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also illustrating how the great American hypocrisy affects this transition. A great example of this comes from two paragraphs discussing her father’s first job at a blood bank. The job is temporary, as he’s trying to get official certification to be a doctor in the United States, but he encounters difficulties. One woman is xenophobic to him, “[requesting] to see an “American” doctor” (Balcita 2006, 1) when he comes to her aid. While this is a prime example of American hypocrisy as I explained…

Multiracial Americans have increased in the population. I am black, white and samoan, with a biracial mother and a fully samoan father. Racism/discrimination are circumstances I have never had to deal with in my life. I was always aware of the cruel,racist people in this…

recreational teams or competitive club teams. The competitive clubs tend to travel more and play teams from different cities or states. Recreation soccer is less competitive and is more for fun. (“What Is a Soccer Club? ­ Thunder Soccer Club.") American football may be the most popular sport in the United States but soccer is quickly catching up. It is already the number one sport in the world and soon will be in the top 3 in the United States with the creation of the MLS league. People all…

“Seeking the invisible through the imagery of the visible, the Americans never can get quite all the way to the end of the American Dream”. All three of my interviewees agree with Martin Luther King but it did not stop them from wanting the best from themselves and their loved ones. The American Dream is about getting the right education for opportunities, how you want to provide for loved ones, but most importantly is the idea that you want to improve not only your life but the ones you love to…

would realize. Part 1: An etic view of African American race from an outsiders perspective is believed as religious and demonstrates a unique lifestyle. To examine these facts other cultures are taken into consideration to accurately without prejudices towards African Americans. According to the (Journal of Psychology, 2000) culture and beliefs about time is compared among Black Americans, Black Africans, and White American showing the racial views. The study identified…

Its own ethnic and age group. The definition of the word fluctuates according to gender, and the power the word holds when it is used. When the Americas were discovered, disenfranchised groups began to develop; and exist to this very day. African Americans, Muslims, U.S. territories, and immigrants are treated unjustly. These groups will…

In Guns, Germs, and Steel, a man named Jared Diamond is in New Guinea doing field work. He meets a New Guinean man named Yali. Yali and JD are both hungry for knowledge and goes exploring. While walking around, Yali asks JD why are the whites so successful and have so much “cargo” compared to the other locals. Then, JD rephrases the question: Why did the White Eurasians dominate over other cultures by means of superior guns,…

1). Bibliography Anthony, Jim. Sex Across the Color Line: A neglected topic in Pacific history. PhD Thesis, Suva: Fiji Institute of Applied Studies, 2007. Annotation This is a memoir written by the Author on behalf of his mother to search for her real identity as to who her real father is after she was born out of wedlock from an Indo-fijian woman and believed that her was was a white man. This memoir is an account on Owen Scott's seminal disclosure and, for the first time additional…

Geronimo: A True American The brave Bedonkohe Apache leader Geronimo was able to accomplish many astonishing feats before he died at the age of seventy-nine in 1909. Some of these achievements include continuing his journey of bettering the lives of his people despite his own family being murdered when he was only twenty-nine (27). Geronimo fully embodies the hard-working and no excuses attitude that many Americans strive for. Geronimo in many ways possesses the same moral code and ideas that…

my desire for an American one. I wanted nothing to do with being Vietnamese or Asian because all that it had brought me was a sense of inferiority and constant bullying. My desire to suppress my Vietnamese identity brings up a point that is brought up by Ms. Mori, the protagonist’s friend with benefits. During one of their conversations, she asks, “So why are we supposed to not forget our culture? Isn’t my culture right here since I was born here?” (73). She is a Japanese American who has…