’melting pot.’ A more accurate description might be ’mosaic’ but even better than that is Kingmans’s streams--a metaphor that powerfully brings to mind images of waters that refresh‚ nourish ‚ and sustain the land.. . ." The "melting pot" and the "mosaic" are both much-debated terms with long histories. Here are some Working Definitions (all paraphrased or quoted from Wikipedia). These definitions represent a consensus of informed opinion‚ but are not scientifically binding. The melting pot is a metaphor
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Genocide‚ or the mass killing of a nationality or ethnic‚ is a common and relatively frequent event in the history of mankind. Pol Pot‚ born Saloth Sar‚ was a leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia‚ and was responsible for the Cambodian Genocide. He came to power in a state of unrest and‚ much like Adolf Hitler‚ won the support of his people with his radical new proposals and ideas. He proposed an idea to implement an agrarian utopia‚ which was inspired by the Maoist principles he had seen in China
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ability were also labeled as the enemy. In four years‚ the Khmer Rouge caused the deaths of nearly a quarter of Cambodia’s population and scarred its survivors. For four years‚ the Khmer Rouge‚ founders of the Communist Party of Kampuchea‚ led by Pol Pot (a.k.a. Saloth Sar)‚ gained control over Cambodia in a coup d’etat and declared the beginning of Year Zero‚ their attempt to reset the country and create an agrarian society. Official government forces led by Lon Nol succumbed to the Khmer Rouge at
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out with friends‚ the out of no where being taken away to a labor or death camp to be murdered or worked to death. This is what the Khmer Rouge did to Cambodians. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge caused the deaths of many Cambodians through labor and death camps during the 1970’s. Origin The Khmer Rouge was a Communist party led by Pol Pot in Cambodia. They took control of the country from 1975 to 1979‚ and outlawed money‚ religion‚ and family (Molloy). Citizens of Cambodia were not allowed to own money
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Should we legalize marijuana? this is a question asked by many politicians and student alike. There are many views on this subject. if we legalize marijuana it could save the governments a lot of money if they did not have to prosecute people who use marijuana and are caught by the police. Canada has already taken a step in the direction of legalizing marijuana because it has decriminalized small amounts of marijuana. Under this law if you are caught with marijuana as
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1. Examine the approach Trader Joe’s uses to promote a positive work environment for its employees. Determine at least three (3) ways in which Trader Joe’s is able to increase job satisfaction and performance. Trader Joe’s has become a multi-billion dollar national chain partly through its ability to find cheap real estate‚ skip name brands and smartly manage its supply chain. Trader Joes is a company that truly appreciates it employee. They literally put their money where its mouth is. This company
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Everyone is made from a collection of nationalities in the United States. What if you were told you had to act a certain way to appease national standards? Everyone should have the right to individuality‚ with movement away from conformity. The United States has come into a new age of diversity‚ with no limitations on who you have to be in society. Even though the people of the United States have many nationalities‚ everyone remains pushing towards the same goal in life. In D’Souza’ article What’s
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By definition multiculturalism is an ideal where several cultures manage to coexist amongst each other. It is both a beneficial and problematic way of living. But it has become necessary to overcome the issues and be able to handle the mixing of cultures because the globalizing of the world today. The main reason multiculturalism can be an issue is because when people with different values live close together in a society and depend on each other‚ there is bound to be some sort of friction between
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During the last three decades‚ Cambodia has suffered through war‚ political disorder and genocide. On April 17th 1975 after winning the civil war‚ the Khmer Rouge gained the control of the Phnom Penh. This communist guerrilla group led by Pol Pot would cause unimaginable devastation and misery throughout Cambodia for the next three years‚ eight months and twenty days. The Khmer Rouge forced the people of Cambodia to the countryside and to labor camps. Families were separated‚ children
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Introduction Prostitution is called the world’s oldest profession for a reason. It has always been with us and always will be. If it is always going to be part of society as a whole‚ across the world than alternatives to improve the safety‚ wellbeing and society as a whole‚ and to reduce the impact that it has on the Criminal Justice System as an entirety. Throughout this paper the views on reducing the impact‚ effect‚ benefits‚ and consequences of legalizing brothel houses and trying to eliminate
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