diversity swept across the United States of America. What is diversity? Diversity implies a wide variety in gender‚ race‚ culture‚ ethnicity‚ age‚ and other characteristics of certain groups ("Diversity‚" 2006). Diversity is present in every possible aspect of life. It does not matter where one goes or what one does in America‚ no two people look or act exactly the same. America has been and still is known as a nation of freedom and diversity. Today‚ America is considered to be the "melting pot‚"
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Diana Mendoza Due Date: February 12‚ 2015 Lab 1 Stupid in America EDUC 13001-6301 Stupid in America Are kids really stupid in America? Some people believe it is not the students who are stupid‚ they believe it’s the system that’s stupid. Schools argue it’s because of the money. They need more money to give a better education. In John Stossel’s documentary we can see that money is not the problem‚ a school in Kansas received more than what it usually does and instead of doing better in the test
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The United States of America is made up of several different races‚ religions‚ and ethnicities‚ as well as men and women of different ages‚ and sexual orientations. This makes the United States one of the most diverse nations on earth. It is estimated between the years 2010 to 2050 minorities will increase from 36% to 54% of the population. (Schaefer‚ p. 4‚ 2012)(p.4). Immigration is the main reason for this estimate. It is estimated that in 2050‚ 67 million people will be immigrants and another
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Obesity is growing vast in America because almost three quarters of Americans are obese. The numbers have continually grown when the start of “fast food” became faster and less expensive. Our food has evolved so much over the years by using generally modified organisms (GMO)‚ Tran’s fat‚ lard‚ and fake ingredients. Obesity has become a wide-spread epidemic in America and therefore has killed Americans‚ made many others disabled‚ caused many different heart problems‚ and diabetes. Obesity is bad and
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Obesity in America December 6‚ 2011 Composition II America is one of the most obese countries in the world‚ and the reasons are quite obvious. Just take a look around you. Fast food chains are on every block (unhealthy foods are much less expensive than the healthy foods we should be eating)‚ more and more technology to make our lives easier (and lazier)‚ and high amounts of stress are all factors to weight gain in our country. A recent study in January 2010 shows that obesity rates have reached
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Weddings in America A wedding is the ceremony in which two people are united in marriage. (Wikipedia.com) American wedding are held upon high standards and based upon strong values that are shared between the two parties being wed‚ these two are brought together to form their sacred bondage of love and life with each other. Weddings in America are known to be the most flexible and varied in the entire world due to the variation of race and ethnic backgrounds that the American culture embodies. As
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My Reaction to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou once proclaimed in an interview‚ “All my work is meant to say‚ ‘You may encounter many defeats but you must not be defeated’” (Anthology). This statement holds especially true in her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Her inspirational coming of age story is filled with many defeats that shaped her into the independent and compassionate woman she became. After reading this book‚ I found there to be many meaningful areas
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Unhealthy America American is supposed to be the strongest nation in the world however we have managed to grasp the largest and most unhealthy nation trophy along with it. Americans care more about how quickly they can grab a meal rather than what that meals consists of and how bad the food is for the body. Americans are becoming increasingly unhealthy with every meal they consume. My aunt went on a trip to Greece recently where she says the food was exquisite and utterly delicious. While she
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status in the clothes they wear‚ the cars they drive‚ and the votes they cast. As Mantsios wrote in class of America “people in the united stated don’t like to talk about class. We shrink from using words that classify along economic lines or that point to class distinctions: phrases like working class upper class and ruling class are rarely uttered by Americans (2010)”. Most of the people I know‚ like to think no matter how little they make that they are middle class. The effect of classification
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has existed in the United States. “The Telltale Heart: Apology‚ Reparation‚ and Redress” by Charles Lawrence and Mari Matsuda presents the injustices that the federal government has committed towards specific groups of people. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech‚ “The Library Card” by Richard Wright‚ and “We May be Brothers” by Chief Seattle show the racism that has been prevalent in American society. These issues may have started decades ago‚ but they still exist in today’s society. Racism
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