...English Paper The racial situation in Obama’s America Black and white are the most basic colors we know. They work together everyday to helps us deal with everyday problems. But somehow this two colors has become the heart of an interracial war. People let the color of their skin tell people who they are and judge people the same way. Are we really a world filled with people who would judge a book by its cover. Or have we forgotten about the past and strive towards living together as one entity ‘Humans’ 1: Different attitudes to the racial situation. Text 1: In “Black is being seen in a whole new light” lawyer and columnist Yolanda Young reflects upon the changes in the racial perception that has taken place after Obama took office in 2009. Her first sighting of change came in form of a compliment from white tourists who said: “You’re so pretty. You look like Michelle Obama.” This compliment lead to her conclusion that a “cultural paradigm shift” had happened. This is not only because she was compared to Michelle Obama, but the fact that she got a compliment in the first place from a white person. This is a big change in the ordinary conduct of interracial interaction and is perhaps the result of Obama becoming the most powerful man in the world. This change also show in certain test that psychologist have conducted where the preference of white only was 51% in comparison to previous test that show a white preference of 81%. So by accepting a black man as their leader the United...
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...Journal 1 What impact has the Canadian Social and Political history on writing of Joy Mannette and Denise Chong? Both authors Joy Mannette and Denise Chong have written different articles about racism and discrimination .First article “My Dearest Child” is written by Joy Mannette and the other one “The Concubine’s Children” is written by Denise Chong. Both of these articles reflected how the black and Chinese immigrants suffered in Canada in 17th and 19th century. But now as we all know Canada is a multicultural country. Everyone respect each other’s culture and religion. The first article “My Dearest Child” is a letter written by a white mother Joy Mannette to her African Canadian child. In this letter, she explained how their ancestors experienced discriminations. The people who were African although they born and citizen in Canada they were still treated badly. Even their ancestors had to work as labourers as white people offered them minor jobs. They worked hard but still got fewer wage. She narrates in her article that the black people came to Nova Scotia in 17th century as slaves. They were banned to enter the religious places, Schools and other amusing programs. In the second article “The Concubine’s Children”, Denise Chong states how the Chinese immigrants had to face racism in Canada in the past. She explained about unfairness that the many Chinese immigrants experienced in Canada. In addition, Chinese people had to pay special taxes for school and policing, employment...
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...The country I have picked for my project is Mozambique in south Africa, and is located near Zimbabwe, Namibia, Its climate in January consists of a rainy season. The rains last for about 190 days in the north but only 120 days in the south. In the cool season may to august temperatures range from 16 deg c to 27 deg c (that is 60 dea to 80 dea F). In the hot season august to November temperatures range 28 deg c to 32 deg c (85 deg f to 90 deg f ). The country has a wealth of mineral resources , especially copper ,lead, zinc , and coal . Copper accounts for more than 80% of this countries export earnings. The copperbelt where four large copper mines and several smaller mines are located is where most mining takes place it lies north of lusaka along the Zairian border . The many rivers near the mines have valuable potential for hydroelectric power. Its population is mostly black Africans who speak BANTU. The national language is english. Most people are Christians, traditional local baliefs still have a strong hold on the village people. Also witchcraft and old customs such as marrying several wives and paying the parents for a bride are slowly dying out in the towns. most children attend elementary school. but only a fifth of them go to high school. It only has one university which was founded in 1965. Corn is the main food .Also a favorite dish is nshima, a thick porridge made from corn. ...
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...and Haywood Patterson also known as the Scottsboro Boys. What happen to them was that they were on a train and they were accused of rape by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. All nine men were convicted soon after for rape. Atticus Finch defended Tom Robinson, who was accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" the story revolves around the trial and the life of Finch and his family before, during and after the trial of Tom Robinson. Atticus faced loads of criticism for defending a black man. The similarities that are shared between the trials of the Scottsboro Boys and that of Tom Robinson in "To Kill a Mockingbird" are many. First of all they both take place in a racist and segregated state in the south; Alabama. Both Trials are defended by white lawyers who face much criticism and threats from racist people. In both cases the defense was strong and evidence supporting their innocence was strong but in both cases they were found guilty. This is a great novel because it relates a lot to the time in which the novel was written, along with...
