Eunice Oh Jerome 2/24/11 Essay 3 Draft 1 Influences of Dominant Cultures There are many historical stories and daily events where we can see influences of dominant cultures. When a dominant power controls a minority power‚ there can have some positive effects; however‚ most of the influences are negative. The memoir‚ When I Was Puerto Rican‚ by Esmeralda Santiago‚ is a great example of how the majority can have a variety of influences on the minority. The influences of a dominant culture on
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they had a cruel twist of fate‚ where their home country attack Pearl Harbor during World War II. It caused paranoia all over America and resulted in the containment of all Japanese Americans. In Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston essay‚ “Manzanar‚ U.S.A.” It talks about life as a Japanese American during World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ Japanese Americans were rounded up and sent to detention camps. Life in the camps wasn’t hard at all‚ they had swimming pools‚ schools‚ boy
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Bryan S. Kelly Professor Haverty-Stacke School id# Mr. Brenes Final Paper History 152‚ Section 009 5/2/08 What historical realities undermined America’s assertion of itself as the defender of freedom & democracy during World War II? It was said that World War II was the war to rid the world of fear and to bring freedom‚ equality to the rest of the world. Now I ask… how does it look when a nation – one as great as the United States of America‚ the self-asserted defender of freedom
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Sample Student English 2 April 28‚ 2014 No Japanese‚ No Fair: Understanding Executive Order 9066 Discrimination is when one group of people treats another group unfairly because of some type of prejudice or hatred. It can happen when people have bad feelings about another person or group of people based on their race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexuality‚ etc. Unfortunately‚ the US has a long history of discrimination and even if something seemed like the right thing to do at the time‚ discrimination
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ many Americans became paranoid of espionage from the Japanese. Because of this‚ President Roosevelt issued the internment of all people of Japanese ancestry to provide “national security”. Japanese- Americans were given two days to evacuate‚ and were forced into internment camps (Cooper‚ page 7). Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps because of their nationality‚ and had to undergo many unjust hardships. Although after the internment camps‚ they received
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Center‚ “Although their internment was a direct result of animosities raised by the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ the wartime treatment of Japanese Americans is also symptomatic of the anti-Asian sentiment present in the western United States since the arrival of Chinese as laborers on the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad in the 1860s. When overcrowding in Japan also sent waves of immigrants eastward in search of opportunity‚ West Coast states and cities passed laws discriminating against foreign-born
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In her report “Japanese American Internment During WWII”‚ Heather Steven explains how “those in the camps showed their loyalty to the United Sates by assisting in the war effort” (2). While in the camps Japanese Americans were assigned to making uniforms and parachutes for the troops. Others grew and canned food that was also sent to the troops (Steven).Overtime interned citizens were released from these internment camps‚ provided that they did not return to the West Coast (Robinson). Before entering
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http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96518456/ Lange‚ Dorothea. Migrant Mother‚ California. 1936. Library of Congress‚ Washington D.C. Library of Congress Home FSA/OWI. US Government. Web. 24 Mar. 2012. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1998021556/PP/ Manzanar‚ Calif.‚ A War Relocation Authority Center. 1942. Photograph. Library of Congress‚ Washington D.C. Library of Congress. By Dorothea Lange. US Government. Web. 24 Mar. 2012. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001697381/resource/ "Newly Released Photos
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11.1 Annie Leibovitz How does a photographer change history? What makes a photographer influential? Photographers capture emotion‚ represent stories‚ and convey history. If you look at portraits of modern celebrities‚ you are likely to come across the name Annie Leibovitz. She has taken portraits of everyone from John Lennon and Queen Elizabeth II to Michael Jackson and Bill Gates. Her photographs have appeared in a number of different fashion and music magazines over the course of her career.
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Classics *** Black Boy by Richard Wright *** The Awakening by Kate Chopin ** Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury ** Little Women/Little Men by Louisa May Alcott *** Ethan Frome by Ethan Frome ** Glass Menagerie by Tennesse Williams * Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston ** I am the Cheese by Robert Cormier ** Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen * The Outsiders or any novel by SE Hinton ** The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein ** Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkein
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