Anna Navarrete English 828 Hein March 29‚ 2013 Essay #2 Dialect in America What is diversity to you? From the streets of San Francisco you are transported into many different countries. You smell different foods‚ see different looks‚ and hear different languages. These diverse cultures make San Francisco special. If the city of San Francisco introduced a law to adopt a standard language it would end the diversity that San Francisco stands for. In Northern California we speak our own dialect
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Assignment- What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past? Have you learned something new about your own racial‚ ethnic‚ or cultural history? Trends in immigration will continue to shape the demographics of the United States. What will the U.S. population look like in the year 2050? Why do you think so? What challenges does the United States face due to the diversity of its people? What are the benefits
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Increasingly today‚ people come into regular contact with individuals from different cultures and it’s important to learn to talk with people who may not share a common language‚ background‚ and/or worldview. Each of us participates in at least one culture‚ and most of us are products of several cultures Being aware of our own culture and background is really important as it helps us understand how we are shaped by what we have experienced. Even within cultures‚ we all have different attitudes and beliefs
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The United States of America is made up of several different races‚ religions‚ and ethnicities‚ as well as men and women of different ages‚ and sexual orientations. This makes the United States one of the most diverse nations on earth. It is estimated between the years 2010 to 2050 minorities will increase from 36% to 54% of the population. (Schaefer‚ p. 4‚ 2012)(p.4). Immigration is the main reason for this estimate. It is estimated that in 2050‚ 67 million people will be immigrants and another
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ARTICLE QUESTIONS I. What is the purpose of the writing? To who is it directed? I believe that the purpose of the writing was to get the United States to take a long look at itself. He was directing his writings not only to black people‚ but to all of the citizens of this country. I feel like he was making a plea to the inhabitant’s of this country to make a change from within. He wanted people to realize that if we do not face our past‚ we would never be able to improve our future as a nation
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Culture 1 Culture Diversity: How marriage in the U.S. differ from Japan Brian Moore Introduction to Cultural Anthropology ANT 101 Professor Macek May 6‚ 2010 Culture 2 Culture Diversity: How marriage in the U.S. differ from Japan Marriage is a respected tradition all over the world‚ followed in all cultures with different rituals. It is the legal engagement of a man and woman‚ giving them the respect and dignity of a family‚ the individuals agreeing to the strong relationship
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living. It is based on the values and practices of society. People absorb culture through early process of socialization and the process carries over to the way in which they perceived themselves and the world. Some people agree that cultural diversity in the workplace develop our country skills and contributes to the growth. But how far these opinion accepted by the society as a whole. Many corporations have recognized that diversity contributes to the bottom line by making it easier to retain good employees
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Lisa Huang Mr. Birtwell U.S History Honors November‚ 26th‚ 2012 What were the effects of the contact between Europeans and North Americans? Ever since 1485‚ Christopher Columbus‚ an explorer from Italy‚ began to vigorously look for sponsor for his voyage. He presented his idea of sailing to the Atlantic and into mysterious Asia to John II‚ King of Portugal. Yet‚ he was interested in his plan. John II and the royalties thought the plan was unfavorable and unrealistic. When Columbus was about
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I believe diversity has a wide variety of definitions. It means accepting others despite their moral values. As a young African-American woman attending a school where people come from all different walks of life‚ I am challenged with different types of people and accepting their moral values. One of my best friends is an African-American male‚ Christian‚ and homosexual. Typically Christians and black people don’t accept those who attribute to same-sex relationships‚ but I love and see past his beliefs
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"Diversity" has become one of the most often used words of our time-- and a word almost never defined. Diversity is invoked in discussions of everything from employment policy to curriculum reform and from entertainment to politics. Nor is the word merely a description of the long-known fact that the American population is made up of people from many countries‚ many races‚ and many cultural backgrounds. All that was well known long before the word "diversity" became an insistent part of our vocabulary
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