How Culture Influences Us How much influence do you think culture has on all of us? It is all around us especially living in Hawai’i which is one of the country’s most multiracial states. Culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. In other ways‚ it is a paradigm; how we see and identify ourselves. Having a culture keeps us in order and sane because of the traditions it brought to us. Culture to some extent informs the way one views the
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She grew up in Pasadena California‚ with her two siblings‚ and was raised by her mother and great aunt after the death of her father. Her mother taught their family how to turn scraps into useful things and this idea later inspired Saar. Being a multiracial woman during the depression‚ Saar experienced racism and sexism. These experiences also later inspired Saar. Betye Saar is an inspirational artist who creates collages‚ assemblages‚ and printmaking images that defy racial stereotypes and embrace
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mixed races brings about different challenges and thoughts. Mixed raced people are faced‚ in most cases‚ with choosing one race over the other in America. “Some identify primarily with one of their heritages‚ some with two or more‚ and some as “multiracial‚” “biracial‚” “hapa‚” or some other term that indicates being mixed.” However‚ some “choose not to identify along U.S. racial categories by deconstructing race or by opting out of the categorization system” (Renn 2004‚ p. 67). So in the changing
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What if we can go inside our minds to find out why we think what we think. The implicit association test was created for just that. The goal is to educate the public about hidden biases and measure attitudes and beliefs that people are unwilling or unable to report. We as humans hold certain beliefs or feelings back when they are brought up around certain people due to natural reactions. I aim to analyze and discuss my own IAT results and explain what they mean to me personally. My personal thoughts
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important because when all human beings are valued‚ we as a society will win. "The greatest intellectual‚ moral‚ political‚ and spiritual resources in America that may renew the soul and preserve the future of American democracy reside in this multiracial‚ rich democratic heritage" (West‚
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Multicultural Psychology. New York: Prentice Hall. Bochner‚ S. (1999). The Psychology of Culture Shock. Philadelphia: Routledge. Fhagen-Smith‚ P. E. (2010). Social class‚ racial/ethnic identity‚ and the psychology of "choice". In K. Korgen (Ed.). Multiracial Americans and social class: The influence of social class on racial identity. New York: Routledge. Grieco‚ E. M.‚ and R. C. Cassidy. 2001. Overview of race and Hispanic origin. Washington‚ DC: U.S. Census Bureau.
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1. How have you found yourself reading media representations differently after what you have learned in the unit? Are you more aware of how an event is covered across the media and in what ways have you found your reactions have changed to the event taking place (eg: marriage equality‚ immigration‚ reconciliation‚ etc.). Through the chapter analyzing media representation‚ I have learned to question the language and graphics used in the media instead of just taking them in as it is very passively
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IFS 361 Individual Assignment 1 Jody Classen 3056832 STRENGTHS • Positive reputation in the external community • Diverse student body made up of multiracial groups and cultures • Facilities include new and well-maintained‚ attractive buildings and grounds with growth potential • Large campus library • Free and open network for all students and staff WEAKNESSES • Lack of pride in internal community from students and staff • Current network system in place is not always properly
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American Mosaic Mosaic is a decorative art form that creates new images from many small pieces of dissimilarly colored materials. Through creative arrangement of different jumbled pieces‚ Mosaic artists can achieve a brand-new image that delivers greater beauty and more meaningful than the sum of all the pieces that makes up the mosaic. Similar to mosaic‚ many countries are consists of citizens with different racial and cultural backgrounds. As most people known that the most unique country is
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In looking at the youth of today‚ there are many factors that can affect them. And the decisions that they make today can affect them not only now but in the future as well. The 2010 Census showed that over 74 million children reside in the United States—with almost one-fourth being children under the age of 12 and one-fourth being youth ages 12-17 (Federal Interagency on Child and Family Statistics‚ 2011). These numbers are very large which means a lot of youth will have some tough choices that
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