The American experience is the most unique and diverse of any country in the world. It is filled with the cultures and histories of every race‚ religion‚ and ethnicity‚ combined together to create a mural of what it means to be an American. While the experiences of all these groups intertwine in many instances‚ there are large segments of American history where one group’s experience is completely unlike that of any other. Such is the experience of African Americans during the late 1920s‚ in an era
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In the Cambodian genocide‚ 1975 to 1979 one third of the population died. Two articles about genocide survivors are “killing fields’ survivor documents Cambodian genocide” by Jennifer Hyde and “Why the arts are as important as hospitals in Cambodia” by Emily Wight. Individuals and societies who suffer a trauma such as genocide can heal through using art or bring guilty people to trial. Some people heal through art‚ like music. If Pond was a slow learner‚ he would have been killed by Khmer
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Blood and Sacrifice A country filled with corruption‚ death‚ and human rights violations. One in every five people would end up dying‚ each one in its own ruthless way. From 1975-1979‚ Cambodia experienced one of the worst genocides in the history of the world. One girl experienced this atrocious genocide at the age of five and lived to tell the tale. The girl‚ Loung Ung‚ shares her experience in the book First They Killed My Father. The theme of First They Killed My Father is that in times of crisis
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Q. In times of upheaval‚ it is one’s family that is important. Discuss. First They Killed My Father is a highly emotional‚ moving account of the survival of a family - a family brought together through challenging times. The importance of family in the survival of Loung and her siblings throughout and beyond the Khmer Rouge years cannot be overstressed. Essential family values such as a mother’s love for her children‚ obedience to caring father’s advice and cooperation with each other through
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Imagine an event so terrifying that the memories cause nightmares that cling and refuse to leave‚ dragging a person down to absolute rock bottom. This is what Loung faces in the novel‚ Lucky Child. She experiences a hideous genocide in her home country of Cambodia as a child. During the genocide‚ she is exposed to the deaths of her parents‚ as well as horrendous situations that no girl her age should ever have to go through‚ such as watching her best friend’s brain splatter on her during a bombing
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States that legalize prostitution can require sex workers to use condoms and get tested for sexually transmitted diseases‚ others cannot. Erin Fuchs from Business Insider states‚ “Sex workers in Nevada have to get monthly tests for syphilis and HIV and weekly tests for
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LEGALIZE IT! The debates over same sex marriage have been a long term conversation. As homosexual couples began to insist on recognition‚ some nations took the issue onto their policy agenda. But there are some arguments whic are against same sex marriage. The most important question here is “why?”. According to social constructionist thought‚ this hostility to same sex marriage is not because of internal logic‚ but because of cultural attitudes (Eskridge‚ 1993‚ p.1423) . However‚ this is not a
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In the past decade‚ there has been a constant debate on the idea of legalizing marijuana at the federal level in the United States. This issue has become more prevalent as more states legalize the drug for medical and personal use each year. Although research has – and still is – proving that marijuana has medicinal benefits‚ many legislators believe that the drug should remain classified as a Schedule I drug. For this paper‚ I will discuss both sides of the debate on whether marijuana should be
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In the melting pot of cultures in the United States‚ Hmong people are among the most misunderstood and enigmatic ethnic groups. Throughout history‚ during the most uneasy and difficult time‚ when Laos experienced civil war in the 1950s and 1960s‚ the Hmong sided with the government‚ fearing a communist regime would disrupt their independence. The Vietnam War resulted in the Hmong to siding with the United States to oppose Vietnamese and Laotian communists‚ lose a huge percent of their population
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respective rules. Though Communist leader Pol Pot and German nationalist Adolf Hitler can be compared in several ways‚ there are also myriad differences between their ascendancies. The social dispositions and executions of Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot‚ although similar in several ways‚ also differed for numerous reasons during their supremacies. The social perspectives and exploits of Hitler and Pol Pot have multiple similarities. For example‚ both Pol Pot and Hitler advocated and‚ to an extent‚ succeeded
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