ and
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Traditional dance from the Caribbean Abakua - Afro-Cuban Beguine - Guadeloupe‚ Martinique Bellair - Trinidad Bongo - Trinidad Brukin’s - Jamaica Caribbean Quadrilles - Jamaica Dinki Mini - Jamaica Gere - Jamaica Gumbay - Jamaica Goombay - Bahamas Igbo - Haiti Jonkonnu - Jamaica Kumina - Jamaica Tambu - Afro-Curacao Abakua is an Afro-Cuban men’s initiatory fraternity‚ or secret society‚ which originated from fraternal associations in the Cross River region of
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Carmichael drove the momentum to change SNCC from a multicultural group forward-looking association towards an all African American social alteration committee. Late in 1966‚ Huey Newton and Bobby Seale‚ shaped the Black Panther group for self-defense (BPP)‚ at first as a gathering to track episodes of police savagery. Inside a brief timeframe gatherings‚ for example‚ SNCC and BPP picked up force. By the end of the 1960s the Black Power had made a positive check on American culture and society.
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One way the novel shows us doublethink is when the party spontaneously changes who their enemies and allies are. The people of Oceania believed they were at war with Eurasia and allies with Eastasia‚ then without argument‚ they accept what they’re told by the rulers that they are really at war with Eastasia and allies with Eurasia. Everyone takes
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walking straight up around 4 million years ago. Archaeologists called this period of new technology and inventions the Great Leap Forward. After the Great Leap Forward‚ the human race started to expand its territory. Many humans stayed in Africa and Eurasia for many years. The approximate dates for human arrival in the Americas happened at least 12‚000 years ago. Diamond considers the fates of human societies because the areas were populated with hunters and gathers. Around 11‚000 B.C. Africa had been
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Women ’s studies and the early waves of feminism were initially dominated by the experiences of white middle-class women‚ thus leaving Latinas‚ like other women of color‚ feeling excluded or not fully represented. Outside of women ’s studies‚ ethnic studies also left Latinas feeling the same‚ in that they focused on issues of racial and ethnic oppression and cultural nationalism‚ while ignoring the critical issues of sexism and heterosexism. Women and women ’s issues were only seen as "White‚" thus
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She gives her a litany of valuable lessons to shape her behavior and character according to what is acceptable to their culture. Kincaid cleverly dropped hints throughout her poem suggesting that the culture being referred to is the Afro-Carribean culture. The Afro-Carribean culture is a blend of music‚ dance and cuisine mostly conducted in traditional lifestyle; and all these elements are represented in the poem. One of the most lucid hints is the fact that the mother teaches her daughter how to
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Midnight Robber mixes the conventions of the science fiction with Afro-Caribbean symbols and history. The inhabitants of Toussaint have not completely forgotten the history out of which they arose on Earth. Jonkanoo has become a holiday during which they celebrate the landing of the Marryshow Corporation nation ships that had brought their ancestors to Toussaint two centuries before: “Time to remember the way their forefathers had toiled and sweated together: Taino Carib and Arawak; African; Asian;
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