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...Since 1948, the white governments all around have built a racial segregation system called apartheid, which means separation in Afrikaans. Apartheid was developed after World War II by the Afrikaner-dominated National Party (NP). Officially should apartheid policy help South Africa's black raise their living standards, but in reality, the apartheid system wanted to make the blacks “disappear” from the white South Africa, but still have them as cheap labor reserve. Apartheid is a big problem, but who decides what people are worth? Is it not their actions, rather than their skin tone that should determine this? In the short story “the Bench” we meet a colored man named Karlie. Karlie is at a demonstration in Cape Town, South Africa, where he listened to speeches about how blacks have just as many rights as white. A specific speaker captures Karlies attention. A white woman in a blue dress is against the apartheid system and all the racial segregation. Her and the other speakers makes Karlie think a lot about if the speakers are right or wrong. Karlie is from a village in the country-side of South Africa where he works as a farmer, therefore is all these new impressions so confusing. After hearing the speeches Karlie walks to the railway station. On his way to the station, Karlie thinks about the speakers words, and when he comes to the station he sees a bench. The bench was colored white, like it was only white people that could sit on it. Karlie decides to sit on the bench...
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...The website is about health promotion schools (HPS), which is a place where all members of the school community work, learn, live and play together to promote the health and wellbeing of learners, staff, parents and the wider community. It emphasizes the need of HPS and the reasons behind it. Moreover, it explains the five key components of HPS and the five simple steps to change from a normal school to a HPS. Interestingly, KwaZulu-Natal Provincial HP Committee will support the process of change and strengthen HPS initiatives. Finally, HPS will help to address the health problems within the school and the surrounded community. 2. Who is the audience? The primary audience of this website is the schools in KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa while the secondary audience is the ministry of education who may encourage the schools to become HPS and change their laws and rules to fits in. Finally the tertiary audience is the parents who may want to change the environment of the school to a healthier one and solve the problems that face their children. 3. What method/theory underpins it? The theory that underpins this website is social marketing, as it is the application of commercial marketing technologies to the analysis, planning, implementing and evaluating of programs “in this case, healthy schools” designed to influence the voluntary behavior of target audience as student, staff and the surrounded society in order to improve their personal welfare (Nutbeam, Harris...
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...people in South Africa speaks. Apartheid is a racist ideology, and the goal is to separate the different races, and to give the white people all the power in the society. The apartheid ideology was developed in South Africa for hundreds of years ago, but it wasn’t a part of politics before 1948. In apartheid, you split the population into four groups. The black The colored The white The Asian. And it is your appearance that decides which group you belong to. Where did it exist? Apartheid existed in South Africa from 1948-1994. And in that period, the white people had better conditions than the black, the colored and the Asian. It was especially the black people that were dealing with oppression. Apartheid didn’t only exist in South Africa. It was also introduced in Namibia and Rhodesia, in the same period as in South Africa. But even though South Africa is a democratic state today, there are still a lot of conflicts between the black and white people. Besides that, the black people still got way worse conditions than the white people, even though the two groups have the same rights. Opinions: One person, who was strongly against apartheid, is Nelson Mandela. He wanted a democratic and open society, where everyone lives together in harmony and with equal rights. Nelson Mandela was willing to do whatever he could to carry out his dreams, even if it meant, he would have to die. Background: Nelson Mandela was born in 1918, in a village in South Africa. In 1942...
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...May 4th at 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 5th at 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Friday, July 6th at 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 3rd at 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 4th at 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Friday, October 5th at 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Friday, November 2nd at 12:00p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Thanksgiving Meal) Tuesday, December 11th at 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Christmas Meal and Gifts) *Meeting times are subject to change or cancel. Notice for these occurrences will be given. The People’s Caucus of San Antonio is a peer group whose mission is to unify the HIV + community by gathering information and input from persons living with HIV/AIDS and using this information to bring change and excellence to San Antonio and South Texas. Our role is to be a voice of all people living with HIV/AIDS. Call Laura Castro one week in advance to let us know that you would like to attend. The number is: 210-335-7056. We need to know ahead of time so we can have enough food for everyone. All our meetings are held at: 611 E. Myrtle San Antonio,...
