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    Racial Kinship Debate

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    purposes of this paper‚ will serve as our definition. The second form of taking race into account‚ called "racial kinship"‚ is when members of a particular race treat members of his or her own race with more benevolence than he or she would treat someone outside of his or her own race. Although both forms of taking race into account involve treating people differently based on race‚ racial kinship‚ unlike (our definition of) racism‚ is not entirely destructive in practice. A prevalent question in the arena

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    government relocated seven Inuit families from Northern Québec to the High Arctic. The relocatees have asserted for many years that they were treated unjustly. After many studies and reports‚ the government had acknowledged some failings in the relocation scheme. Views remained sharply divided

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    Parallelism in Greek and Inuit Mythology The very early creation legends are difficult to trace to their original sources‚ since they were passed along by word of mouth from one generation to the next. There are many different legends about the origin of the earth‚ some similar to those told in other cultures. It is interesting that most of these legends can be tied together in one or more ways. The Greek and Inuit tribe versions of early existence are related in many ways. In both interpretations

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    In the Inuit culture they have certain ways they use the universal. I will explain four universals that the Inuits used...their food‚clothing-style‚tools‚ and shelter they all influenced the inuits and how they lived in their environment. First I will explain how they got their food and what type of food they had to eat because of where they are living. Well the big thing that they had in the Canada‚ and Alaska were whales seal‚ and fish‚ext.. This is because since they live in the tundra they only

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    Canada like the Inuit‚ Haida‚ and the Sioux all have unique stories.The Inuit‚ Haida‚ and the Sioux have their differences and they have things in common‚ I will tell all of those right now. The Inuit‚ Haida‚ and the Sioux have many things in common. All of these tribes live in Canada.(Inuit) Northern Canada‚ (Haida)West coast of British Columbia (Queen Charlotte Islands)‚ (Sioux) Southern Manitoba. They all have a traditional myth (that they like to tell during the bonfire)‚ (Inuit) Red and White

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    over the Inuit‚ Haida‚ and Iroquois and how they’re alike and differ. The Inuit‚ Haida‚ and Iroquois are all alike. They are all alike because European explorers arrived at their islands. The Europeans were looking for something else when they arrived at their homes. Another reason is that they all use stone tools. They used the tools for hunting and art. Also because of diet. They all ate mostly meat for protein. The Inuit differences. The first Inuit difference is that the Inuit live in the

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    Videocon Industries‚ MIRC Electronics in demand Videocon Industries and MIRC Electronics rose by 1.58% to 4.95% at 10:06 IST on BSE after the government banned duty-free import of flat screen television by air travelers in its latest effort to narrow the country’s current-account deficit. MIRC Electronics (up 4.95%) and Videocon Industries (up 1.58%)‚ edged higher. The BSE Sensex was down 213.39 points‚ or 1.17% at 18‚094.13. MIRC Electronics had underperformed the market over the past one month

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    I. Presentation of the Company Short History Arctic S.A. is the largest Romanian household appliances producer and one of the largest refrigerators producer in Europe. It is the leader on the local home appliance market‚ with a market share of over 35%. At the same time‚ Arctic is also the largest manufacturer of household appliances with his Factory at Gaesti which has the capacity to produce anually over 25 million refrigerators. Arctic was founded in 1968 in Găeşti by the former Communist Regime

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    A Different Kind of Kinship Patricia F. Leavell ANT353: Anthropology of Gender Inst. Jeri Myers March 11‚ 2013 A Different Kind of Kinship Societies around the world have different ways of structuring their family units. Some are patrilineal and others‚ such as the Mosuo‚ are matrilineal in nature. This means that the family passes their inheritance down through the female line. In the Mosuo culture‚ they go one-step further than the passing of the inheritance in that the only males that

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    Sullivan Erger Section 20 Essay Question #4 Kieran Lyons If you Google kinship in 2014 you get a basic definition of “blood relationship”. Hop in a time machine and jump back to around 500 A.D. and kinship isn’t just another noun in the English language. Respect and loyalty to your kinship is a way of life to the people of the Anglo-Saxon period‚ a custom perhaps many have lost today. Anglo-Saxons reigned in Great Britain around the 5th century and did a swell job of

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