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    Identity and African Americans Ethnic Identity Ethnic identity is the sum total of group member feelings about those values‚ symbols‚ and common histories that identify them as a distinct group (Smith 1991). Development of ethnic identity is important because it helps one to come to terms with their ethnic membership as a prominent reference group and significant part of an individuals overall identity. Ethnic reference group refers to an individuals psychological relatedness to groups (Smith 1991)

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    the subject of immigration and how it applies to a minority: integration and assimilation. Integration is the acceptance of a country’s laws and basic principles while keeping a distinct cultural identity. By contrast‚ assimilation requires adopting the majority’s customs‚ values and way of life. Because of the so-called "melting pot"‚ integration is almost always promoted as the shining beacon of America‚ but most often successful minorities are actually portrayed as assimilated and not integrated

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    Dealing With Cultural Differences Native American Native Americans have respect of individual differences among people. Their expressions of this value include staying out of others’ affairs and verbalizing personal thoughts or opinions only when asked. In many cultures‚ it’s the man makes the decisions for the woman. They are very religious people who work also with tarot reading‚ and wicca/pagan things. How I would deals with a Native American is to treat them all with respect and

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    He believed that Government policy had created an atmosphere in which “violence by the African people had become inevitable” and that “unless reasonable leadership was given…to control the feelings of [the]people”‚ “there would be outbreaks of terrorism which would produce…hostility between the various races.” No other way was open to the African people‚ to fight “in their struggle against the principle of White Supremacy.” He refused to acknowledge the decree that

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    Do Mexican American parents have different rules or expectations for their children than Anglo American parents do? Studies show this is true. Mexican American parents have big traditions‚ expectations‚ and rules‚ not only for their children‚ but also the whole Latino population. Therefore‚ Mexican American parents do expect their children to abide by stereotypical “rules” such as patriarchal authority‚ motherhood‚ and sport. First‚ machismo or patriarchal authority is a big and famous stereotypical

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    Native Americans Northern Colonists Mid-Atlantic Colonists Southern Colonists West Africans Economic Structure Trade made up most of the economic life of the native Americans. Tribes traded food such as meat and corn. There were times that the tribes traveled open trading routes. There were also wampum jewelry‚ and weapons with each other. There were frequent trades with the Native Americans. This was for furs. The exchange for furs was beads‚ cloths‚ cooking and hunting tools Focused on the fur

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    wall alongside the Mexican-American boarder‚ aiding the hardworking Americans who have been cheated of their wealth and cancelling payments to climate

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    Yes‚ United States was justified in going to war with Mexico. The Mexican-American War was fought mostly because of Texas’s border confusion. When Texas won its independence from Mexico‚ they stated that the "great big river of the south" would be the border‚ but because of Texan’s vagueness‚ Mexicans thought the Nueces River was the border‚ while the U.S. and Texas claims they were talking about the Rio Grande. The reasons America was justified in going to war with Mexico is the fact that Mexico

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    The Mexican-American War all started by Texas. They wanted its independence and started fighting with Mexico and that lead to the Mexican American War and led to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 where they paid $15 millions of dollars for Texas‚ Arizona‚ New Mexico and California and bits of other states as well. Mexico was filled with internal struggles that approached on the Civil War. However‚ it was refusing to recognize the independence of Texas. Mexico threatened war with U.S if it took

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    against Mexico for her independence. It all started at the Alamo‚ a church fort‚ where 182-257 Texans and Americans died‚ but as many as 600 Mexicans were either killed or wounded. In April 1845‚ The US signed a treaty with Texas. Most of Texas’ population was mostly made up of 10‚000 Anglos and 4‚000 Tejanos. There were specific rules people had to follow to live in Texas.

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