...Whether you believe it or not you are shaping something right now. In the midst of all the confusion and hardships we as people are shaping something. Some people choose to ignore it, on the flip side many decide to embrace it. It is called our American Identity. It shapes who we are as people in what we believe in. It also defines our ability as “outcast citizens” to ban as one together against a common enemy if needed. This ability to shape our own government and to take pride in our nation is a special thing that only we as American citizens are able to grasp. We are a nation of loose ends that ship here from miles away to be tied together in one shoe. This shoe of loose ends of the broken ties of the world is a special place on Earth where...
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...Diversity in the United States Leslie Parvin ETH/125 September 8, 2013 Demetrick Pennie Diversity in the United States The information about diversity in the United States that was covered over the course of this class was very informative, and helped to better understand and relate to the many races that exist in our country in ways that I did not in the past. Furthermore, since my ancestors on my Father's side immigrated from Ireland, I learned more about the trials and tribulations they had to endure upon arriving to this great nation. In addition, the trends in immigration will continue to shape the demographics of our nation while we continue to face the challenges and benefits of such a large diverse nation. More important, although the United States is a nation built on immigrants our history shows we have a long way to go in order to foster a climate of acceptance and cultural pluralism. As a result, this course has helped me to understand how diverse our nation really is. Before taking this class, I had not really given much thought to how diverse our nation has become. However, after completing this class it has helped me in many ways to understand and properly identify not only the many races, but also the incredible uniqueness of their various cultures. According to Schaefer (2012), he stated, "In 2010, approximately 17 percent of the population was members of racial minorities, and another 16 percent or so were Hispanic" (p. 4). With this...
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...Female Gender Stereotype Miguel Mendoza English-100-TR-10:00AM Professor A.Cerda March 8, 2015 In the twentieth century, there was a time when men believed that women could not match the same intellectual levels of men because of the fact they were women and their only priorities were offerings, cooking, and keeping house clean. On the contrary, important women have made a difference our society, like Rosa Park, who fought for civil rights, or Francis Wright, who played an important role in women’s right movement, and many more. Now in our time, women have well paid jobs and successful lifestyles, with good careers because of these women, that helped shape are society and changed what were stereotypes to men, to equality of comprehension in women. Therefore, women should have the right to choose if they want to get an education and work, or become housewives. It is important for women to have the right to choose because it is a different era, they should be treated equally with men, and the rise of feminism has changed the social norms of society over the years. To begin with, the article of “Women’s Rights: Then and now,” talks about very important times, when women had no rights, or equality among men. Women were not allowed to vote, study, or work in the twentieth century because the only priorities given to women, were to giving birth and take care of the offerings. In addition, women were not allowed outside unless the husband gave them approval to step outside....
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...One of our history’s famous speeches, “I have a dream”, is well known for addressing the dream of racial tolerance and freedom among the people. Delivered back in the 1963 by Martin Luther King Jr., the speech left an empowering message that left many people, especially African Americans, in tears as it changed our society for the better. Today, people continue to admire this speech, not only for its powerful and global effect, but also its beautifully written style regarding his uses of metaphors and similes, parallelism, rhythm, and vocal variety. Martin Luther King Jr. made the use of metaphors and similes in his “I have a dream” speech to help shape his message. He made use of metaphors to exemplify the struggles Africans were still facing...
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...From the Truman Doctrine to the Bush Doctrine | Contemporary History | | An overview and comparative analysis of two decisive American foreign policy doctrines breed from fear that impacted the world. | Fear and the reaction to it has been a driving force throughout human evolution, it has helped shape both our physical and social development. Fear and the reaction to it in politics, has helped create and shape everything from our borders and languages, to our technology and religion. At its very best it serves as a common uniting factor that all people share. At its worst it has lead to some of our greatest wars. The Truman and Bush Doctrines are two such policy sets rooted in fears that helped shape the world we know today. On the 12th of March 1947, then President Harry S. Truman addressed a joint session of Congress requesting $400 million in military funding and other foreign aid to support the struggling nations of Turkey and Greece. Truman implored Congress to act quickly to provide aid and support to both nations. Truman described the current state of affairs in Greece as an environment of “political chaos” and that its internal security and very survival were threatened by “terrorist activities of several thousand armed men, led by Communists…” (Truman, 1947) In this speech lay the foundation for the resulting Cold War, and idea that the spread of Communism should be halted and contained. With further analysis of this same speech one can also locate early...
