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    Emigration‚ a dream that almost everyone wishes it comes true‚ is a positive forward step that everyone should take if it is available. People argue that each one has to stay to help in developing his/her country‚ to be with his/her family as life is worth nothing without them‚ and to avoid racism that is spread all over the world. On the other hand‚ to emigrate does not stand for only getting away from a bad economic condition‚ but also it is a step for a bright future that guarantees a higher level

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    Richard L. W. Clarke LITS3304 Notes 12B 1 STUART HALL “CULTURAL IDENTITY AND DIASPORA” (1993) Hall‚ Stuart. “Cultural Identity and Diaspora.” Colonial Discourse and Post-colonial Theory: a Reader. Ed. Patrick Williams and Chrisman. London: Harvester Wheatsheaf‚ 1994. 392-401. In this essay‚ Hall considers the nature of the “black subject” (392) who is represented by “film and other forms of visual representation of the Afro-Caribbean (and Asian) ‘blacks’ of the diasporas of the West” (392). “Who

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    Fanny Varain Period 6 The First Transcontinental Railroad The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1‚907-mile railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs‚ Iowa. It was built by three private companies: the original Western Pacific Railroad Company‚ the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California‚ and the Union Pacific Railroad Company

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    dead to rest of the world. But Bhatt reminds the world that India welcomed this ‘immigrant’. The phrase‚’Great Pan is not dead’‚ conveys the world that the culture of worshipping “Nature’ gets home in India. The word ‘emigrated’ shows us that this emigrant is neither dead nor has intensions to return to his country. Thus‚ she makes a point that the culture in India is unique with ‘A Different History’; a history which respects and worships the Nature and the environment around without somebody gives

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    Social identity and national identity. The social identity approach assumes that social identity depends upon social groups and category membership. Tajfel (1972)‚ for example‚ described social identity as individual’s awareness of belonging to a group‚ together with the emotional and evaluative significance of that group membership. The strength of social identity is measured by asking individuals to assess cognitive and affective aspects of their group (for example‚ Brown‚ Condor‚ Mathews‚ Wade

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    Jordyn J. Steinmann Informative Speech‚ March 4‚ 2014 Title: Immigration at Ellis Island Specific Purpose: to inform my audience about the immigration process at Ellis Island Central Idea: The immigration process at Ellis Island had four main steps: arriving at Ellis Island‚ the medical examination‚ interrogation‚ and actually leaving the island Method of Organization: chronological Introduction Have you ever wondered where your family history lies and how your ancestors ended up in

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    Approximately 4.5 million Irish immigrated to the United States between 1820 and 1930 according to the American data. Also‚ during the period‚ half a million went to Canada‚ another 350‚000 to Australia and New Zealand‚ and another 60‚000 to other overseas emigrants. The immigration percentage has grown from 1820-1924 to 12.7 percent (Daniels 126-7‚ 129). The Irish immigration was from 1860-1930. As shown in Table 6.5‚ more than 2.6 million Irish came to America in the decades after 1860. The Irish contributions

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    Banshees‚ the messengers of death‚ the walers of doom‚ and the haunting shriekers of the damned. Throughout history and across cultures there are stories and myths of beings that forewarn of human death. Who are these mysterious creatures? Where do they come from? Most would tell you that these ghost have come to warn of death but behind these chilling stories there is a simple explanation to this Irish folk tale that most would never expect. In Scotland‚ the banshee or washing woman is seen by

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    to other countries." (Marks). The rulers influenced them to cross over to the New World because it’s possible to expand their empires to America. Soon after the colonists crossed over‚ they began to set up in different areas. "The first English emigrants to what would become the New England colonies were a small group of Puritan separatists‚ later called the Pilgrims‚ who arrived in Plymouth in 1620." (The 13 Colonies).

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    During the 1960’s the Berlin wall was built to try to stop the number of emigrants crossing the border. It completely cut Berlin in half‚ the east were communists and the west were democrats. They built the wall within days‚ which ever side you happened to be on that night is the side you stayed on. There was no getting back across for any reason. They immediately had guards‚ guard dogs‚ and traps all along the wall to kill anyone near it. The people tried to fight against it‚ it did not benefit

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