RACE AND ETHNICITY A. Cult of Ethnicity The US escaped the divisiveness of a multiethnic society by a brilliant solution: the creation of a brand-new national identity. The point of America was not to preserve old cultures but to forge a new‚ American culture. This was the ideal that a century later Israel Zangwill crystallized in the title of his popular 1908 play The Melting Pot. The new American identity was inescapably English in language‚ ideas and institutions. The pot did not melt everybody
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Have you ever thought about what it would be like to completely lose your identity? People who are a part of a cult face this every day. Whether they are born into it or join it on their own‚ they are isolated and alone. Their identity becomes the cult; it defines who they are. There are many different types of cults‚ ranging from religious to political to marketing. Each has characteristics that define what and who they are but are all difficult to fit into one particular category. Many stem from
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Hot Tub Time Machine A Cult Film I will argue that the movie “Hot Tub Time Machine” is in fact a cult film. Hot Tub Time Machine tells a story of a malfunctioning time machine in the form of a hot tub‚ at a ski resort. The hot tub takes a man back to 1986 with his two friends and one of their nephew. They are taken back in time where they must relive a fatal night and not change anything to make sure the nephew is born in the future. Cult films are my favorite type of movie. They are movies
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Watchful Steadfast was ready to become a man. He had yet to fall in love‚ but felt God’s will to rise to the role of a husband. Dove Love‚ despite having never spoken to Watchful‚ was the lucky girl handpicked by the leaders to marry him. Working in laundry‚ Dove’s days involved washing and ironing clothes for over 500 people. However‚ she was now about to take on the most noble job title of all; a submissive wife. The couple’s courtship was brisk. They refrained from all physical contact for the
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Bibliography: Berg‚ David. (1973). The birthday warning. "ALL THINGS"!— MO‚ Retrieved from Berg‚ David. (1974). The little flirty fishy. "ALL THINGS"!—MO‚ Retrieved from Robbins‚ Thomas. ‚ & Anthony‚ Dick‚ (1980). Brainwashing and the persecution of "cults" The Family International (2012). David berg. Retrieved from http://www.davidberg.org/flirty-fishing Zablocki‚ Benjamin. (1997). The blacklisting of a concept: The strange history of the brainwashing conjecture in the sociology of religion
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referencing both textbooks There are many dimensions of cultural diversity that are changing‚ as mankind all over the world is being promoted to a better understanding a better quality and understanding of life. In chapter 1 of Exploring Race and Ethnicity; One hundred years ago‚ sociologist and activist W. E. B. Du Bois took another famed Black activist‚ Booker T. Washington‚ to task for saying that the races could best work together apart‚ like fingers on a hand. Du Bois felt that Black people had
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Fundamentalist: The Fine Line between Religion and Cult In the case of the Church of Latter Day Saints‚ fine lines are drawn in the societal perception of this group of people. Their doctrines and practices make the American public debate whether they are a religion or a cult. The largest factor in the decided public perception lies mainly in their belief of polygamy. While the Church of Latter Day Saints denounced the practice in the 1890s‚ fundamentalist sects formed over the subject continuing
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Club’s Cult: Manipulation & Thought Reform Dr. Margaret Thaler Singer asks the question‚ “How many more Jonestowns and Wacos will have to occur before we realize how vulnerable all humans are to influence?”(3) With this‚ Singer-- a clinical therapist who specialized in brainwashing and coercive persuasion‚ considered a giant in the field of cult behavior-- brings the normallytaboo topic of cults in our society to the forefront of discussion. People must be informed and understand what a cult is‚
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The New Guinea cargo plane cult from a functionalist perspective stresses that the un-industrialization of the cult is due to the developed world not sharing technological advances with the tribe (cult). The tribe leader’s ability to explain the purpose of the cargo planes and the tribe’s inability to succeed with riches like that of the white man had a large affect on the tribe’s belief system. The tribes simple way of life was disturbed by the discovery of cargo planes in the sky‚ shocking whatever
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The first page of the text Chemical Dependency by McNeece and DiNitto states that ethnicity and culture have been called the strongest determinants of drinking pattern in a society. The two ethnicities or cultures I chose to write about are Native Indian and African Americans. Native Indians: Native Indians have a very permissive attitude towards substance use. They have been accused of enabling alcoholics by paying for their bills‚ bailing them out of jail‚ and placing blame on others rather than
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