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    Identity For Indigenous people, ancestry is deemed as the spirits of the Indigenous people (Perso & Hayward, 2015). Indigenous people show extreme respect to their ancestry, as they believe it explains where they come from. The foundation of Indigenous identity is their links to the ‘country’ (Perso & Hayward, 2015). It is about where they grow up, who they are and which group they belong to. Indigenous people value the traditional lands of their cultural groups and the kinship between…

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    Borders — whether internal or external, social or economic, geopolitical or psychological — have assumed a most significant role in developing Canada's sense of nation. Borders, starting with those in common with the United States, in addition to the artificial internal regional borders, frame Canadian identity. Identity, however, is a notion both revealed and invented. The Canadian identity is composite and multifaceted to the point of not being easily understood even by those who would try to…

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    everyone on Earth is part of a nation, so the idea that each person’s national community is an imagined one is difficult to comprehend, but upon extensive thought, it becomes evident that it is a fact. Nations did not exist until the eighteenth century, and they were created due to historical circumstances, but the concept has nevertheless continued into modern society. The existence of national boundaries exemplifies the recognition of differences in different nations. Two people living two…

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    To most: when the country Africa is thought of, the parallel to it is poverty. Africa is a developing country, according to the rest of the countries. In “Africans are not poor,” by Lucy Lameck, the point of view is contrasting. “Poverty” is not the word the Tanzanians should be using in reference to their country. With wealth, poverty and social classes it is believed that Africa is far behind. Lameck gave an astounding speech to the Parliament of Tanzania helping them to gain a new perspective…

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    Sunfun In America

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    SUNFUN – THE UTOPIA SUNFUN is the name of our community, it is a first kind of country, self-sustainable, ecofriendly where life is amazing! The best place to life in this planet! We believe that education and values are the most important part of our pyramided of priorities. The education starts before the baby is born and never ends. Our community has no religion… we are more spiritual than religious. It is a place with perfect weather and happy people resolve their conflicts with…

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    Each country, state, region and town are able to produce people with a certain identity. Those from California are laid back, those from New York are in a hurry and are unfriendly, and those from the Caribbean can be considered violent. From these examples, it is clear to see that every different area in the world consists of people with a certain identity. But if these people were to migrate to a different area, say Japan, would their identities be affected? In the novel, The Brief and Wondrous…

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    a particular region of the nation. While both of these ideologies were influential, but one of these ideologies would arise to become more popular and influence more political actions than the other. It can be argued that nationalism is the older of the two ideals. It influence the colonists to declare their independence from Great Britain, leading to the American Revolution and the creation of the United States of America. People began to feel proud of their new nation leading to people…

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    Narcissism Ignatieff

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    Michael Ignatieff's analysis and opinion on ethnic nationalism falls in line with the research compiled from Dr. Seppala and Prof. Tomasello on the subject of human compassion. He gives further depth to his position by citing the work of renowned psychologist Sigmund Freud. He states that ethnic nationalism “denies the multiple belong is possible” and that each and every human being only sees a national belonging as opposed to any other allegiance (Ignatieff, 1994). Ignatieff makes it clear…

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    American nationality is unlike the nationality of any other country because it encompasses such a diverse group. This is because American nationality is awarded to someone based on whether or not they possesses citizenship papers -- which anyone can apply for. Despite the diversity in this country, there is a clear white privileged majority who have never known the other side of the immigration story. For this reason, Gene Luen Yang strives to elicit a greater understanding of immigrant…

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    one's country or nation. Nationalism is Associate in Nursing extreme variety of nationalism and loyalty to one’s country. Nationalists place the interests of their own country on top of the interests of alternative countries. Nationalism was current in early twentieth century Europe and was a major reason behind war I. Most pre-war Europeans believed within the cultural, economic and military mastery of their nation. Nationalism gave voters excessive confidence in their nation, their…

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