the university for this honor with a few words of advice; but I have never heard a commencement speech in person. Anyways‚ I will begin my address. In the short amount of time that you have been on this planet‚ you have been educated upon the sociopolitical philosophy of individualism‚ which advocates independence‚ self-reliance‚ self-interest‚ and almost anything that has to do with you. I am not going to argue that these attributes are not beneficial—because they are. However‚ these qualities are
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Hispanics are often referred to as the fastest growing minority group in the United States. The Texas Credit Union site provided the following statistics. There are 38.8 million people of Hispanic origin residing in the U.S. By 2007‚ the number of Hispanics in the U.S. is expected to reach 50 million (http://www.tcul.coop/Demographic_Information.html). Hispanics are defined as those who claim a Spanish speaking country as their or their ancestor ’s country of origin. Thus‚ the designation of Hispanic
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The Sociopolitical Effects of Islam in Britain‚ France‚ and Germany | Alexandrea C. Standridge | | Columbus State University | Abstract This paper will discuss the history and assimilation of the immigration of Muslims into Britain‚ France‚ and Germany‚ including when and why they arrived and how it has affected the pre-existing cultures in those nations. This paper will also discuss the predicted changes in the world caused by this immigration‚ and push towards a multicultural‚ global
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SP0868 The Struggles of Illegal Latino American Immigrants The rapid growth of immigration to the U.S. from Latin America has increased the overall Hispanic population of the U.S. Immigration from Latin American and the growth of Hispanics are one of the most important and controversial developments in recent history of the United States. In 2005‚ there were nearly 40 million Hispanic immigrants and descendants of Hispanic immigrants living in the U.S (Pew Hispanic Center‚ 2006). It is true that
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it was important to highlight the recent successes of the Latino baseball players to show how minority groups can prosper in America. Latino atheletes have gain notoriety and riches through the sport of baseball. These are things that they couldn’t have dreamed about achieving without Major League baseball. Major League Baseball has given Latin Americans the opportunity to better their economic and social situation. Many Latin American children dream about playing baseball in the Major Leagues
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United States has been ignorant and oppressive over the Latino people and communities. David Gutierrez and Renato Rosaldo address the problems of how Latinos are shaped and view within the American society‚ but the authors also demonstrate how this perspective of ignorance towards Hispanics has affected the American society. These authors are motivated to dissect and look into these problems from different viewpoints‚ and how this image of the “Latino” person has been shaped through the relationships
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internalized oppression by making an individual or group feel not wanted. For example‚ Asian Americans and Latino/as both share collectivism and group identity. Some Latinos are here illegally but in society‚ they are treated like they are not wanted‚ and they are taking all of the jobs and not paying taxes. Counselors needs to be aware about Latino and Asian cultures and not discriminate. Asian Americans describes depression as a physical symptom for example‚ pain‚ and discomfort instead of a feeling
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Hispanic American Diversity By Janie Stone ETH/125 Cultural Diversity (AXIA) Erin Bailey July 28‚ 2010 University of Phoenix While Americans are making their decision on whether or not to accept the ongoing new comers to America‚ they are making way for themselves and doing well at it. Many ethnic groups here in America‚ are being grouped together as if from the same place simply because they have something in common. The most important factor of this that has been overlooked is they come
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The two-minority group that will be discuss is the African American and the Latino American. This two minority cultural groups have witness discrimination‚ stereotype‚ and bias. The diversity situation or cultural dilemma that I chose is discrimination. When dealing with discrimination it links to other things such as being stereotyped and biases. I feel these three topics have something in common which is someone or a cultural group is being judged. In the paragraph below would go into full detail
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Problems Encountered It should be noted that flaws in every activity held within the organizations capacity is inevitable. As an organization covered and recognized under the jurisdiction of LNU‚ the Association of Political Science Students is expected to conduct and deliver activities consistent with that of the University or in consonance with its own personal interest. Provided however‚ that it will not disrupt the principles from which this University was founded. As the organization directs
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