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    The Pursuit for Identity In his short story “What You Pawn I Will Redeem,” Sherman Alexie seeks for his uniqueness as being a homeless, alcoholic Indian man. The author is a Spokane Indian conceived in 1966 on the Spokane Reservation in WellPoint, Washington. He is an artist, author, and movie producer. A great deal of his written work draws on his encounters as a Native American experiencing childhood with the Spokane Reservation. As a Native American, Alexie’s fundamental concern is…

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    The Black Sox Scandal Introduction The White Sox get bribed into throwing The World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in 1919. The White Sox were made up of two different groups of players and together they formed the best baseball team to ever play. Black Sox The “Black Sox” nickname originated when Comiskey decided to save money by reducing the number of time the uniforms were washed. Comiskey had been known to convince poor baseball players to sell their soul for money. Making a deal…

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    In general, Steller sea lion prefer to swim and hunt in colder waters. Stellar sea lion can be around the North Pacific coasts of Russia, Japan, Canada (rocky coast of British Columbia) and some parts of the United States. When Steller sea lion are not in the water, they gather on rockeries and prefer to haul out in secluded rocky islands. With that being said, Steller sea lion live near coastlines and are associated with sandy beaches. And according to a journal about their…

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    Indian Removal Was or Wasn’t unjustified Written by: Jerah Green The first people in America were the Indians, they know and cherished that land. We took their land when we first came and then congress wanted to take more and more, but is it justified that they should push them out again. That is what the United States congress was debating. The U.S. had promised that land to the Indians, then they try to break that promise. That doesn’t make them as Americans look very good or trustworthy.…

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    Americanization in Europe Living in America we have become accustomed to living life the “American Way. ”Everything around us is presented with the idea that it is American made, and a privilege to have. American culture is not only present here, but has made its presence known in most countries, and nations around the world, including those in Europe. The presence of American culture in Europe has caused problems amongst some Europeans making them feel like they have fallen victim to…

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    presents The Other Middle Passage as a discussion about the slave trade in the Indian Ocean. The main purpose of the essay is to shed light on what all was involved with the slave trade from East Africa. Alpers does an excellent job of comparing the way slaves were treated during this voyage and how they were treated when they reached their destinations. Both voyages, West to the Americas and East through the Indian Ocean, were just one part of the traumatic journey for these African Slaves.…

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    perspective of an Indian American. Master of None’s “Indian’s on TV” predominantly used a verbal rhetorical device to showcase racism towards Indians that offend Indian Americans. On the other hand, Ansari’s article used narrating to describe his experience in entering the country of his ancestral roots. By discussing the verbal strategy of Master of None’s fourth episode and the narrative device utilized by Ansari in his New York Times article, one can understand the point of view of an Indian…

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    essay Expansionism on the American and South African Frontiers, compares the mandatory elimination of Native Americans to the trans- Mississippi West with the coinciding Great Trek of South Africa’s Boer settlers. The key to understanding American Indian policy between 1790 and 1830 is not the policy advocating for different racial groups, but the fact that the government was responsible to a white electorate that was persuaded that the fate…

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    The Native American Casino Establishments The Native American Indian casinos in the United States are a growing billion dollar industry collecting mass revenues from gamblers. I have been to several Native American Establishments in my nearly four years of being age legal to gamble in California. My friends and I love to explore the variety of Native American establishments that southern California has to offer, but some are more enjoyable then others because of pros and cons. The main feature…

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    Interracial Dating Theory

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    an Experimental Physicist at the California Institute of Technology and Priya Koothrappali is an Indian women, she graduated the top of her class from Cambridge University also an attorney for the biggest car company in India. Her parents does not know they are dating, in one of the episodes she was video chatting with her parents and they brought up dating and end up telling her she should find a Indian man and not Leonard the white nerd. That is one example of why some people do not date…

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