A dominant culture is one that is able through economic or political power‚ to impose its values‚ language and ways of behaving on a subordinate culture or cultures. This may be achieved by monopolizing the media and means of communication.¹ I would say the dominant culture in America is the pop culture. Pop culture influences the way we dress and even the way we talk. A lot of young people talk with slang words that their grandparents wouldn’t even understand. Pop culture affects everything
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Cultural Assessment and Analysis: The African American Culture Abstract In order to provide culturally appropriate care‚ an examination of one’s personal views‚ beliefs‚ and prejudices must be examined. The first portion of this paper will examine my personal values‚ beliefs‚ biases‚ and prejudices. The remaining paper will analyze the African American culture relating to the Ginger and Davidhizar’s Transcultural Assessment Model cited in Hood (2010). This model uses six key cultural
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Science & Technology in The 1950s Easier Business Dealings Ever since the credit card was invented‚ the transactions were much easier compared to the pass as a swipe of the card would settle up the large payment instead of bringing large amount of cash which would have risk of getting rob. A credit card is a small plastic card which will be issued to the users as a system of payment in transactions. In 1950‚ the concept of using the same card for various payments was found out by Ralph Schneider
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Culture and the Dominant Ideology Functionalist and conflict theorists agree that culture and society are mutually supportive‚ but for different reasons. Functionalists maintain that social stability requires a consensus and the support of society’s members; strong central values and common norms provide that support. This view of culture became popular in sociology beginning in the 1950s. It was borrowed from British anthropologists who saw cultural traits as a stabilizing element in a culture
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Corine Lightner POL 140 Essay #1 (Ch. 3 & 4) Dominant-Minority Relations In the early years of the United States‚ dominant-minority relations were shaped by the agrarian technology and the economic need to control land and labor. The agrarian era ended in the 1800s‚ and the U.S. has gone through two major transformations in subsistence technology since‚ each of which has transformed dominant-minority relations and required the creation of new structures and processes to maintain racial stratification
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Native American Cultural Assimilation from the Colonial Period to the Progressive October 2‚ 2011 Introduction Although the first European settlers in America could not have survived without their assistance‚ it was not long before the Native Americans were viewed as a problem population. They were an obstacle to the expansion plans of the colonial government and the same to the newly formed United States. The Native Americans were dealt with in various ways. During expansion some
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location of origin‚ and of course food habits‚ or dietary patterns. All of these influences are important to understanding the educational information that is needed to provide to the Latino or any other community for that matter. The point I am trying to make is that educators need help in reducing any cultural barriers that may inhibit education. No one stopped me from eating what I want‚ but they did let me know I need to eat American foods since I am living here now after 40 years. I simply refused
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Science and technology in the 1950s During the 1950s‚ science and technology were improved with the cooperation between the scientists and the U.S. government. In the light of the science and technology‚ people have the power to raise their knowledge. However‚ in the 1950s‚ some of the researches and investigations were classified as top secret‚ and remained unknown to the public for many years‚ now Americans can see its repercussions in the world today. Making hydrogen bomb and the discovery of
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Thomas Coleman Diversity in Science‚ Technology‚ Engineering‚ and Mathematics (DSTEM) Hegemony hides under the guise of many names. In his book the seventeen irrefutable laws of teamwork John Maxwell identifies the term “group think”‚ and warns against its power to blind productivity and narrow the focus of a team(Maxwell‚ 2001). He suggests that in every meeting there should be someone assigned the task of maintaining a view of opposition to the rest of the group. This form of hegemony
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Japanese American Cultural Considerations The majority of Japanese immigrants began arriving in the United States toward the middle part of the 19th Century. These first Japanese immigrants passed down many characteristics of historic Japanese culture to subsequent generations‚ and these characteristics still abide in the Japanese American psyche (Easton & Ellington‚ 2010). Today‚ Japanese culture is prevalent in many areas of the Western U.S.‚ most notably in the cities of Los Angeles‚ San
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