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...the drivers of Turkey’s long-run prospects (World Bank, 2010). Turkey’s high degree of integration with the world economy, through both trade and financial channels, resulted in the country becoming vulnerable to the impact of the global recession, with the economy contracting by 4.7% in 2009. That being said, the economy has now recovered to pre-crisis levels with growth reaching 7% in 2010, shown to be a larger growth than almost all European counterparts. Despite the economic and political expansion in the last 10 years, Turkey’s battle with corruption, unemployment, income inequalities, and the Kurdish problem have been risk factors for any business that considers investing. According to corruption rankings, Turkey was ranked below South Africa, and tied for a spot with Cuba (Transparency International, 2010). Sociopolitical Structure Turkey is a parliamentary democracy with a free market economy. Since legal reforms instituted in 1926, Turkey's judicial system has been based on the Swiss Civil Code, the Italian Penal Code, and the Neuchâtel (Swiss) Code of Civil Procedure. The 1982 Constitution guarantees judicial independence, and prohibits any government agency or individual from interfering with the operations of the courts and judges (Country Studies, 2010). The presence and the systematic implementation of these laws create an open path for Foreign Direct Investments; the intellectual property rights are also in favor of the proprietor. Despite a volatile past that...
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...Answer: SABMiller business is operating worldwide, not only covered South Africa, they expand the business into Asia, Eastern Europe and Western Countries, moreover, they even entered in developing countries such as Tanzanian, Zambia, Mozambique and Angola All entered market has a steady growth of sales which is determined by market conditions and potential of business. In South Africa, is the place of origin of SABMiller, this country provide a steady proportion of sales and profits during the early stage of business, unfortunately, it spread of AIDS/HIV during Year of 2001 and caused SABMiller facing the threat of business, it show decline sales start from here. This is negative impact on disposable income of population which will be affected SABMiller’s business. As a conclusion, SABMiller is under threat in South Africa. In Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, those business are show a significant growth of sales because of clear segmentation strategy and distributor policy, although there is high potential growth of business in these countries, but the political risk is the main issue will be affected the business. Fortunately, they are successful to operates across and get the protection from the domestic government. Besides, there was trade in soft currencies in Botswana, it will increase the risk on business under this condition. In Asia and Eastern Europe, both of these countries is underdeveloped in beer...
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...Area -1,220,813 sq km Neighbours-Namibia in the northwest, Zimbabwe and Botswana in the north, and Mozambique and Swaziland in the northeast Caiptal -Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judicial) 1 Natural Resources Only 12 % of South Africa’s land area is cultivated 8 % is forested South Africa is the world’s largest producer of gold, Witwatersrand Gold is mined to depths below (10,000 ft) Diamonds are another important source of South Africa’s mineral wealth. diamond fields are located in the Kimberley area of Northern Cape. South Africa also has large reserves of chromite, vanadium, andalusite, manganese, platinum, nickel, and fluorite Cape of Good hope from cape point Climate South Africa enjoys a generally warm, temperate climate. Most of the country experiences light rainfall and long hours of sunshine Gamskapoortdam, dry lands, Little Karoo De Beers diamond mines, Kimberley Table Mountain, South Africa 2 Natural RegionsHighest peak-Njesuthi, a peak of the Drakensberg(11,306 ft). The plateau region – The High Veld (southern continuation of the great African plateau that stretches north to the Sahara. The Middle Veld The Bush Veld. Rivers and Lakes- Orange, Vaal, and Limpopo. The Orange is the longest, stretching about 2,100 km (about 1,300 mi). Washing sand for diamonds on the banks of the Vaal River orange river Baobab Tree, Limpopo, Musina 3 ...
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...LMC 110 Assignment 2 The Ideal Best Friend, Ex-Grlfriend? The focus magazine that I chose is the “Seventeen” magazine. Its target market are young girls from the ages 13 until about 24. This magazine is based on the life of a young woman in South Africa today. It includes articles for lifestyle, fashion, health, what’s hip and happening around South Africa and a super awesome fan page with a letter from the editor in every amazing issue. The editor and the Seventeen staff are very much like the Seventeen readers themselves. That is young, hip, fashionable and ready to take on the world as young powerful women ready for any action the world has to offer them. Seventeen writers also work to inspire young women and teach young teenage girls about life and issues that they would be too afraid to ask their parents about. Seventeen magazine acts as a learning tool in the life of a young South African woman and headstrong teenager that is more than ready to learn about everything happening around her. This magazine also works on a very social friendly environment in every aspect. It is non-bias to race, religion, culture gender or age. The topic that will be discussed is the confusing relationship that you have with your ex-boyfriend filled with mixed signals and uneasy emotions. Most women can relate to this topic. Unless you are one of those women who tend to have sour endings to almost every relationship out there then you would probably not understand this article...