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...regardless of race or culture has led to the increase in immigrants from all over the world. Moreover, this increase helped create and develop the melting pot of America, which consists of a variety of cultures, religions, and race, to include, American is not a single race but a variety races, which allows those born in America to take pride in their own culture as well as pride in being an American. Additionally, I have learned that diversity in our past, and present will continue to grow and shape our society in the future, thus benefiting us by allowing us to see beyond the lines of color and difference. Nonetheless, diversity in the past and present has helped me to also believe that although we are all different in some type of way we can overcome those differences and live peacefully amongst each other, thus growing as a whole. On the other hand with diversity there comes great challenges and struggles because we lack knowledge of other cultures and let our differences divides us as people. Such division can cause challenges like negative stereotypes, prejudice behavior and discrimination to list a few. In addition, I have learned that not only did the African Americans suffer but also the Native American Indians, Asian Americans and my own culture. Such suffering in the making of our great nation was the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarch by force and taking of our land as well. Nonetheless, although my book did discuss much about my culture, these are facts that I already...
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...regardless of race or culture has led to the increase in immigrants from all over the world. Moreover, this increase helped create and develop the melting pot of America, which consists of a variety of cultures, religions, and race, to include, American is not a single race but a variety races, which allows those born in America to take pride in their own culture as well as pride in being an American. Additionally, I have learned that diversity in our past, and present will continue to grow and shape our society in the future, thus benefiting us by allowing us to see beyond the lines of color and difference. Nonetheless, diversity in the past and present has helped me to also believe that although we are all different in some type of way we can overcome those differences and live peacefully amongst each other, thus growing as a whole. On the other hand with diversity there comes great challenges and struggles because we lack knowledge of other cultures and let our differences divides us as people. Such division can cause challenges like negative stereotypes, prejudice behavior and discrimination to list a few. In addition, I have learned that not only did the African Americans suffer but also the Native American Indians, Asian Americans and my own culture. Such suffering in the making of our great nation was the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarch by force and taking of our land as well. Nonetheless, although my book did discuss much about my culture, these are facts that I already...
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...governments since the early 20th century also known as the progressive era. These things helped shape our great nation and what it has grown to be. Some of those reform groups where the muckrakers, women’s rights, and flappers. In the beginning of the 20th century women were basically seen as less than men as they weren’t involved in anything political as in voting, being one of them ones to hold office, and they were looked down upon as second class citizens. However, women were willing to protest and fight for equal rights in the early nineteen hundred’s since blacks had the right to vote due to the 15th Amendment in 1870, they also felt they should have a say in who is elected into office. As time developed during the early 20th century, a group of ladies known as flappers showed that they were willing to rebel against what modern America wanted them...
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...1. Louisiana Purchase: Is a great piece of land that our President Thomas Jefferson bought in 1803 from the French. This purchase was taking place while the French were still uncertain of how they wanted to run their government. This purchase was beneficial for the expansion of Farming. They also discover the Cherokee native that help the new people move through the land. Lewis and Clark were the people who went to the land first to see what was there and they were guided by a lovely young Cherokee Native called Sacagawea. 2. Whiskey Rebellion: Is an implementation of a 25 % tax on whiskey farmer so can make a profit by raising the price of Whiskey. This idea was created by Alexander Hamilton. John Neville the tax collector filled taxes on 75 farmers and distillers in Pennsylvania causing a tax invasion May of 1794. Many of the colonist were mad because they had no say in the matter and they were not willing to pay the tax. Oh the irony. With this tax being applied in July around 7000 Pennsylvania farmers plan an attack on Pittsburg. President George Washington sent 13,000 troops and by September they backed off. 3. Articles of Confederation: I like to...
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...Ronquillo HIST122A 15 July 2012 Our nation’s first presidential election took place in 1789, when Americans voted for electors and they voted for Washington, who ran and won without much opposition. However, it is 2012 and it has been over 200 years since that first election took place. Many things have changed since then, including the election process its self. I am not going to get into much detail about the process, Instead I will focus this paper on the changes we, as a nation, went through. I will focus more on the issues that have changed us the most, as a nation. Through the course of this class I have learned that some of the issues we have had in the past were based on race, gender, illiteracy and even poverty. I will touch on some of these issues but only briefly. Instead I will talk about present day presidential elections and how even though we have changed a lot of the major issues that affected the election process, there are still many issues that still affect us today. I will mainly focus on one of these issues. The Problems I will discuss will be focused around the military vote, mainly because I am in the Army and have friends/ family that are in the military. The problems with the absentee ballot system, are part of the issues I will discuss. It will be four years, in November, since President Obama was elected as our nation’s 44th President. Just like in 2008 and every other Presidential election year, we the people, have a choice to make. And if you...
