Ota and Shanice use their experiences and struggles to help their community in different ways‚ but they are similar as well. Ota uses his experience in boarding school involving destroying half of himself to grow that half of himself. In Would We Be Killed it says‚”Captain Pratt never did manage to kill the indian within Luther Standing Bear. In some ways‚ you could say‚ he made that indian stronger.” Because of this experience he know runs a school at Pine Ridge Reservation. This shows that
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The Color Purple movie‚ depicted from a novel of the same title by Alice Walker‚ is a strong and encouraging movie set in 1930s in the countryside of Georgia. The movie centers around a young teenage girl named Celie. Celie is an uneducated African-American girl‚ who out of despair began writing letters to God after she was physically abused and raped by her father. She then becomes pregnant‚ but her father takes her babies away from her and then coerced into marrying an abusive man‚ Albert‚ whom
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In ‘Patterns of Culture’‚ Ruth Benedict wrote‚ “Morality differs in every society‚ and is a convenient term for socially approved habits.” Cultural relativists have claimed the following; (1) different societies have different moral codes. (2) The moral code of a society determines what is right within that society. (3) There is no objective standard that can be used to judge one society’s code as better than another’s. (4) The moral code of our own society has no special status. And (5)‚ It is arrogant
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with the money. The money represents the opportunity to fulfill the dreams from each member of the family. Through the characters of Lena and Ruth‚ it shows how both have the same dream‚ but also has some differences. As we have seen‚ Both Lena and Ruth have a dream about living in a house. In one of the settings that took place was when Lena discusses with Ruth when Mr. Younger and her was looking for houses when they were youthful. Lena explains that “We was
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Increasing one’s health has become a common goal over the last few years. However‚ many times mental health is left out of the focus and even stigmatized. Maggie Bertram’s personal account of her struggle with mental illness in college is salient to Social Work on multiple levels. Her testament to the importance of recognizing mental health problems and treating them is applicable to a Social Worker empowering their client as well as empowering themselves. When faced with new experiences‚ such
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Nonviolent struggle has been utilized countless times throughout the history of civilization. Contrary to popular belief‚ many of the world’s greatest wars are fought free of violence. Nonviolent actions offer an alternative approach to conflict resolution; one that does not resort to literal war and prevents blood shedding. The motivation behind these struggles vary‚ but the desired outcome is always to promote or prevent a change. Conflicts are diverse‚ and typically they are concerned with social
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Struggles of Mental Illness Having a chronic illness or condition and being different from the general population subjects a person to possible stigmatization by those who do not have the illness (Joachim & Acron‚ 2000). Stigma is a negative stereotype. For persons with mental illness‚ stigma is one of the greatest barrier to complete and satisfying life. Mentally ill individuals are seen as being dangerous‚ violent and unpredictable. As a result of this view‚ the mentally ill are stereotyped‚ discriminated
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QUESTIONS: FIJI WATER AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 1. What is ethical and socially responsible marketing and why should marketers be concerned about CSR and sustainability? It is a marketing philosophy that states a company should take into consideration what is in the best interest of society in the present and long term. It involves the customer at all times‚ how the consumer will benefit and focuses on full satisfaction of the customer not selling of the product. Socially responsible
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measurement of the number of bits of stored information per pixel. Bit resolution determines how much color information is available for each pixel. Greater pixel depth means more available colors and more accurate color representation in the digital image. E.g. A pixel with a bit depth of 8 has 2**8‚ or 256 possible values (colors); and a pixel with a bit depth of 24 has 2**24 or 16 million‚ possible values (colors). Monitor resolution defines the number of dots or pixels per unit length of output. It is measured
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Coconut Water Wax A Breakthrough in Fruit Preservation ABSTRACT This study utilized coconut water to produce a wax preservative for fruit and other foodstuff. Different fresh fruits were collected and assigned to four different treatments: * Treatment I (Control): fresh fruits without anything done * Treatment 2: fruits soaked in coconut water for 10 minutes * Treatment 3: fruits covered with coconut water wax * Treatment 4: refrigerated fruits The fruits used were oranges
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