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    People don’t always understand that silence is not a sign of weakness‚ it is in fact unmeasurable strength. Modern American culture conditions people‚ particularly men‚ to believe that masculinity consists of outwardly aggressive behavior and unrestrained hypersexualization of women‚ but sometimes a true sign of masculinity is the ability for one to remain silent and listen to others. I once found myself in an unpleasant situation that involved repeated instances of sexual harassment that almost

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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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    deny is my heritage. I am a Mexican American. I was born in America‚ and nurtured by Mexican parents. I am bilingual: I speak English‚ and I speak Spanish at home‚ and bicultural: I eat authentic Mexican food in my house‚ and American fast food when I go out with friends. Although‚ you may think that I get the best of two worlds; in reality‚ it’s not always like that. The truth is‚ I do not fit into the stereotypes that most people have about Mexican Americans‚ and surprisingly enough‚ I don’t assimilate

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    I. The individual highlighted in this video goes by the name of Clozee; pronounced like “chlo – e” to make it easier on us Americans. Her overall appearance gives off a sense that looking over-done is not a concern. However‚ by no means is her image neglected. She grew up in Toulouse‚ France and now resides in San Diego‚ California. I’m uncertain why she chose to come out here to begin with‚ however‚ I do not think music was the main reason behind her big move. She mentioned that after her schooling

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    Chinese Americans are immigrants who either have contracts or became evacuated people who have immigrated and move to the States together. The constant belief of all immigrants coming on the journey was the idea of recollecting the genuine or ideal goal of a well fundamentally and improved for a better life in the future and their children. The fusion of Asian American culture is integrated through the western mainstream. Today they become and remain as the fastest growing minority group in the United

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    If someone from another country asked me what the American culture is like‚ I would tell them the following: • America is a very diverse country. It is also common to see people from different ethnic backgrounds come together and communicate with one another‚ which may be surprising to non-Americans • It is normal to dress very casually and informal during day-to-day life. Unless there is a formal event to attend to or having to dress for work‚ it is common to see men and women dress however they

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    It was created from the mixing of Acadian French and the original French language spoken by French soldiers and settlers in Louisiana before the arrival of the Acadians. The language is made from words of African‚ Spanish‚ Native American and English

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    Students at JHU-SAIS went to the National Museum of the American Indian altogether today. The weather was HOT when we were walking there from SAIS (also used the subway too). I saw many food trucks on that way and the smell of those make so hungry because I didn’t have lunch. The curator was Indian and he has unique pronunciation so it was not easy to understand what he says but he spoke slowly‚ so that’s not a big problem. First we saw animal-shaped sculptures and then we saw 4 meaning of the corns

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    Have you ever met somebody extremely perfect at everything they do? A doll that a child can actually call “friend” and play with it as if it actually has life? Barbie dolls can either be given for a birthday present or a christmas present. In American Culture‚ A barbie doll is a doll made out of plastic who has different hobbies‚ different fashion apparel‚ different skin colors‚ different hairstyles and comes with her own transportation and housing. Barbie has many many hobbies that she is good at

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    Mesopotamian culture had different levels of living depending upon ones social ranks. Kings of course lived in palaces. In the cities homes were built out from the center of settlement‚ which was the temple with its ziggurat. The wealthiest and highest on social ladder lived close to the center. The homes of the affluent were built of sun-dried bricks while those of people of lesser means would have been constructed from reeds. It is to be noticed that their houses were still called homes and not

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