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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…

with Asian Americans. However, these stereotypes do not define what an Asian American is. For example, when most people look at me, they are surprised because stereotypically, Asians have small eyes and small noses. However, I do not have those features but I am still considered Asian. My definition of an Asian American is someone who has parents that came from Asia and immigrated to America. To identify as an Asian American, they must be of Asian descent and have been exposed to American and…

“Typical American”, by Gish Jen, has many themes, ranging from the paradox of freedom and limits to the assimilation of a race of immigrants. One of the major themes in the book is the pursuit of the American Dream. All immigrants who come to the USA have this pursuit in mind when they first set foot in New York or San Francisco. They have dreams of what America will be to them and what they will become in this land of opportunity. The American dream allows someone to make themselves into…

Mass Media Influences on the Misperceptions of African American Women Stereotypes diminish individuals through simplified and exaggerated characteristics and insist that these traits are natural qualities (Love). In a speech by Malcolm X, Civil Rights Activist, he says, “The most disrespected person in America is the Black Woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black Woman.” African American Women make up approximately seven percent of the United States population, a majority of…

All Americans are asked to show their respect for their freedoms and their country by standing while the national anthem is being played. Americans do not always express their respect in words, so they do it through their actions. Ways of showing respect for the country can be done in many different ways. Some people thank soldiers or raise money for veterans, while others simply stand for the playing of our national anthem. Standing for the playing of the national anthem is a sign of respect…

The intermarriage of the Asian Americans Simona Nissan San José State University The report The Rise of Intermarriage, of the Pew Research Center from February 2012, presents that the popularity of intermarriage in the United States increased compared to the past. The report mentions that “about 15% of all new marriages in the United States in 2010 were between spouses of a different race or ethnicity from one another” (Wang, 2012), while it is more than double comparing to the 1980…

Living in a world where people are being separated and treated unequally is very unacceptable for the reason that it violates human rights and freedom of every individual. Black Americans suffered from economic, social, and educational advantages for a very long time, and still do, while White Americans benefited from it. Society will not improve if people from all races and cultures do not get along. As a matter of fact, this is only going to cause more problems to this world and make this…

Introduction The true meaning of the American dream is nonexistent, everyone will define it differently. “The charm of anticipated success” that is the American dream according to Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political thinker and historian. Jim Cullen states in his book The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation “The Pilgrims may not have actually talked about the American dream, but they would have understood the idea: after all, they lived it as people who imagined…

created the new colony that had a unique identity; a distinct American identity. In 1776, America declared its independence from England because they had irreconcilable difference with England due to an evolving American identity that clashed with England’s foreign policy on matters of economic ideologies, ethnic backgrounds, and lifestyle. A combination of these factors and England’s underestimation of the strength of the American identity, led to America gaining its independence in 1776, and…

they attacked you with no warning, that’s when people’s inner racism comes out. With thousands of people killed and wounded. Racism is unavoidable within the group. That’s exactly what happened the Japanese Americans after the Battle of Pearl Harbor. They were being discriminated. Japanese Americans were being discriminated during and after World War II. Many Japanese…