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...| International Business Strategy Report | Mac’s in South Africa | | 4/2/2012 | | Introduction Mac’s Convenience Store Inc. is the largest operator in all of Canada. They offer popular food products and are operated by Couche-Tard. After dominating the Canadian market, Couche-Tard decided to further their market expansion into the United States market and became the second largest convenience chain in North America. Mac’s is such a successful operator simply because they are able to tailor their products and services to the local tastes and needs of the market. Also, Mac’s strong financial position and ability to create value for its shareholders, has increased its feasibility of expanding into the global market. International expansion into South Africa is a promising opportunity for Mac’s. However, South Africa has encountered numerous political barriers from the development of the Apartheid System in 1948 to1994, where non-white inhabitants were stripped of their rights. This unstable environment inhibited their ability to remain competitive and attractive on a global scale. A revolution occurred, as South Africans currently reside in a democracy, and business affairs are expanding through the current development of the Grand Free Trade Area (seeking to improve trade relations). International business can be conducted in a similar manner to Canadian business exchanges due to the newly established legal system, minimized corruption, and strictly regulated...
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...IDB WORKING PAPER SERIES No. IDB-WP-114 Aid, Exports, and Growth: A Time-Series Perspective on the Dutch Disease Hypothesis Joong Shik Kang Alessandro Prati Alessandro Rebucci August 2010 Inter-American Development Bank Department of Research and Chief Economist Aid, Exports, and Growth: A Time-Series Perspective on the Dutch Disease Hypothesis Joong Shik Kang* Alessandro Prati* Alessandro Rebucci** * International Monetary Fund ** Inter-American Development Bank Inter-American Development Bank 2010 Cataloging-in-Publication data provided by the Inter-American Development Bank Felipe Herrera Library Kang, Joong Shik. Aid, exports, and growth : a time-series perspective on the Dutch disease hypothesis / Joong Shik Kang, Alessandro Prati, Alessandro Rebucci. p. cm. (IDB working paper series ; 114) Includes bibliographical references. 1. Economic assistance—Economic aspects. 2. International finance. I. Prati Musetti, Alessandro. II. Rebucci, Alessandro. III. Inter-American Development Bank. Research Dept. IV. Title. V. Series. HC60.S55 2010 © Inter-American Development Bank, 2010 www.iadb.org Documents published in the IDB working paper series are of the highest academic and editorial quality. All have been peer reviewed by recognized experts in their field and professionally edited. The information and opinions presented in these publications are entirely those of the author(s), and no endorsement by the Inter-American Development...
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...“THE PERSON I ADMIRE” Nelson Mandela is an African American leader who fought for the rights of his people. Through trials and tribulations he stood his ground and kept on fighting. Nelson was a born leader and utilized his talents at an early age. When he was younger he used to take care of his family and make sure everything went right through all the injustice that society bestowed onto his people. Throughout his life Nelson Mandela watched as his people were mistreated and with this in mind he decided to join the African National Congress in 1942. Nelson got involved with the {ANC} in a big way. He became one of the youth leaders on the National Executive Council. Nelson along with the other members of the {ANC} were making great strides towards justice and equal and liberal rights when Mandela was imprisoned for 6 months on the conviction of contravening the Suppression of the Communist Act. While in confinement Mandela started a practiced in Johannesburg. In the late fifties Mandela’s attention turned to the struggles of his people which involved exploitation of labor, pass laws, and the nascent Bantustent policy, and the segregation of open universities. Policies that wouldn’t let blacks go to the same universities as whites because it was a threat to the system grew and Mandela started to take action. In the process of trying to correct all the wrong doings that was happening to his people Mandela was the victim of various forms of repression, he was banned and...
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