the other. Besides the anthropological viewpoint of many scholars claiming that culture contributes to othering‚ there is also psychological reasoning. In this discussion I will look at the viewpoints of these anthropology scholars who wish to move away from the concept of culture‚ because they believe that is plays such a fundamental role in othering. As well as my position in relation to the criticisms by these scholars. Archie Mafeje was very critical of anthropology as a discipline. He wrote
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Those of us in the United States have the luxury of visiting our relatives across the world. We get all caught up in our pleasures of vacationing‚ that we fail to see things from the perspectives of others. For relatives wanting to travel to different countries‚ saving enough money is no easy task. In the wake of the Vietnam war‚ economic hardship runs rampant in communities with run-down neighborhoods and disheveled street beggars. My Vietnamese cousin‚ Thai Minh‚ doesn’t let these difficulties
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I know it is hard to connect throughout the day but‚ I wanted to reach out regarding Tionna. I was wondering if moving Tionna into a smaller class would be an option? It feels as though; she is an unpleasant daily disruption. I will be honest and say somedays I feel guilt bringing her to school and have been foregoing my prep and working through my lunch in order to minimize the amount of time your class has to endure her. Her *good* days do not feel like good because‚ often it is followed by a…
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Not long ago‚ my aunt had to move from her apartment to go to a nursing home. My aunt was the only family I had in Toronto‚ so it was a very emotional and sad day for me. My aunt was 80 years old and was living with her son. With time her vision was getting worse‚ and her arthritis was giving her a rough time as well. Taking care of my aunt was becoming a challenge for her family so‚ she had no choice but to leave. On the day she was scheduled to move‚ we organized a small farewell‚ so that she gets
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I moved into my home when I was about 4. They house we used to live in was going to be too small once me and my sister‚ Mira‚ got older. I was very sad that we were leaving the house I had lived in my whole life. I had many fond memories for it‚ such as my dad building a playing structure for me and my sister. I remember thinking that I had a say in which house we were going to buy‚ and I thought that I had a part in making such an important decision‚ which I know now is preposterous‚ but I felt
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It was one of those beautiful August morning‚ the kids had just started school. Suddenly I found myself with a lot of time on my hands. I decided to go back to work only to realize that as I was busy raising the Children‚ the world had moved on without me. I could not perform the normal simple tasks that used to be easy‚ everything had changed .from new and improved syringe’s‚ to new charting systems. Technology in hospitals and even modern health care offices has evolved tremendously and is still
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There was a time when I gave money away to the homeless‚ to both male and female‚ on more than one occasion. Last month‚ I was driving on Mansion Street‚ in Poughkeepsie‚ and I pulled up to the stop light. Then I saw this woman; she was in her mid-forties‚ white‚ and she was wearing a black mini-skirt with boots. This woman was walking towards my car. She knocked on my window‚ so I rolled it down just to see if I could help her. She asked if I had any spare change. I did at the moment‚ so I
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Have you ever made a bad decision before but wouldn’t change it if you could. I have made many mistakes but this instance of damaging property is a bit over the top. I was in 7th grade at st.francis desales middle school. It was a catholic school but it was worse than a inner city school as far as students go. My group of friends and I had done stupid things before but this was scary but thrilling at the same time nothing is more thrilling has ever happened. Breaking school rules
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I grew up as choppy kid‚ who was a gourmand. And back then I never thought it make difference‚ weather you are fat or thin‚ ugly or good-looking. Besides I have always felt that people who surround me never cared or talked about my looking‚ which made it easier for me to grab another doughnut. In the third grade‚ when I moved to a new school closer to dad’s work. When I started meeting new people I noticed that they look at me differently‚ unlike my classmates in my old school‚ whom I started this
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Short story “Viola! Get down here‚ we’re leaving!” said my mother. I yelled back‚ “Coming Mom!” Our world is gone...we have nothing left except ash and rubble‚ and the worst thing is we’re leaving. I know it sounds crazy but I’m not. We’re leaving this crappy hell of a place to go to some place none of us have ever been to. People have gone there before‚ but they haven’t come back and they haven’t told us if they survived or not‚ so yeah the worst thing is leaving because we’re going to the unknown
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