Microbiological culture

gets us nowhere.” In this Columbia Professors’ New York Times article Borrowing from Other Cultures Is Human Nature, McWhorter identifies what the relationship between imitation and appropriation is. Clearly, McWhorter expresses an unpopular opinion regarding cultural appropriation. With that, there is truth to what he has to say. The idea that appropriation is, at its core, majority groups stealing cultures from minorities is not true. By definition ‘cultural appropriation’ is “a term used to…

Do you know who you truly are? That is the question that Gene Luen Yang tries to explain in his graphic novel “American Born Chinese.” The story follows three different characters and their journey to knowing who they are. Each journey is different, but each is linked by the central theme of self identity. These three characters all have to go on a Hero’s Journey. A concept that explains a single character's arc in the story. The Hero’s Journey starts with a call to action. The hero is presented…

native language and the new language. Children in these families may feel as if they have more power over their immigrant family members because they are more accustomed to the new culture and thus results in a power struggle. These impacts can lead to acculturative stress, stress from trying to adapt to a new culture and experiencing psychological effects from the…

meetings at the Kingdom Hall, place of worship, and while there, I take pictures with fellow sisters and brothers. I then share my pictures with others. It is important to have a balance between the individualized and familial identities. In my culture, everyone is encouraged to become both independent and interdependent. My dad always reminds me that individually, we carry our load, but together we carry each other's burden. A burden is heavier…

We’ve all had our struggles. But our struggles define who we are. Although living in the Briarcliff bubble, where everything is at the tip of our fingers the issues I have faced throughout the Chapter 1- 28.2282° N, 112.9388° E- Changsha, China For my entire life, I’ve known I was adopted. I never had a long talk with my parents about it. Of course, they tell me stories and show me pictures, but I have had a talk with my family about why they decided to adopt and the process of it. My family…

The struggle among people today is that they do not always know and accept who they are. One’s appearance and sense of reality are often altered by what is most popular in certain societies and cultures. A reality is what a person believes to be true, but often times it is based on a fantasy or stereotype someone has. This can completely affect how they look at life as well as themselves. What one sees when they look in the mirror is their appearance, which as said before, can be altered by what…

the implications of colonialism on the shaping of space within Modernity. Discussing the various influences on Modernity, Penelope Edmonds explores the impact of Indigenous culture and history on colonialism and its impact on the development of the ‘new world’ of Melbourne. Similarly Sibel Bozdogan commends history and culture and its important role in influencing modern architecture. However Bozdogan also expresses the postcolonial criticism of modernity being wrongfully overpowering over its…

Susan Lieberman wrote "Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world." I was born in the U.S. to Mexican parents. I was raised with a strict upbringing and shown to be proud of all my beautiful heritage has to offer; it begins with our family and the unconditional love we have for one another. It's extended into our language, our history, our morals and values, the food we eat, the music…

In the scholarly journal, “The Chief is Dead” by Antonio Curet, the subject of discussion is the tribe of the Taino, which inhabited the island of Hispaniola. Curet examines the Taino in order to determine how the tribal society functioned. According to Curet, the accounts of the Taino are unreliable due to European influences on the succession process. Curet creates an argument explaining that European documents are vague and unreliable in regards to the Taino society due to the lack of…

Humans are fundamentally different than any other existing organism, not only because of the obvious diversity in physical form, but also because of the uniqueness humans have from each other. Our important features are our foundation as who we are as individuals, and the assortment of personalities set us apart from one another. As Neil Gaiman, author of the novel Anansi Boys, inspires us by writing, “Each person who ever was or is or will be has a song. It isn't a song that anybody else wrote.…