Our American culture is impacted by high obesity rates. We often are sucked into fad diet plans and exercises. Particularly in the black community we do not put our health first. Our cultural diet does not consist of dishes with health in mind. We are riddled with obesity‚ hypertension‚ diabetes‚ and etc. All of these disease can be prevented by diet. Why is my community plagued with these preventable diseases? There is a lack of consciousness and education of health. The working or unemployed does
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Cultural Pluralism Since the immigrants first arrived from other countries to the United States‚ they were having a hard in the U.S.A. It is long‚ hard and painful. They thought they could have a better life in the U.S.A; the true is there was many problems are waiting for them. Because of immigrants usually don’t speak the dominate language of U.S.A‚ so the only jobs they could do is the lower class job with low paying. So immigrants are having hard time to live in the U.S.A; But sine have more
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Mercedes Lechlitner S102 Katy Kelly April 1‚ 2014 Cultural Experience Describe In preparation for this reflection‚ I began by thinking about what cultural event I would most like to attend‚ what would work for the assignment and what would also benefit me in my personal life by actually forcing me out of my comfort zone to experience things I never have before. Because Christianity is such a huge part of my life I immediately thought I would want to do something based on another religion
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Running Head: MY CULTURAL My Cultural Autobiography Nancy Domanski Sir Frances Bacon said‚ “If a man be gracious to strangers‚ it shows that he is a citizen of the world‚ and his heart is no island cut off from other islands‚ but a continent that joins them‚” (Jenkins‚ 1994). This quote represents all the core values that I cherish and to which I adhere. Personal culture doesn’t have to be linked to a certain country of origin or a specific ethnicity; it can be as simple as a person’s
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Cultural values‚ personal ethics‚ and morality are all topics that usually have a different meaning for every individual. My personal ethics‚ morality‚ and cultural values have developed throughout the many life lessons that I have learned in my 29 years of life. I can still remember a specific Saturday afternoon at my grandparents’ house. I was sitting on my grandpa’s lap watching the Dodger game. In between innings my grandfather asked me the question‚ "Aaron it is time you learn about values
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Cultural universals are specific behavioral elements that are common to every culture. Anthropologist George Murdock compiled a list of cultural universals‚ including sports‚ cooking‚ courtship‚ dancing‚ family‚ games‚ music‚ religion‚ and marriage. Although Murdok’s universals are found in every culture‚ the way in which they are expressed varies from culture to culture. Funeral rites are practiced in every culture in some form. A funeral is a ceremony marking a person’s death. There are universals
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Univ 102 . 10 May 2011 Cultural Transformations of Little Red Riding Hood The story of “Little Red Riding Hood” began as a fairy tale passed down through the centuries‚ especially by peasant women to their daughters since folklorists often belonged to the peasant culture (Tatar 3). The peasants who were farmworkers and domestic laborers needed something to do while working tediously‚ so they told each other tales. That’s why the Little Red Riding Hood story’s original plot had a peasant
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Below are four scenarios pertaining to cultural diversity. For this assignment‚ you will prepare a research paper that focuses on one of these scenarios‚ analyzing what happened‚ what the consequences either are or might be‚ and how the situation can be corrected and/or prevented in the future. These must be concrete suggestions that could actually be implemented rather than vague references or opinions. While the situations have been fictionalized‚ there have been actual situations that are very
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Natalia Gonzalez Professor Diana Solorzano Communications 150 08 April 2014 Cultural Artifact Speech It’s pretty obvious what ill be talking about today and for those that are completely clueless then good at least I’m surprising a few. For those who don’t know what I’m holding‚ this right here established the foundation of my childhood‚ culture‚ and future. You guys thought I was going to keep it simple and say‚ “It’s just a soccer ball” well yes it is but to me it’s so much more than that. Lets
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Early in our nation’s history‚ white settlement of the Americas began a long-standing tradition of misunderstanding and hostility between Native American tribes and United States society. Intercultural communication barriers lent themselves to assumptions and intolerance‚ which led to warfare‚ bloodshed‚ and the eventual destruction of an entire culture’s traditional ways of life. Today‚ stereotypical representations of the "cowboys and Indians" of the 1800s continue to perpetuate hurtful misconceptions
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