Week 9 Essay Our country has a wide variety of many cultures‚ races and ethnicities backgrounds. I have learned that each group has differences and similarities. These differences give us insight into other cultures‚ beliefs‚ and ways of life that we would not normally know. By embracing the differences through our diverse society‚ I have learned new concepts of living‚ new ways to thinking‚ and new ways to understand things that are different than my everyday life. Many of the groups that are
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way of thinking (including its beliefs‚ values‚ and other assumptions about the world) and doing (its common patterns of behavior‚ including language and other forms of interactions). Also called symbolic culture. As mentioned above Latinos/ Hispanics have their own cultures and ways of doing things. For instance‚ their language; growing up in California I learned a lot of Mexican Spanish‚ but since moving here and meeting Latinos from El Salvador I hear a difference in speech. An example of this
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Cultural Differences America is a melting pot filled with many different cultures and ways of life. In this paper‚ three of the many will be discussed and explained. First‚ will be the Asian American culture‚ next the Latino culture and finally the African American culture. Exposure to these cultures will be imminent in the medical field and the information provided will help one who is looking to work with people from these cultures on a daily basis. Knowing information on a patient’s culture helps
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Perez Leydi 10-22-13 ‘’Cubans contribution to the South Florida’s cultures’’ As many people know the United States is habited by millions of Hispanic people from different parts of the world. The Hispanics have developed a great impact on the American community. Latin’s people have influenced the culture of United States in a impressive way. In any part of the country we can meet a Cuban‚ a Venezuelan‚ a Puerto Rican‚ etc. However‚ when we refer to the community of South Florida
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Industry Overview Some 400‚000 specialty retail stores operate in the US with combined annual sales of $350 billion CAGR 2002-06: 5% Market is dominated by large players like Best Buy‚ Toys “R” Us‚ Gap‚ Sports Authority‚ etc The market size of some major product categories: o Shoes and clothing - $125 billion o Electronics and appliances - $85 billion o Jewelry - $25 billion o Sporting goods - $25 billion o Books - $25 billion Other categories include Toys‚ Music‚ Luggage‚
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Research Paper # 1 HISPANIC AMERICAN Question: Total numbers in the U.S. Answer: 52.0 million is the estimated Hispanic population of the United States as of July 1‚ 2011 Question: Percent of the total U. S. population Answer: 63% of Hispanic-origin people in the United States who were of Mexican background in 2010. Question: Rate of growth Answer: More than 1 of every two people added to the nation’s population between July 1‚ 2008‚ and July 1‚ 2009‚ was Hispanic. There were 1.4 million
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Some mexicans also live with constant caution towards police due to stories and times where police brutality has persecuted the Hispanic community “The beating of two Mexican immigrants by California police has provoked an outcry over what Mexican officials and U.S. human rights groups describe as frequent physical‚ sexual and verbal abuse of immigrants.” ( Nusser‚ Beating of Mexicans
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Latinas in Hollywood: Reinforcing Racial Stereotypes Hollywood is a space that promotes life in the United States. Hollywood is the space that creates stereotypes that create the notion of the “typical Latina‚ Asian‚ Black‚ etc.” Hollywood wants to create racial authenticity for each race‚ and it has been able to successfully as it has differentiated races. There is an attempt to create and manufacture racial authenticity through ethnic women in Hollywood. Hollywood pretends there is authenticity
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culturally biased methods of testing intelligence. Most placement tests and intelligence tests scores are biased toward predominantly white‚ and the middle-class population because of the discrepancies between minority Native American‚ Asian American‚ Hispanic‚ & African American cultures. White students test scores are given based on cultural‚ socio-economic‚ linguistic‚ and genetic factors. Economics is one of the major cultural biases that are hindering the success of our schools. Research shows
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Cultural conflict as a Hispanic American female is fueled by multiple complex variables. For a typical Hispanic girl living in America the choice of food‚ clothing‚ customs‚ and beliefs are fueled by family traditions and often twisted by American media. Traditional Hispanic girls‚ speak Spanish‚ eat Puerto Rican food‚ confess their sins to a priest every Saturday and going to their church every Sunday. The environment of the tropics inspire colors of clothing while the climate impacts that amount
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