America‚ a land which has long attracted individuals from all over the worlds because of its embrace for openness and freedom. The United States is well-known for its diversities‚ which are consisting of different language‚ religions‚ cultures‚ ethnicities‚ nationalities and etc. In the readings‚ Reed presents ample evidences of American diversity through historical examples. Mukherjee discussed the success of United States as a melting pot of a diverse population with her personal experiences as
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A person’s identity is the self of sense they have‚ that can be reflected by the way society‚ peers‚ and the individual sees themselves. Class‚ ethnicity‚ age‚ religion‚ and gender are very much parts of our identity. Our gender‚ which is based on the socio-cultural expectations of males and females being associated with masculinity and femininity‚ affects how we behave and how we view things. Traditional gender roles mean that a female must be feminine‚ and a male must be masculine. Agents of socialisation
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On the topic of historical figures such as Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis‚ he asserts that people erected the statue as a part of a movement he calls “The Cult of the Lost Cause”. In addition to he claims that people used the monuments to hide the fact that the “Confederacy was on the wrong side of humanity”. Condemning the statues and historical figures in such a harsh tone might drive away the people that
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Having viewed “The making of a Moonie” consider the extent to which ethical dilemmas would present themselves if you were to apply Eileen Barkers methods to a study of followers of Kabbalah in the U.K. Eileen Barker’s study on followers of the Unitarian church‚ The making of a Moonie was carried out over seven years which allowed a comprehensive study to be carried out and detailed information collected. The research was conducted gathering qualitative and quantitative data employing triangulation
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the age of 24‚ he founded the religious group "Disciples of Christ”‚ which in a year was renamed "People’s Temple". The new movement preached the achievement of "apostolic socialism". One of the main distinctive features of his movement was its ethnicity. There were representatives of a wide variety of peoples‚ unlike most religious groups of Indiana at that time‚ where white and black belonged to different parishes. This fact was one of the reasons for people’s hostile attitude towards the organization
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CCOT 2012 Changes and continuities from the classical to the post-classical cover a wide range of political‚ cultural‚ religious and economic shifts as populations grew and societies became more complex. The classical empires of Rome‚ Han China‚ Gupta India and Archaemenid Persia fell due to external and internal forces and were replaced by the larger empires of the post classical Byzantine; Tsui‚ Tang and Song in China and the Caliphates in Persia. Only India did not return to an over
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majority share the religion of Catholic. The main celebrations of Hispanic religion are: Lent called‚ Cuaresma; Holy Week called‚ Semana Santa; Christmas called‚ La Navidad; Three Kings Day or Los Tres Reyes Magos. Some Americans and other races/ethnicities also share and celebrate these holidays as
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they have on the protagonist Josie?” Melina Marchetta’s cult text ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ looks at many issues of growing up in Australia torn between two cultures. The main protagonist Josie Alibrandi was born in Australia into a family with strong Italian cultural links and her battle to ‘find’ herself and her ethnicity is one that I will explore further. Before exploring Josie’s ethnicity it is important to outline its meaning. Ethnicity-”A complex amalgam of language‚ religion‚ customs‚ symbols
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of its members to participate in any government‚ civil or military service; members are not even allowed to vote. These actions‚ which fall outside of America’s traditional social construct‚ are what have caused Jehovah’s Witnesses to be viewed as cult like‚ and one of the more fringe outgrowths of Christianity. While Jehovah’s Witnesses act in ways that set them apart from traditional‚ American culture‚ they have been firmly aligned with America’s culture of self sustainability. They have experience
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Cited: Works Flora‚ Cornelia Butler and Jan L. Flora. “Rural Communities: Legacy and Change” 3rd ed. Westview Press‚ 116‚ 125-130. 2008. Print. Campbell‚ Joseph. “The Function of Myth‚ Cult ‚ and Meditation.” Vision and Voice: A College Reader/Rhetoric‚ by Terri M. Baker‚ Joseph Faulds‚ Bridget Roussell Cowlishaw and Christopher Malone. Hayden-McNeil‚ 2009. 119. Print. The Holy Bible. Zondervan Corporation‚ 2004. Print. New Intl.
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