Culture of the United States

races, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive world '(Webster Dictionary, n.d.). Some people think this is the way new immigrants to our country should act. They should learn english and try to blend in. The blending in of other cultures to create one unified culture is what makes America a melting pot. This is American culture where anyone is welcomed to join and become apart of one nation. The Salad Bowl theory… “the integration of the many different cultures of united states…

In recent years, bilingual education has become a controversial issue in the United States. While, some people believe that they have the freedom to speak the language they prefer, others believe that the use of any language other than English in the United States created the loss of their identity, and their native language. However, because exist many people from various nationalities in the United States the number of bilingual people is increasing through the years. A bilingual person had…

I’m from Guatemala well it’s just not about that like I will be talking about my culture and food . Culture where I’m from it’s like really nice to be and have fun with friends or just family and the culture we have is like somewhat different to other countries . We have a lot of different words like all together we have twenty-one languages in Guatemala If you go up there you will like/love it . Because no matter what the people over there are really nice and will make you feel like you are…

The Puzzle. The story “who’s Irish?” by Gish Jen is a story of an elderly Chinese woman, living with her daughter in the United States of America. She takes care of her granddaughter Sophie while her daughter goes to work; as a way of being supportive to her daughter. She does not like how Sophie is wild; she insists that no Chinese girl acts as she does. She ends up disciplining her the way a proper Chinese girl is raised, after she misbehaves which according to her it is through spanking.…

the beaver, and their skins [to serve them[ for clothing...He caused the earth to produce corn for bread. All of this he had done for his red children because he [loves] them” (“Worship 1****). This belief was an important aspect of the Natives’ culture and everyday lives, but the colonists did not respect that and tried strip away this religion and replace it with Christianity. The colonists gained ignorance towards the Native customs and tried to convince them that the Christian God surpasses…

classic rags to riches, something from nothing story. The concept is countlessly repeated in literature, cinema, and real life, and it raises speculation about what makes the idea limited to the United States. Is this common anecdote exclusive to only the US? The “American” Dream is integral to American culture but is just as applicable to other nations and foreign individuals that do not fly the Star Spangled Banner. The American Dream has common themes that are not unique to only the US.…

there is so much more to the border than the basic definition given by Webster’s Dictionary which states that a border simply exists as “the outer part or edge of anything; the exterior limit of a place.” Whenever the “white” man has unfairly imposed on new land in which the Native Americans or the Mexicans already owned and claimed, tensions flared and more often than not conflict arose. The United States and Mexico border is no exception to this fact of history. This borderland consists of…

For my project, I wanted to try and describe this uniqueness, and encourage my classmates to look at Cuba as not a place the United States or…

Women, in the United States are view as dominating-leaders. In Middle East, this is view as discontent among women with the extent of state. Muslim men view this as disobeying and interferences in personal relationships or with the disparity between their own status and that of being loyal and their position. How an individual display their loyalty to another group is a personal preference but once their opinion is force upon another group, according to Race & Ethnic Group Stratification (n.d.)…

Religions Should Be Taught in Public Schools The world that we live in today has gone downhill because of the many perspectives and disrespect towards one another’s different religions and cultures. Having a religion class in public schools brings great amounts of benefits to not only the students that are learning about the different religions, but as well as American citizens as a whole. It’s been quite a hassle for those who have been trying to put religion classes in schools because of the…