Americanization

Here in today’s world, the Bible is generally applies as a political material where it is constantly brought up in the government and court of law. Specifically, it is very important to note how influential the Bible is, especially for the recent political agenda concerning marriage, abortion, and religious freedom. To clarify any misinformation that the Bible may have influenced the world around us as well as to challenge how the media has shaped this misinformation. In regards to the political…

Writers often base their works on accounts of personal themes and experiences. Literary pieces can come to symbolize important aspects of a writer’s life. Authors Sui Sin Far, Jack London, and Joel Chandler Harris have greatly shown such biographical reflections in their written works. To an extent, their stories dwell deeper into the social issues that affected the environment around them. Mrs. Spring Fragrance by Sui Sin Far, To Build a Fire and the Law of Life by Jack London and The Wonderful…

President Dwight D. Eisenhower came up with the domino theory On Apr 7, 1954 in fear that if one country falls into communism the surrounding southeast Asia countries will fall into a domino effect. Containment was a strategy for the United states to limit the communist ideals, containment was part of the Truman doctrine which were defined by President Harry S. Truman in his speech on March 12, 1947. President John F. Kennedy inauguration speech said the U.S. would be lost due to the result of…

The first thing that caught my attention about the Indiana State Museum was that the museum is basically divided into two parts. It is divided into the natural history side and the cultural history side. I found this very interesting, as I had just assumed that everything in the museum was imported, categorized, and stored in similar manors. When you think about it, it makes sense to divide the museum into two parts as it allows the staff members of the two teams to be specialized experts in…

By the start of the 1920s, the U.S. workforce was almost equally divided between those who worked in the agriculture (40 percent) and those who did not (45 percent), including manufacturing (26 percent) and transportation (19 percent). By the end of the decade, 51 percent of the Mexican population lived in urban areas. The increased visibility of Mexicans in the southwestern cities set off racist behavior among Europe-Americans. At the same time, differences emerged within the Mexicans community…

Go into paragraph and talk about how before white males were in power blah blah and how Lincoln wanted to abolish south leaders altogether and how at first American society was not really a democracy at all and how this info in the whole paragraph is America moving one step closer to democracy. In McPherson’s book, he refers to the economic environment of the South as being a slave reliant one in which it greatly depended on its predominantly agriculture and plantation systems, while the North…

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is a narrative nonfiction that revolves around a family who struggles with keeping their culture identity in a place where it is not welcome. The Lee family Struggles with discrimination, cultural differences, spirituality, language barriers and immigrant assimilation when they move to California. These are some of the things that get in the way of having one of their 15 children, Lia get the best care she can…

A side effect of living is death…a side effect of being human is caring about it. It’s no surprise that death plagues the minds of humanity. Turning on the TV, opening up a magazine, or reading a book there’s constant talk of police brutality, bombings of other countries, first world disasters, terrorist attacks, murders, and suicides. However, if there was no talk about death, then how would people’s eyes be open to the impact and importance of the deaths surrounding them? The novel A Tale for…

A Cultural War “American culture is very dominant” (Source G). All around the world, different countries are constantly absorbing and feeding off the easily accessible American culture. The problem is that many of these countries are afraid American culture will diminish their own culture and traditions. This is understandable, mainly because infiltrating their culture is not the only negative impact American culture has on other countries. Apart from invading other cultures, America’s hypnotic…

The various articles included within Shades of Difference discuss the dynamic complexities and differences of colorism and racism, two terms that have been incorrectly used interchangeably for years by society to refer to generalized, racist phenomena. However just like Trina Jones explained in “The Case for Legal Recognition of Colorism Claims,” colorism is the maltreatment of another based on their skin color, while racism is the prejudicial and stereotypical beliefs one holds and perpetuates…