Belonging to America My grandfather always used to explain to me how lucky I was to be able to be an American. He would inform me on how valuable it was and how I should never take it for granted. He expressed that I should feel honored to be able to have all the opportunities I do. I never understood him growing up. I did not understand how growing up somewhere‚ like America‚ versus another country could be any different. I understand now. When I was younger‚ my mother would tell different stories
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picture. In that way I think the individuals and the society is responsible for the homelessness to the extent that it is reduced through different programs offered to the homeless. The facts are that there are millions of homeless people in America today. Many of these people had no choice but to become homeless. Economic problems such as being laid off work‚ or the rise in the cost of housing have lead people to live on the streets. Many of the homeless are women that have become divorced or
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counterculture in the US: The Other America What is the Other America? Is it correct to talk about the “Other America”? Who are the “other Americans”? Indians‚ “Nigros”‚ workers‚ immigrants (emigrants?) can all be accounted for that role. But why are they called “others”? Others to whom? Isn’t it correct to say that the Other America actually is the real America? History first. When did this phenomenon start? The date that most recognise as the beginning of the Other America is the December 29th‚ 1890
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many are unaware of. I recently read a book titled‚ Deaf In America Voices From A Culture‚ which covers the details of deaf culture. It goes from the life of deaf children and how they learn to different types of sign language. This sparked my interest in the things we don’t know or don’t realize about deaf issues and struggles. There is a wide variety of representation of the deaf in Hollywood‚ social media‚ and the deaf students in America. I’m sure you already know about these issues but this is
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all girls’ high school said “No one just drops out of school‚ they may transfer‚ but to drop out of school is a major disaster.” The statistics back it up. While in South Korea 93% of all students graduate high school‚ that number drops to 75% in America‚ more than 1.2 million students
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The Demise of America as a Superpower There is an old Italian saying that states “I came to America because I heard that the streets were paved with gold.” Even though American streets are really not golden‚ this saying is metaphoric to that era where America was a dominating superpower. It was a time in American history when hard work was valued‚ and families had strong virtues. A great amount of time has passed since the industrial age and so‚ America has evolved. This once a God-fearing nation
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Due to a lack of opportunities in America poverty seems to be a rising case. People are becoming homeless‚ homes are foreclosing‚ and businesses are going out of sale. In the last eight years the economy has been going in a downward spiral. It seems to me that there is a lack of help from the government or the president‚ there are a lot of unstable households‚ no one is truly successful‚ and incomes are falling incredibly. One of the major causes of poverty is the inequality in the distribution
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A Broken Latin America Latin America is a curious case in the political world; with ever changing governments‚ one of the highest regional poverty rates and a corrupt federal system that is tied into the narcotics industry. Why is this region so politically unstable‚ and is it getting better or worse? This question can easily be answered when the political history of Latin America is examined. Latin America is a region birthed through war and revolution‚ as well as hundreds of years of colonization
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The Mayan‚ Aztec‚ and Inca civilizations were the largest empires in the lands we now call Latin America. The Mayans‚ the oldest of these three great civilizations‚ built their empire in what is now southern Mexico and Central America. Mayan civilization had collapsed when the Aztecs built huge pyramids to their gods. The Aztecs built well-organized cities and developed a writing system. The Incans created a road system to connect their empire in the Andes Mountains. They also developed an irrigation
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the student had merely murdered someone he would have attracted far less attention and criticism. Racism is‚ indeed‚ the national obsession. Universities are on full alert for it‚ newspapers and politicians denounce it‚ churches preach against it‚ America is said to be racked with it‚ but just what is racism? Dictionaries are not much help in understanding what is meant by the word. They usually define it as the belief that one’s own ethnic stock is superior to others‚ or as the belief that culture
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