American culture

Music has and continues to be a means by which the grief, compassion, anger and desire for change is transformed into positive energy for blacks (Dawson, 2001). Jazz music was created from Afro –American such as; spiritual music and work songs. In today’s music, the social conditions facing American popular music, especially rap, were those of the same that were faced by jazz music, and many musicians have similar experiences. Jazz music has created some positive social effects, it has also…

Racial prejudices have been a part of European culture since the Roman Empire. It seems that no matter the era or location, the lighter skinned race has always take precedence over the darker skinned race. Native Americans, or the red skins as they were once called, were no exception to this racism. They were taken as slaves, tortured, and treated as if they were inhuman. This prejudge raged on for centuries in several forms. Sometimes the tribes would have their land stripped from them;…

to how those in Japan bow versus shaking hands and how “Latin Americans are generally very physical and outgoing in their expressions and body language” (Carpenter & Sanjyot, 2013). They may find bowing or just shaking hands odd or standoffish; they will embrace or even give you a kiss on the cheek. When thinking of a Latin American meeting someone from Japan, there would definitely be a challenge as you’re talking about two cultures on the opposite end of the spectrum. One should probably…

Native Americans felt about the policies in which the United States instituted for them. These policies gave them land with no food, rivers with no fish, and money with no value. Americans saw themselves as generous, but they gave them nothing of meaning with these policies. So what did these policies that had no usefulness to the Native Americans actually do for them it lowered their quality of life, changed it lowered their quality of life, changed their religious views, and their culture was…

These new rappers and sports stars are being traded and controlled for profit off their black culture for big money in the white man's pocket the same way they were used physically for money and labor. Obviously, this is not as bad as real slavery but it still shows how they can be trapped in racism by letting white men profit off their culture because its “hip”. A lot of rappers make comparisons to the chains they wear being as withholding as slave chains because they realize they are being…

In the mid-1800s, the culture of the Native Americans changed dramatically. The white settlers began constructing the Transcontinental railroad, which took almost every resource away from the Native Americans. Plus, the settlers were beginning to force the Native Americans to assimilate against their will because the whites believed the Native Americans were “savages.” First of all, white settlers took away from the Native American’s main resources by killing the main food source and building…

The Nez Percé were one of the most numerous and powerful Native American tribes originating from the Columbia River Plateau region, or modern-day Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and Montana. This region consisted of warm summers and cold, snowy winters. The Nez Percé lived a semi-nomadic lifestyle, moving with the food supply, fishing, hunting, or gathering wild plants for food. Fish, specifically salmon, was a staple. They practiced traditional religion based on Animism, which integrated their…

with many other locations. With a presence in vast areas of the colony, it is difficult to imagine that he would not have had such a strong influence over the events between the colonists and Native Americans. It seems that with his skill set, Montour was an estimable ally for both the Native Americans and the colonists in Pennsylvania. On one occasion, his services were required, along with those of Conrad Weiser, with whom he frequently traveled, as an interpreter between the Quakers and the…

from the perspective of both European immigrants and native North Americans and how they influenced each other’s lives. Discussing the significance of the European cultural, social, and technological influences on the native peoples of North America, and how their life was forever changed, is integral in the study of North America and its people. Initial contact When Europeans first arrived at different locations on the North American continent the indigenous populations that they encountered…

to try the diverse cultures around us or do we turn a blind eye and stick to something familiar? “A belief is a feeling of being sure that someone or something exists or is true” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). According to that definition, a belief is simply something we believe in that exists. It could be a person, a value, or an idea that we hold in our minds. A belief that I considered true for the longest time was that a person is only defined and can take a part of one culture. After…