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...Although a little over a century apart, Frederick Douglass and Barack Obama shared a passion for change and the betterment of all people that remain unswayed, even today. Many trials and tribulations they’ve encountered but through faith and strong beliefs, these two men kept themselves together and helped run a nation. The pair came from backgrounds deviating in some matters but correspondent in others. Backgrounds that could have made them lose faith and give up or not even try, were definitely apart of their past. However, due to their incredible minds and attentive grasps on life these two men made very remarkable changes in this nation for many people. “It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” -Frederick Douglass Even though this was said later on in his life, evidence of these beliefs raised their head early on in his life as a child. Douglass chose to be his own fire and find ways to learn to read. His thirst for knowledge began when his Master’s started teaching him. After she was forbidden to teach him any longer, he did not give up. Douglass decided he still wanted to learn to read, so he developed some tricks. He used bread to get poor little white boys, who didn’t have much, to teach him a thing or two in reading. He also used tricks like telling the white boys that he knew something they didn’t and when they would try and out beat him by showing him something...
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...changed our initial goal and spirit has not. From the time of Thomas Jefferson to the time of Martin Luther King Jr. we still believe in human rights and equality for all. From the time of Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” to the time of D.H. Lawrence’s “Franklin’s Virtues” the people of the United States still believe in doing what they feel is necessary. No matter how much time passes and how society changes the American dream and the backbone of our society and culture remains very much the same, as seen through our belief in freedom and human rights and our views on what is right and wrong. In the case of Thomas Jefferson’s “The autobiography” and Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech “I Have a Dream” both men were working towards the same goal, equality and human rights. Despite that the documents are nearly 200 years apart from one another their goal and hope for the future was the same. Both men wanted to better America and bring it out of a time of prejudice and inequality, whether it be separating from England or ending segregation. Jefferson’s autobiography spoke of the declaration of independence and the colonies goal in creating a free and prosperous nation. Martin Luther King speaks about the end of segregation and the hope that “one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.” Both Jefferson and Martin Luther King had a dream in which America would be a nation where...
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...Introduction The word nationalism was created in the late 18 centuries, but it only got popular from the 1830s. It used to convey the idea of identification with a nation in which a group of people shares common ancestry in the early time, but later it began to link with patriotism and with aspirations to statehood. This concept became widely accepted by more and more people during twentieth century. Nationalism now is defined as a subjective feeling of a membership in a nation; a belief that a nation should form the state, or a belief that the identification with the nation should be above all other forms of identity. Nowadays Nationalism has set off a wave around the world. Primordialism and constructivism can be used to explain this phenomenon. We will see the key arguments of both theories. The first one is primordialism. Key arguments of two theories The emergence of the theory of primordialism was in the second half of the eighteenth centuries, in general, primordialism assumes political identity are innate and largely unchanged. It comes with when you are born or in nature way. Since the identity is with you by born, so it’s extremely difficult to choose or change it. Primordialism is an argument, which contended that political identity is ancient, natural phenomena. It emphasis that identify of nation is decided by nature. Identify is extremely difficult to change. It advocated that importance of cultural traits exist...
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...English 106 Baldwin 11/20/08 Fast Food Nation When we say fast food, our imagination brings us bright and colorful images of MacDonald’s restaurant with a smiling doll of Ronald MacDonald sitting on the bench by the entrance. When we drive and see fast food places on our way, we experience a desire to stop and buy that juicy and extremely tasteful burger with golden color French fries we had in a place with the same name last time. Our emotions about burger places are always positive because those places have fast and excellent costumer service, toys for kids that make them happy, and the food always satisfies our expectations. Fast food and our daily lives are connected tightly, like mornings and a cup of coffee; it is hard to imagine America and the rest of the world without their favorite fast meals. As a part of modern society, I consume this type of food too. So when we had to choose one among four non fiction books in my English class, without thinking twice, I chose “Fast Food Nation: The dark side of the All American Meal” by Eric Schlosser, because it directly related to my eating habits. After I read the book, I was not disappointed with the way the author presented the information. Even though we were given a relatively long period of time in order to read the book, I finished it in one week, because I found its content interesting and appealing to my attention. In my point of view Mr. Schlosser did a great job by making the content of the...
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...TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY Technology is a very powerful force in our world today. It helps us to produce more food than before, constructing building and houses are faster by modern tools, effective in communication with better signal and wider covered areas, travel to anywhere in the world and so on. Human would have a wonderful world if technologies do not frequently have negative side effects. However, just because technology is indispensable in solving problems and brings human to a better future, societies have decided not to abandon technology but to develop, shape and take it to the right direction. Thus, there is always a relationship between technology and society. Technology is an object created by man to assist in achieving some goal. "A technology is a body of human knowledge that can be passed along from one place to another and from one generation to the next" (Web). Technology is the human seek for solutions and the human process of applying resources to satisfy our wants and needs to survive, and subsequently this process is used by society to solve problems and extend our capabilities . Nowadays, technology is everywhere around us and it is seem to be invisible because it is so user friendly and even people using it may not realize that. "Technology has changed the world and the ways of society. Many inventions, discoveries and developments of technique have influenced society" . The influenced society issues are examined from the...
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