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    Uprising- due to the time of year it occurred‚ the Sam Sharpe Rebellion- named after the main instigator of the 1831 revolt‚ the Baptist War- they were thought to be the one who influenced the Africans into starting the revolt ;or rather simply the Great Jamaican Slave Revolt of 1831-32 Though many think that the Christmas revolt was as a result of the conditions that the slaves were undergoing they were wrong. According to Shepherd (2004 ) the revolt was as a result of the political campaign against

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    Dancehall Music is a popular genre of Jamaican music. It is composed of ‘riddims’‚ fast upbeat rhythms than the traditional reggae music. Dancehall music has become a symbol of explicit sexual imagery and violence. Despite the positive effects Dancehall music might have on our young people‚ it has become more a pathway for moral degradation with our young people. Dancehall lyrics are found to be crude as it promotes sexual behaviors‚ sexual imagery and violence. It is expected that the youth of society

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    Introduction ‘436 Jamaicans killed in 101 days’‚ this is the latest banner in the Sunday Gleaner of April 11‚ 2010 as an ‘update’ of the murder figures are fed to us on a daily basis. This generates a lot of fear and the feeling that this ‘monster’ called crime continues to rocket out of control. Areas such as Kingston‚ St. Andrew‚ St. Catherine‚ St. James and Clarendon have accounted for a high percentage of the crimes committed. Rural areas have seen an increase in crime as it is no longer

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    Technology‚ Jamaica Lecture 2 Coordinate Systems and Datums In Jamaica University of Technology‚ Jamaica Overview • • • • • • • • • • Conventional Terminology Geodetic Coordinate Systems The Concept of Datums Defining a Geodetic Datum The Jamaican Datum GPS Datum Coordinate Transformation Projection to National Grid Summary Exercise University of Technology‚ Jamaica Lesson Objectives • By the end of this lesson‚ students should be able to: – Define a Geodetic Coordinate System – Distinguish

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    between people and acknowledges that these differences are a valued asset. Valuing diversity can be measured in three different levels which include cognitive‚ affective‚ and behavioral. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism means preferencing and individual’s culture over the cultures of any other group. This is basically someone judging another culture just by the values and standards of one’s own culture. As far as why it

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    society become a better environment to live in. Diversity is value because it allows us to learn different things that may help up us in life‚ that our own culture does teach‚ or provide. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is a term that is used to describe the tendency that someone will believe his or her own customs and traditions are better than anyone else’s. It is determined that no culture is perfect‚ and closing society

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    several environments such as colleges‚ workplaces‚ and even the communities in which we live those different perscpectives make up the environment as a whole. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? According to dictionary.com the sociology definition of ethnocentrism is “the belief in the inferent superiority of one’s own ethnic group or culture”. This belief can be quite detrimental to a society because a person who is ethnocentric assumes

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    The Jamaican Constitution (hereinafter “the Constitution”) came into effect with the Jamaica Independence Act of 1962.  The Act was tabled to ‘make provision for and in connection with‚ the attainment by Jamaica of fully responsible status within the Commonwealth.’ This document formed the framework for Jamaica’s political independence and created the premise on which this fledgling nation could carve out its own legal system based on its own moral‚ cultural and political experience. The Constitution

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    Ethnocentrism. Judging other cultures by the standards of one’s own culture rather than by the standards of that particular culture. From an ethnocentric perspective‚ that which is culturally familiar is normal‚ ‘natural‚’ true‚ right‚ moral‚ and proper; that which is unfamiliar is bizarre‚ inexplicable‚ abnormal‚ unnatural‚ inferior‚ and/or even immoral‚ savage‚ or barbaric. Ethnocentrism can range in severity and destructiveness from simple

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    To be quite truthful‚ reading Montaigne’s "Of Cannibals"‚ was overwhelming‚ due to the many ideas and how modern his thinking. The main theme or focus of this essay is liberation in the face of ethnocentrism. All in all‚ this essay could have many different themes but this one stuck out the most. We should be less narrow-minded and more open to diverse settings‚ not so judgmental. In this essay‚ Montaigne is well aware of the shortcomings and far from perfection atmosphere where he lives. He isn’t

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