Culture of the United States

the time. Some problems that were occurring are discrimination, dictatorships, and abuses of minorities. African American artists understood these views and collaborated since they nearly settled in the same cities throughout the United States. Not just in the United States but on both sides of the border the struggles of common people were deeply shown in these murals, these pieces art. African Americans…

The United States is a culturally diverse country that brings forth many differences in health care beliefs and practices. All cultures have each individual system of health beliefs explaining the cause of illness, how it can be treated or cured, as well as where to acquire treatment. The word culture is associated with norms, values, and traditions passed down through generations (Potter, Perry, Hall, & Stockert, 2017, p. 102). In other words, culture reveals how people think, do, and respond…

another…(and) finds order in a serried array of actions that happen one after the other” (Changing Minds.org, 2015). I also look back at past events and see them in a sequence that followed the other. The work of Edward T. Hall explains that a low-context culture has qualities of “outer locus…

Introduction Is the United States dominance as a country related to what Jared Diamond terms in his book Gun, Germs and Steel as the Yali’s question? Where Mr. Yali Jared Diamond’s New Guinean friend who was a politician asked him the reason why it was mainly the whites who developed so much consignment and brought it to New Guinea but they the black people had little shipment to call their own?” Yali’s use of the term cargo/ shipment/consignment connotes material goods such as steel axes,…

Refugio. Maria is 67 years old and she was born and raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco in the city of Zapopan. The interview took place in my house. However, she came to the United States 5 months ago. Maria came to visit her family. During the interview she mentioned that people from U.S are more liberal and unfriendly. She states that even neighbors are stranger. That’s something she misses from Zapopan that fact that everyone knows each other and that people always greet each other She…

As an American territory, there are many shared cultural traditions between the two nations. However, Puerto Rico has its a history just as old and unique as the United States. That history combined with historical friction between the nations present some barriers that are not insurmountable. There are two official languages in Puerto Rico, English and Spanish however, Spanish is dominant. While English is taught as a second language from primary through secondary school, few people are…

individual that I chose for my interview is a 37 year old male who was born and raised in Germany, but presently resides in northern Indiana. He relocated to the United States for work-related reasons. His name is Michael Drue and he is, at this time, married to my first cousin Krisha, a native English speaker, having been born in the United States. I chose Michael as the person of interest for my intercultural interview not only because he is speaks English as a second language, but also…

Ni’ihau island was isolated from the other islands of Hawaii and did not have much of a toll taken on it after the annexation of the United States, the Ni’ihau started to develop their own dialect in Hawaiian language, changing how the language is spoken by some. In the language people do use slang words as well. All in all, the Hawaiian language is the ties between culture and identity. The Hawaiian people are made up of their language and express themselves through their individual unique…

Ashima Ganguli, the Bengali wife and mother, eagerly tries to adapt to living in the United States but finds it very difficult to do so due to her completely different and traditional background. In the novel The Namesake, Ashima’s deep culture shock and struggle to adapt to the American society can be seen in her relationship…

cultural importance, especially in Brazil. In “Black in Latin America,” Henry Louis Gates goes on to explore the African culture found throughout Brazil’s cities, and in doing this, it was found that the identity of Brazil is based from ideas and characteristics developed through the hybridization of African and European culture. From Salvador to Rio de Janeiro, African culture emanates through everyday life. This is shown through the music, dance, religion practiced all around Brazil. Although…