Question: Do you think that people from certain ethnic backgrounds should be given greater access to education? Food‚ water and shelter are basic needs for a human. We need them to keep ourselves alive. However‚ nowadays‚ there is also a need for education to make sure we can survive on this earth. People need education to become knowledgeable. With knowledge‚ we will able to work for our basic needs. As education is essential to everyone‚ should people from certain ethic backgrounds be given greater
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for the common good of our society/world. Ethnocentrism is the tendency to believe that one’s ethnic or cultural group is centrally important‚ and that all other groups are measured in relation to one’s own. [ The ethnocentric individual will judge other groups relative to his or her own particular ethnic group or culture‚ especially with concern to language‚ behavior‚ customs‚ and religion. These ethnic distinctions and sub-divisions serve to define each ethnicity’s unique cultural identity. ]
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1. List the four sub-disciplines of anthropology and describe the contribution of each discipline to the study of human relations. The four sub-disciplines of anthropology are: Cultural Anthropology‚ Archaeology‚ Biological Anthropology and Linguistics. For each of the following concepts please provide a definition‚ a brief history‚ and provide examples and comments relating the concept to your own life and experiences Cultural Pluralism is a condition in which many cultures coexist within a
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having incorrect interpretations of each other’s messages. In a multicultural society some people often stick to their own ethnic group. They do not interact with other groups. This behavior constructs the contrary of a united society. A lot of immigrants find it hard to integrate to the new society. This could be one of the reasons why immigrants choose to live where their own ethnic group has its
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resources to reach a diverse population. Diverse ethnic groups‚ with varied cultural patterns‚ have very different levels of social capital and thus differing capacities to enter into the process of pro-poor change. The relative wealth of the country and the large size of some ethnic groups has allowed them to express their ethnicity in remarkable and sometimes problematic ways that are not mirrored in other similar countries. Dominance of particular ethnic groups in certain sectors of the economy has
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NATIONALISM Nation and nationalism are two of the msot common word used in political science and in discussion of internatioanl politics. While using these words so oftenly most of us often tend to use them lossely and sometimes also misuse them. Statehood Demands in India’s Northeast: Bodoland As anticipated‚ the creation of Telangana has had a destabilising domino effect on the rest of India. The most recent of these is the demand for a separate Bodoland to be carved out of Assam
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What do we mean by ethnicity and what are some of the most important types of ethnic identification? Discuss how a country’s transition to democracy might increase ethnic tensions in some cases and decrease it in others. According to Handelman‚ “ethnicity is a social construction with certain common qualities” (2001). What this means in my opinion is the ethnicity is identifying with a group based on what that group has similar or alike. According to that text the most identifying types of ethnicity
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Ethnocentrism is the tendency to believe that one’s ethnic or cultural group is centrally important‚ and that all other groups are measured in relation to one’s own. The ethnocentric individual will judge other groups relative to his or her own particular ethnic group or culture‚ especially with concern to language‚ behavior‚ customs‚ and religion. These ethnic distinctions and sub-divisions serve to define each ethnicity’s unique cultural identity. Some ways to overcome the ethnocentrism:
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century nationalism was used as tool in political propaganda. Nationalism is the extreme patriotism or love for one’s country. In the past few centuries nationalism has been used a justification for many wars and genocides. Nationalism has also been used to fuel the desire for imperialism. Imperialism is when one country takes over another. This can be as direct as sending in armies or as indirect as signing treaties giving over social and or economical control. This use of nationalism has been
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Patriotism is‚ generally speaking‚ cultural attachment to one’s homeland or devotion to one’s country‚ although interpretations of the term vary with context‚ geography and political ideology. It is a set of concepts closely related to those of nationalism. The English term patriot is first attested in the Elizabethan era‚ via Middle French from Late Latin (6th century) patriota "countryman"‚ ultimately from Greek πατριώτης (patriōtēs) "countryman"‚ from πατρίς (patris)‚ "fatherland".The abstract
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