Mohawk nation

Relationship with Diversity Diversity means being different from others and it can be on many basis that is nationality, culture, religion, life background, education etc. these and many other factors show the diversity between people in a society and in the world. Today you will find diverse people working together in almost every field such as schools, on jobs, while traveling, in restaurants, and in many other places and occasions. One of the examples is my College Campus. I study at AUAF…

Current Educational Issue Paper: “Ethnic Identity and Acculturative Stress as Mediators of Depression in Students of Asian Descent” In the article, “Ethnic Identity and Acculturative Stress as Mediators of Depression in Students of Asian Descent,” the matter of the well-being of college students of Asian descent--because these students had higher rates of depression is addressed (Lantrip, Mazzetti, Grasso, Gill, Miller, Haner, Rude & Awad, 2012). In my current college education, I can say…

Which political system is better for a country? Each country have different needs, cultures, history, strengths and weaknesses to take into account in order to find the appropriate system. The aftermath of war in Iraq, when talking about politics, was focused on asserting control over the country, the next step in order to rebuild the country is establishing a representational system, the majority believe that democracy is the system to follow, since a democracy is not a unknown concept for…

The terms nation, nationality, and nationalism are ideas that are not only strange but ambiguous. They become very hard terms to define within the real world. They are developed through a myriad of differing parts. These can be both tangible and ideological things. Physically people often identify themselves based on where they live or their ancestors are from. National identity gets more complicated than that because people identify religiously, ideologically, politically or have a sense of…

should be. The polarization between the two main parties, Republican and Democrat, has reached a point that is becoming concerning for the near future. According to the Pew Research Center, which conducted a year-long study on the polarization of our nation, “Republicans and Democrats are further apart ideologically than at any point in recent history” (Carroll Doherty). This phenomenon was recently displayed on…

Gregory Bateson said, “Without context, words and actions have no meaning at all” (Mind and Nature 15). That quote may seem melodramatic, but surely you acknowledge the axiomatic certainty of the foundational importance of context. The proper context is imperative to understanding the content, and context is fundamental to understanding Beowulf. Warren Christopher said, “It's very important to always put statements in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country…

slavery as that which “undermined both the meaning of consent in the republic, and the very unity post-Revolutionary nationalism sought to enact.” The presence of slavery, as viewed by Furstenberg, is seen as something that is detrimental to the nation as a whole. Although slavery seems to have ample evidence and support in Furstenberg’s work, the musical Hamilton offers minimal evidence of such an issue. In the song, “My Shot,” John Laurens proves to be a very vocal abolitionist: “But we’ll…

travels quickly. Minutes after a major event occurs, hundreds of articles are published in various languages; this shocking speed at which news can now be spread is one of the reasons the world has developed a communal atmosphere. Domestically, nations have created their own community. For example, citizens of a country often feel nationalism for the country they live in or have lived in. Benedict Anderson in his book Imagined Communities explores this idea. The title of the book hints at the…

author of Imagined Communities identifies a nation as an imagined political community that is limited and sovereign, as well. The political community consists of a sect of people who feel as if they are united based on a common ground. The people of a nation feel united and identify themselves as an “us” and people outside of the nation would be considered as a “them”. The limitation in the imagined community is the boarders of the nation, no nation can be considered as infinite. In addition,…

Ethnic Nationalism Source of Communities of Fear Nationalism, according to the most widely accepted definitions of, is the doctrine that the state and the nation should be congruent. However, there is much more to add to the definition of nationalism today in connection to the ethnic and civil society. The definition of nationalism depends on its context. The typology of nationalism defines its strength and/or weakness to its relationship among the community in which it’s defined. While civil…