"Rice for Thanksgiving" by Jocelyn Fong is an article written to inform others about how her definition on her culture‚history‚and traditions may differ from their own. Fong states that‚ Her sister ‚cousins‚ and herself came for their grandmother’s rice and gravy.When many Americans think of thanksgiving they generally think of ham‚turkey‚and stuffing. She goes on to talk about how her grandmother has to down play her Chinese roles.The differences between her and her grandmother generation is that
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Ho Chi Minh: A Dark Side of a Nationalist Thesis Statement Ho Chi Minh - a figure of controversy – a patriot who devoted his life for the cause to liberate his nation‚ leading his country to independence and unification; but at the same time‚ a tyrant who‚ to achieve his goal‚ blindly followed the communism to massacre thousands of innocent people in the cruel land reform‚ dragging millions of his people to the deadly prolong war under the name of nationalism. Bibliography 1) Osborne‚ Milton. Ho
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Gung Ho The movie Gung Ho portrayed the takeover of an American car factory by a Japanese corporation. It shows a clash of cultures between the Americans and the Japanese after Hunt Stevenson successfully convinced the Japanese to reopen the automobile factory in a small town. When the Japanese employers show up‚ they expect that the Americans share the same type of work ethics that they have practiced. On the first day of the joint venture‚ Kazihiro addresses the American workers: "We must build
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messages often create problems. But even face-to-face communication is often more a simultaneous monologue among several people than a dialogue. Even when there is a genuine effort to understand the other‚ where there is considerable trust and openness‚ without appropriate skills‚ dialogue cannot happen. Here four skills will be highlighted immediacy‚ concreteness‚ ownership‚ and acknowledgement. The discussion will be followed by a dialogue demonstrating the use of these skills. Immediacy. Immediacy refers
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Hồ Chí Minh (Vietnamese pronunciation: [hô̤ tɕǐmɪŋ] ( listen)‚ Chữ Nôm: 胡志明)‚ born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc (19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969) was a Vietnamese Marxist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He formed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and led the Việt cộng during the Vietnam War until his death. Hồ led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941 onward‚ establishing
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“Heigh-Ho‚ Heigh-Ho‚ it’s off to work we go(??).” In today’s workplace‚ this can be a happy tune to start the day or a sad death march towards another paycheck. The employer/employee relationship plays a major factor in the tone of this tune. For some employees the work place is an undesirable destination and for others it may be a paradise. If an employee‚ is fortunate enough to have an employer that demonstrates great leadership and creates a positive work environment‚ then that employee will most
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In the essay of “Biographies of Hegemony”‚ Karen Ho‚ an American Anthropologist describes the fact that undergraduate students get jobs on Wall Street to satisfy their own ambition of becoming successful investment bankers. Ho’s further research at Harvard business school made her wonder about the situation of the undergraduate “who once aspired to become‚ say writer or teacher‚ “realize” by the time they graduate that they always wanted to go to Wall Street” (170). This realization by most of the
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In the book “Still Life With Rice”‚ a Korean American woman who lives in La Crescenta named Helie Lee who tries to dig up her grandmother’s past‚ interviewing family members and even going to China. Her gradmother‚ Baek Hongyong‚ speaks in first person as her life is opened up for all to see. The story is a detailed representation of her life. Baek Hongyong starts life as an elite class girl. The first major event is when her older brother marries a faithful but unattractive wife‚ a part of an
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this target the businessmen‚ the working class and leisure travelers who want to get out early and get back home to relax with their families. With voice of the Academy Award Nominee and Globe winner the commercial is unforgettable. However‚ the “Heigh-Ho” shows‚ happiness‚ people excited to start their day earlier because Delta will be there for them! Emirates video made me say ’Wow“ it is memorable and entertaining‚ it
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Moon-Ho Jung set out to not only help define a “coolie” but also to help us understand that "coolies" towed a line between slavery and freedom. The term "coolie" is quite tentative but the basic idea is that a “coolie” refers quite broadly to people of a subjugated “race” who have emigrated from another country to become cheap labor. Often the term “coolies” are targeting the Chinese‚ but it also expands to immigrants from India and the Caribbean. With the idea of exactly what a “coolie” might be
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