To lack emphasis on culture is to perpetuate the philosophy of single-mindedness and white dominance in our society. In my opinion‚ our society needs to emphasize culture to a further extent since there can never be too much emphasis on it. The blatant reason why we should accentuate the diversity in society is because it truly represents the essence of the people. It exemplifies all of who we are - our physical‚ abstract‚ social‚ political‚ and religious being. It reflects our achievements‚ short-comings
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“We need first to love our own” -ACAA “To learn the culture of other nations‚ we need first to love our own”‚ This was my final remarks at the end of my speech during the 48th NATIONAL RIZAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE CONFERENCE-National Extemporaneous Speaking Contest held last December 16‚ 2010. During that contest‚ we were asked to discuss about our rich and diverse culture and how it affects the history of our nation. Culture (Kultura in Filipino and văn hóa in Vietnamese) in my own words
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The lights flicked off‚ almost calming in a sense. The young girl emerged from the room‚ a new look of bliss spreading across her face. After a detailed explanation‚ she understood what she had done. The way she had been acting was unreasonable and she desired to change. With a flip of her mindset‚ she began to appreciate rather than appropriate‚ a change many people often need to make. “I am African American. The reason I wear my hair in an Afro is because I think it expresses exactly who I am
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Multicultural Competency Paper Marvella S. Morris Psych/535 September 19‚ 2013 Dr. Guykesha Gardner‚ PsyD Abstract Multicultural is defined by having many ways of knowing about something/ethnic group‚ or having many different world views. It is usually complex and contextual. Multicultural psychology examines ways of how culture effects the way people act‚ think‚ and feel. Multicultural psychology is defined as the systematic study of cognition‚ behaviors‚ and the effects of it in different
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Have you ever heard of cultural appropriation? The bottom line is it’s a modern euphemism for theft of different elements from one culture into another. I appreciate that cultural appropriation can be a very challenging and confusing issue for some to understand but one simple illustration is the adoption of rap music into white culture in the late 1900’s. Rap music initially emerged as a result of the civil rights movement in America essentially as a way to bring attention to important social issues
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Multiculturalism means people from different countries or cultural backgrounds living in country apart from their origin. People from different ethnic group can practice and share their own cultures‚ religions and beliefs to this country. People be accepted‚ respected and tolerance to others. In 1901‚ Australia government started White Australia Policy. They doesn’t want the unwhite people come in Australia. However‚ few years ago‚ they thought White Australia Policy wasn’t good so they dismantled
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Australian assimilation policies of the 1930 ’s. The following statement‚ "The assimilation policies of the 1930 ’s had a devastating effect on the Indigenous community‚ which is still being felt today. While promoted as protection for the Aboriginal children‚ the policy actually aimed at wiping out the Aboriginal race"‚ is incorrect and unsupported. It was not the actual assimilation policies that caused the devastating effects on the Aboriginal communities but the influence of the White Settlers
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really about assimilation. The Oxford English Dictionary defines Assimilation as “The action of making or becoming like; the state of being like; similarity.” In the context of Ethnic American Literature this meaning becomes much more sinister. It means to scrap away the home culture from the immigrant and force them to adhere to the American way.
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white community. Although it may sound wonderful to hear someone say that they don’t notice people’s skin color‚ reality says that people notice color all the time. The pressure placed on blacks by the dominant culture forces them to move toward assimilation hooks urges. bell hooks states that “One of the most tragic manifestations of the pressure black people feel to assimilate is expressed in the internalization of racist perspectives” (227). Young blacks need to realize that conforming to the
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Opportunities and Challenges of Assimilation Katherine Malone ETH/125 June 25‚ 2011 Lillian Chenoweth Opportunities and Challenges of Assimilation Over the next 20 years as there is an increase in diversity within the United States there will be new challenges as well as opportunities for Americans of Asian and Japanese decent. As more Japanese and other minorities emerge as activists‚ you will see more involvement by them concerning issues they feel affect them. Politically‚ you will see
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