Samoans

parents, the number of their brothers and sisters, the amount of sex experience which they had had” (Mead 1928, 10). As an anthropologist, Mead is able to provide a vivid description of her fieldwork experience based on her research and studies of the Samoan adolescent lifestyle. Mead’s fieldwork “sought to discover whether adolescence was a universally traumatic and stressful time due to biological factors or whether the experience of adolescence depended on one 's cultural upbringing” (Library…

The image Fringe by Rebecca Belmore and Sammy Baloji’s, Untitled from the Memoire Series are both similar and different. To begin with, Fringe is an image in which an aboriginal woman is shown with her back to the audience, with a deep red slash running from her right shoulder to her left hip. The figure in Fringe also expresses to the viewer that the woman has not been destroyed but she is indeed wounded, but she is healing. The image is a visual record of how deep is the cut of the…

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie asserts that believing only a single story creates stereotypes. It creates stereotypes because when people are constantly presented with the same negative image of a certain type of people, they become that negative image in the minds of other. They begin to believe it is the only characteristic of the group being judged, and they overlook the positive images. Adichie states that this robs society of its humanity. Having intercultural competence would have helped the…

Time continued to pass, I watched my children graduate high school, and college, Samoan became a registered nurse and Raven an I T specialist and Keagan became a Pharmacist. I’m proud of my kids, I tried to teach them what I was taught, be cautious, but kind, you never know what the next person is going through, and get an education…

I do not identify entirely with any of the three. Frequently, I have been mistaken for other ethnicities, especially, Samoan or Tongan, due to my large stature and long curly hair. These instances of mistaken identity have worked in my favor, as these ethnicities bring about a fear of harm among others. When I was a youngster I looked up to the WWF wrestler The Rock, who is Samoan and Black, and often attempted to emulate his mannerisms and looks. As I did this, other children, who did not know…

Even Ancient Cultures Thought Tattoos Were Cool If you have a tattoo today, chances are that someone told you that you were making a mistake putting the ink on your body forever. Tattoos can be seen as; a fashion trend, a commitment to an organized group (such as a military branch or a street gang), a symbolic act of remembrance, a rebellious act by a teenager trying to prove a point to their parents, etc. The lesser known fact behind tattooing however, is that is an art that has been…

Champion attempts to make history as if he wins this He hails from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is nicknamed 'The King of Taunts'. Starr is one of the most charismatic wrestlers in the world. He is the quickest graduate ever of the world famous Wild Samoan Wrestling School which has produced wrestlers such as Batista & Billy Kidman. At one point he held the Tag Team Titles of 4 of the top Independent companies in the States at the same time, CZW, FIP, WSU & NYWC. This is Starr's 1st time…

from our homecoming court. Even through the backlash from individuals about us uprooting traditions, as a team we have stood by our decision. I spent many days in middle school exploring the neighborhood with my best friend who was of Hispanic and Samoan descent. When we entered stores I could see people follow him with their eyes, but not me. Seeing the way they assumed that…

The primary directive of Daniel Perez-Zapata and Virginia Slaughter’s article is to examine the implications of culture on the process of developing mind reading. The article summarizes different studies pertaining to the development of mind reading within various cultural contexts. The authors begin by defining mind reading or the theory of the mind as the capacity to monitor one’s or other individuals’ mental status. For instance, a person can have a general perspective of what his or her…

Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos in Spanish, is a traditional two day festival which originated in Mexico. During the holiday communities gather to celebrate the lives of friends and family who have passed away. This holiday which incorporates ancient indigenous rituals with Catholic beliefs focuses on welcoming back the spirits of loved ones to honor them, celebrate their lives and acknowledge ones eventual fate. Recently, however, Day of the Dead has come to be associated with Halloween,…