VIRGINIA HALL This young woman was incredible. She was brave and unique and helped the Allies during that terrible World War 2. Virginia was born in 1906‚ in Baltimore. She was exceptional since she could speak both fluent‚ French and German. She was a very good student and when to a prestigious school‚ Radcliff. She wished to work in American embassies. Unfortunately‚ while hunting one day‚ she shot her leg. Medical help arrived too late and she had to amputate her leg. This would affect
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Program Material Racial Diversity in Society Worksheet Part I Complete the following using the MySocLab Social Explorer Map: Income Inequality by Race (located on the student website) as a reference: • Select 1 racial group from the list below: o African American o Asian American o Arab American o Hispanic American/Latino o White/Caucasian • Write a 150- to 300-word summary of the economic‚ social‚ and political standings of that group. Use additional resources
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There is no meaning or purpose of the prehistoric painting “Hall of the Bulls” (left wall)‚Lascaux‚ France ca. 15‚000-13‚000 BCE. Largest Bull 11”6” long. They are unknown but it is clear that painters were concerned mostly with representing the animals‚ and not with locating them in a specific place or on a common ground line. On the walls of Lascaux cave‚this painting shows the two basic approaches to drawing and painting. The difference in the styles suggest that different artists painted the
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Understanding the Pearson Correlation Coefficient (r) The Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (r) assesses the degree that quantitative variables are linearly related in a sample. Each individual or case must have scores on two quantitative variables (i.e.‚ continuous variables measured on the interval or ratio scales). The significance test for r evaluates whether there is a linear relationship between the two variables in the population. The appropriate correlation coefficient depends
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“Outline the evidence that some ethnic groups are disadvantaged in contemporary UK” Ethnic identity as difference can be related to the qualities we carry that makes us different. For example the different clothes we wear the different cultures we adopt or the different languages we speak. As a result of difference‚ inequality may arise as some cultures or ways of life are seen to be superior compared to others. This is also enforced through various socialisation processes like Education where Gilborn
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Ethnic Conflicts are a very important issue that can affect a whole country/state. Ethnic conflicts within a state belong to identity conflicts that are a type of internal conflicts. Sometimes the term ethnic conflict is used to describe a large range of internal conflicts .Before talking about ethnic conflict‚ it is important to know the meaning of ethnicity. . Ethnic groups usually have collectivity or psychological communities who share a combination of historical experience and valued cultural
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2. Discuss the effect that modernization has had on ethnic identification and ethnic conflict. The effect modernization has had on ethnic identification and ethnic conflict is not a great one. Early modernization theorists‚ who were quite optimistic about the positive effects of literacy‚ urbanization‚ and modern values‚ clearly underestimated the extent to which these factors might mobilize various ethnic groups and set them against each other (Handelman‚ 2011‚ p. 113). Modernization challenged
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In what ways are Ethnic identities important in contemporary Britain‚ and to whom‚ and why? The concept of ethnic identity calls for definition. The adjective “ethnic” relates to the fact of belonging to a certain human group‚ as defined by anthropological and cultural features. With such a wide meaning‚ the word and its derivative “ethnicity” raise issues as to their definition: there is no universally agreed definition on the term ethnicity. “Ethnicity refers to a group or community that is assumed
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1 BRITISH CULTURE AND SOCIETY Course Code SS1801 Dr Philip Woods tel: 07922046578 p.woods@kingston.ac.uk Aims AIMS SUMMER 2012 GROUP A i. To provide the opportunity for students to develop an understanding and appreciation of key aspects of contemporary British culture and society and their historical contexts ii. To introduce students to some major cultural and historical sites in London and southern England and to encourage students to visit additional sites independently and to view
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The beginning of this inequality began with Hall. Hall was an intersex human being‚ born with both male and female parts. Hall was brought forth into the General Court of Virginia because Hall dressed as both men and women when beneficial and “people were confused about Hall’s sexual identity” (Kerber 35). In order to find out what Hall’s identity was‚ three women; Alice‚ Dorothy‚ and Barbara looked over Hall’s body. All three of the women decided that Hall was a woman. In the disagreement over Hall’s
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