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    In today’s society‚ everyone has their own individual perspective of what ethnic and cultural identity mean for their family culture. Understanding your family cultural group is essential in regards to values‚ norms and beliefs. Culture identity allows you develop a self-conception and self-perception. This is in relation to nationally‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ social class‚ race‚ and gender. For me‚ my cultural and ethnic identity is who I am and what I have evolved into based on the aspects of how

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    Religious and Ethnic Diversity ETH/125 Cultural Diversity Wk 2 Part I Select at least one religious and one ethnic/racial group from the list: Religious Group: Buddhism Ethnic/Race Group: Asian   Part II Religious Group: Buddhism   Buddhism is 2500 yrs old‚ and differs from other religions in that even without the existence of a Buddha‚ the teachings in Buddhism still exist. Buddhists do not worship any one deity who exacts punishment or reward on those around them

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    differences have a great effect on how Renault-Nissan operates in South Africa. South Africa is known for its ethnic and cultural diversity. Therefore‚ in my opinion they would need managers that know the country and how its people do business. Though some of South Africa is a lot like Western Europe‚ there are eight different languages spoke in South Africa‚ so having a person from Rosslyn managing the plant would be beneficial. South Africa has been referred to as the “rainbow” nation‚ I believe that

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    CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN AFRICA: CHALLENGES FOR THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY BY Ibrahim Alhassan CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1. Man from the earliest times has always lived in societies each with its peculiarities. But a common variable had been the scarce economic resources he has to contend with and which often times threaten his survival. As man continued to interact with one another a gradual tussle evolved amidst these limited resources that further threatened

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    HIV-AIDS in Africa Shelby May H102 – The World in the Twentieth Century II Professor Machado April 3‚ 2014 Word Count: 1800 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that causes AIDS‚ has become one of the world’s most serious health and development challenges; “more than 25 million people have died of AIDS worldwide since the first cases were reported in 1981”.1 HIV is much like other viruses today such as the flu or the common cold. The difference

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    erosion of rule of law becomes evident of Africa’s decaying societies. Closely associated with political instability are inherent ethnic and tribal conflicts in African nations. The importance of this factor cannot be undermined in the determination of economic and social growth. Over the decades ethnic and tribal polarization‚ spearheaded by political dissidents in Africa have taken advantage of political instability to cause mayhem in their nations and to their people. This has caused tensions‚ violence

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    ETHNIC IDENTITY IS AN INTERACTIONAL IDENTITY. The word “ethnic” that we use in our daily life sometimes can be related to foreign origins‚ unusual‚ different‚ unique‚ traditional‚ and has cultural relation. Actually‚ the word of ethnic came from the Greek word “ethnos” used by Homer in Iliad on 7-8th BC which indicates a group of people that is different from “us”. However‚ as the time move forward‚ the word “ethnic” has been understood as stated above (foreign‚ unusual‚ different‚ unique‚ traditional

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    Effects of Racial and Ethnic Humor Humour has been a subject of intellectual discussion for thousands of years dating back to the days of Aristotle in ancient Greece. It has been used to tell stories‚ entertain‚ express one’s perspective and in some cases humour is used in an offensive or insulting way. With the increasing amount of globalization the debate of whether racial and ethnic humour is harmful or beneficial to modern day society has become very prominent. Racial and Ethnic humour has the possibility

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    Ethnic 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

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    INDIVIDUALS A group can range in size from two members to thousands of members. Very small collectives‚ such as dyads (two members) and triads (three members) are groups‚ but so are very large collections of people‚ such as mobs‚ crowds‚ and congregations (Simmel‚ 1902). On average‚ however‚ most groups tend to be relatively small in size‚ ranging from two to seven members. One researcher ( J. James‚ 1953)‚ after counting the number of people in 7405 informal‚ spontaneously formed groups found in

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