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    Mitchell‚ author of Black Church Beginnings‚ predisposes how though enslaved Africans had their own religious traditions and practices‚ there were some overlooked factors that contributed to their fascination in Christianity which soon took route in the African American Society. He goes on to state that the typical West African town was a community of faith. The tribesmen generally assumed that if they lost a war to another tribe or nation‚ the god of

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    The middle ground between the European and Native people varied on the European side when it came to relationships. The middle ground would be considered mutual respect for one another. An example would be two roommates coming to an agreement with what music to listen to. They might not always agree but they find a way to get along with each other. The first relationship that came into play were the French and the Native people. The relationship developed when the French came and colonized the region

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    century with the cell phone‚ marking the turn of the expectations of technology (Sailus). Since then‚ the new generation developed with technology designed to be individualistic (Bump 2014). This exponential growth is aligned with the fast pace life Americans live today. Media has been no different. In order to maintain the fast pace of society‚ media has become commercialized and diluted‚ lacking substance and morality. This is important because this change in pace has impacted society in its entirety

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    color snd she is just twelve years old. This area is only for African-Americans like her and her mom. She is an only child and her mom is African-American and her dad is white. Kaylah is mixed but the government took her anyway along with her mom. Her dad visits them every day on the other side of the fence. He is not allowed to go inside the fence or give them anything from home. Kayla and her mom are along twenty other African-Americans in the area. There are ten adults‚ five kids‚ one elder‚ and

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    be different from what you are used to. Traditional South African business tended towards the accumulation of power and decision-making in the hands of a few senior managers (usually white)‚ with middle managers waiting in line to move up the corporate ladder over time. One needs to be aware of all the culture changes that one would experience upon working in South Africa. There are many things in terms of meetings styles‚ work culture‚ gender differences and dress code that one should be familiar

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    When the Europeans landed in the Americas‚ they were surprised to find that other people had already populated the land. These people came to be known as Indians to the Europeans‚ and Native Americans to us today. They were called Indians due to the fact that the Europeans at first thought that they were in India‚ as they stumbled across the Americas whilst looking for a quicker shipping route to India‚ not knowing the fast land masses that separated Europe and India. Eventually though they discovered

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    Birth of a Nation”. He tried to this controversial picture second filmed called “Intolerance”. This word intolerance is defined as unwillingness to accept views‚ beliefs‚ or behavior that differ from one’s own. This idea was portrayed throughout the between social class‚ generations‚ genders‚ and religious groups. Griffith showed four different era and somehow the people found a way to intolerant of another person/or group of people. These difference lead too many different negative or criminal result

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    Each Native American tribe has its own special traditions for ceremonies and music however‚ they all tie their music into spiritual beliefs and it is traditional for percussion instruments to be use. It is typical that in their ceremonies‚ they embrace the earth by not wearing shoes‚ so their feet are in the ground‚ wear costumes and dance to their music. The men tend to lead the ceremonies and the women are usually vocables. I found the Water Drum to be particular interesting. With the belief in

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    utilized by Indigenous practitioners that helped African people throughout

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    How does Ishmael use the term “mythology” to point out similarities between cultures? He used the term “mythology” to compare similarities in cultures by giving an example of the Greeks. We perceive Greek mythology as just some stories or tales and nothing else. Had we asked a Greek person during Homeric Greece about the mythological tales they told their children to explain where we come from‚ they’d probably say they don’t now what we are talking about because‚ to them‚ the mythological stories

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