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    I am African-American with a hint of West Indian in my blood. I was born in Baltimore‚ Maryland and raised in Delaware. My surroundings and family affected who I developed to be as a 21 year old African-American woman. I was brought up on certain foundations on how one should live such‚ as going to college‚ getting a good job‚ buying my own home ‚ meeting a man ‚ marrying him ‚ then having kids and it had to be in that order. I did grow up in a somewhat strict home‚ but as I grew old I learned

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    Introduction: Cultural Background Essay This paper compares the Philippines and the United States in multiple areas such as norms‚ values‚ beliefs‚ religion‚ economics‚ etc. The United States and the Philippines‚ compared from a sociological perspective‚ reveal fascinating similarities and differences. While English and Spanish are the most common languages in the U.S.‚ Filipino and English are spoken in the Philippines along with eight major dialects. Filipino was declared the official

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    My cultural background includes Jamaica. Jamaica is located in the Caribbean and is part of North America. On average‚ the temperature is between 80 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Nights are colder than the days‚ and the mountain areas are colder than the lower land throughout the year. One of the colder mountain areas is the Blue Mountain Range since it is the tallest mountain on the island. When it rains in Jamaica‚ it rains for short periods of time‚ and the rainfall is light. People in Jamaica wear

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    African Americans No matter where or when a person lives‚ skin color‚ beliefs‚ class‚ or history he/she will see a difference in the way every ethnic group is treated. This world has never been fair for anyone. Life can treat a person with the greatest of care or it will treat a person as if he/she is lower than dirt. African Americans are no different. They have faced great hardships and triumphs throughout the years. Since they had been forced from their homeland they have been treated as if

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    Chapter 4 Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle For Independence‚ 1763- 1783 The Rising Expectation of the African Americans and the struggle for Independence was a great thing for blacks they started rise up over slavery‚ they made a big impact in the wars‚ and they got the Declaration of Independence from Thomas Jefferson. I. The Crisis of the British Empire 1) The Great struggle. 2) The two empires Great Britain and France. 3) The independence movement and the

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    Theme: Caribbean History Topic: West African cultural forms and its presence in the British Caribbean up 1838. Statement of the Problem Is it true to suggest that there was a strong presence of African cultural forms within the British Caribbean plantation society up to 1838? Rationale The system of chattel slavery forcibly removed the West African natives from their homeland. As a result of this the Africans were forced to leave a place where they knew as home to a place

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    African American’s had a second class status in 1865‚ therefore their life was hard. By the nineteenth century slavery had been abolished throughout America’s Northern states‚ however it continued across the South. Between 1890 and 1910‚ the southern states government introduced the ‘Jim Crow’ laws‚ which allowed legal segregation. This created separate facilities for blacks and whites‚ these included education‚ healthcare‚ transport and public facilities such as; toilets‚ bus stations and drinking

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    Socio Economic and Cultural background Dulmin is a child who was suffering from meningitis. He is 5 years old and he is a nursery child. His weight is 14kg. He lives in Rathgama. His father is a Labour. His mother is a House-wife. Before this illness he had a good health condition. His parents gave immunization to him in accurate time. And also he had an appropriate nutrition in his child hood. Health Sciences |   |   | | Weber State University Health Sciences | |           | |

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    south is most American people see a group of Mexicans together speaking Spanish‚ the automatically think they are illegal immigrants. They refer to them as wet-back‚ border hoppers‚ beavers and other mean names. Other assumptions about Hispanics include them having a lot of unprotected sex and having multiple children‚ they are perverts‚ dirty‚ cram into vans and a large number of them live in small houses‚ they fight and use weapons‚ they take all the job opportunities for Americans‚ they are short

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    When looking into my cultural background there were a two factors that influenced me musically such as being told that music is not a real career and my parents divorced. Many people in my family believe that a music career is only blank to be played in middle or high school not to make a living doing it. Once you finish high school you are require to process a real career that earns you more money to take care of you family. I always remember my uncle‚ tell me that teaching music is not where the

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