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    from one country to another‚ always value their cultures. It may be the same world‚ but the cultures will always differ from each other. Mexico and the United States share the same border‚ but share two completely different customs. “No custom is good or bad‚ right or wrong in itself; each one must be examined in light of the culture as a whole and evaluated in terms of how it works in the context of the entire world.” Mexican culture and American culture vary within marriage‚ celebrations‚ and education

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    Ethnic Literature

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    The Power in a Name The term “ethnic” when in conjunction with the word “literature” in the academic discourse community of students‚ often brings out mixed feelings of excitement and dread. On the one hand‚ students understand that they will be getting away from the canonical American literature – which can equal boring in their eyes; on the other hand‚ students interpret the term “ethnic literature” to mean distinctive – which can equal confusing or ambiguous – and perhaps at times not relatable

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    Native American Culture

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    His internal conflicts enthrall between fighting for his Native American ethnicity‚ and‚ finding his purpose to this world. This link between the two becomes a challenge due to his pessimistic‚ and protective attitude for his race. The narrator’s volatile actions imply his frustration towards the discrimination against his native Spokane reservation heritage. The protagonists’ Native American upbringing intertwined with White culture challenges his Red and White thinking. The protagonists’ family

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    Theories as Metaphors

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    Theories as Metaphors Root metaphor According to Stephen Pepper(1942)‚ provides a model for understanding phenomena‚ and it is often unconscious. He had six world views 1. Animism – characteristics of a human or a spirit 2. Mysticism – knowledge is acquired through revelation of experience 3. Formism – forms exist in nature 4. Mechanism – forces are transmitted to produce effects 5. Organicism – stages of development 6. Contextualism – situations changes as events unfold

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    Ethnic Identity

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    year college prepares students to seek their identity more so than a 2 year college. Another article‚ written by Silvia Santos‚ Anna Ortiz‚ Alejandro Morales‚ and Monica Rosales addresses identity. It correlates campus diversity with students’ ethnic identity. They ultimately argue that campus diversity allows a more powerful insight to one’s identity. While both articles look at the way

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    Pot Marigold Plant

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    Submitted To: Ma’am Irin Martinez Submitted By: Neikoll Aleja S. Del Mundo Grade 7 - Einstein Table of Contents * Introduction of Pot Marigold/s * Scientific Name * Climate * Mode of Reproduction * Varieties * Benefits to Human and Ecosystem * By Products * Facts Introduction of Pot Marigold Pot Marigold is a plant in the genus Calendula of the family Asteraceae. It is probably native to southern Europe‚ though its long history of cultivation

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    written about native food is said: “Native American cuisine includes all food practices of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Modern-day native peoples retain a rich culture of traditional foods‚ some of which have become iconic of present-day Native American social gatherings (for example‚). Foods like cornbread‚ turkey‚ cranberry‚ blueberry‚ hominy and mush are known to have been adopted into the cuisine of the United States from Native American groups. In other cases‚ documents from the early

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    The Metaphor

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    1. our biome is located in Russia 2. Climate in the taiga is cold‚ with average annual temperatures from about +5 to -5 C. Precipitation varies‚ from about 20 cm of precipitation per year to over 200 cm. 3. Many plant species are found in the Taiga‚ but coniferous trees are obviously the dominant plant form.  These trees shed snow easily‚ and they retain their needles through the winter. The needles themselves are well-adapted‚ with thick waxy coatings and small surface area‚ to resist

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    Shaping American Culture

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    Shaping American Cultures Throughout the 1960s‚ there was a cultural phenomenon that started in the United States and spread like wildfire to multiple other cultures in the world. This phenomenon was also known as countercultures. This decade raised the 76.4 million Americans born during the baby boom generation. These adolescents entered their teen years during the 1960s and they definitely embraced a multitude new standards‚ dramatically different from the way their parents were raised. While

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    African American Culture

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    Culture‚ which is a word that is very difficult to define‚ is very much engrained in the African people. The culture and art of African people expresses values‚ attitudes‚ and thoughts which help to represent the products of their past experiences and it also provides a way of learning about their history. Throughout this paper‚ you will learn about the culture and art of Africa and its people. As we begin to think about Africa and its‚ we must also consider how Western perceptions of "race" and

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