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    Running Head: POLISH ETHNICITY AND DISCRIMINATION Polish Ethnicity and Discrimination Bobbie Walker Axia College at University of Phoenix Polish Ethnicity and Discrimination I was born to parents who come from an extensively varied ethnic background‚ most of which consists of European descent. However‚ my parents have a large amount of Polish background coming from both of their sides of the family. Nearly all that I recall comes from many stories and conversations that were

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    Discrimination and Ethnic Groups: Polish-Americans Understanding Polish Immigration Poland’s unique past is littered with oppression‚ servitude‚ and foreign rule over and over again. The land was fought over by many countries during the 1800’s and subsequently was annexed and divided. The primary conquerors included Russia‚ Austria‚ Prussia‚ and later Germany. (Buffalo Department of Education‚). There were many smaller country’s nationals who descended upon Poland and mixed with the nationals

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    When I say the word “immigrant” what comes to mind? A grown man trying to scam people of their hard earned money‚ a drug dealer who is on the run from the law‚ or a person trying to support their family and get a bright future? Do you think of a certain gender? Why do you think of these things when most of them are inaccurate? The answer is not clear at first‚ but once you dig deeper you can see the bias rooted in society. Most people who try to cross the border into this country are mistreated‚

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    Immigrants flooded into the United States during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century‚ providing cheap labor‚ creating an economic boom‚ and making the United States a global superpower (Gale). Although immigrants enabled the industrial revolution‚ most Americans believed the immigrants were a threat: “They worried that the newcomers carried or spread disease‚ they were disturbed because the immigrants followed different religions and customs‚ and they felt outnumbered by the large

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    Running head: HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS Hispanic Immigrants: Victims of Discrimination Kathleen Juarbe-Gorgas Professor Dettmann October 21‚ 2010 United States is the land of immigrants or the land of white people? Based on the U.S. history when Christopher Columbus discovers America‚ the Europeans start immigrant for better opportunities. The Native Indians was the owner of this land but the European took it over. As a consequence of the slavery‚ people from other countries

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    |Polish Christmas Tradition | |  | |The preparations for Christmas begin many days before the actual celebration. People are cleaning windows and houses before Christmas. It is believed that if a| |house is dirty

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    Discrimination against Vietnamese Immigrants in America Vietnamese did not magically appear in the United States‚ the Vietnam War sparked the immigration of Vietnamese to America. Vietnamese did not virtually exist in the United States until 1975 when the war forced Vietnamese to evacuate (Povell). The war began after Vietminh defeated France and split into North and South Vietnam (O’Connel). In 1956 communist Ho Chi Minh ruled the North Vietnam‚ and Bao Dai ruled the South‚ who the United States

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    Nail polish developed at N.C. State alerts wearers to date rape drugs Aug 20‚ 2014‚ 12:07pm EDT Share on Google + Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Email this article Save Order Reprints Print claires nail polish Enlarge Photo Joana Alfonso / Flickr cc-licensed Imagine being able to use your finger nail polish as a diagnostic to determine if there’s a roofie in your drink. That’s the goal of a prototype being developed by N.C. State University entrepreneurs.

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    Home-made shoe polish Neutral Colour Shoe Polish To make a neutral-colour‚ home-made shoe polish‚ you would need: Soap flakes 30 g (1 oz) Potassium carbonate 15 g (0.5 oz) (Obtain from chemist/pharmacist) Beeswax 150 g (5oz) Gum arabic powder 15 g (0.5 oz) Icing sugar 45 g (1.5 oz) Slice the beeswax and add to 568 ml (a pint) of water. Stir in the soap flakes and potassium carbonate. Boil until a smooth paste. Whilst the mixture is still hot (turn off the heat‚ but

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    Raj Darvin Doble 1.) Lemon or Calamansi Shoe Polish. It is meant to solve a problem. It is thriftier to use it than a commercialized shoe polish. And making your own shoe polish might also come up as personal business. The question that the researcher will answer is: “Is Lemon or Calamansi Shoe Polish as good as the commercialized shoe polish?” 2.) The compositions of citric acid that helps in polishing are available on reference books. Studies like this have been conducted before. And we are

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