Native Hawaiian

Dehumanization: the Modern Day Fight-or-Flight Response to Cultural Difference St. John argues in his book Outcasts United that when natives feel threatened by change to their culture, they oftentimes dehumanize outsiders as a way to protect the traditional way of life they have created. St. John first contributes to this argument in Part 1 of his book, when Mayor Swaney voices his concern for the controversy that debates if soccer, especially played by immigrants and refugees, should be played…

“No Easy Walk” is the third of fourteen episodes in the PBS documentary series Eyes on the Prize. The executive producer and creator of the series is Henry Hampton. The purpose of this series of episodes is to document what happened during the Civil Rights era 1954 through the mid 1980s. Episode three focuses specifically on the years 1961-1963: it focuses on the civil rights movements in Albany, Georgia — Birmingham, Alabama — and the Walk on Washington in Washington D.C.. This episode goes…

Between the decades in which the Native Americans were forced out of their land, many were in deep sorrow expressing their sentiments towards the Americans, anticipating a change. To begin, an article titled, “Letter to President Pierce, 1855”,Chief Seattle speaks upon the emotional state of the Indians. The Natives claim to feel dejected because of their loss of land, as well as their loss of cultural spirit. Chief Seattle targets the attention of the American president, Franklin Pierce, who…

Little Red Riding Hood has been told and fluctuated around for hundreds of years through many generations. It can be traced as far back as the 10th century in European folktale. Although, the best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and Brothers Grimm in the 17th and 18th century, the story has changed significantly in many ways since. Depending on versions the people in the tale can vary such as in the French version it is a woodcutter that comes in and saves Red and her grandmother…

as described in Diego Mendez’s letter to Ferdinand, natives are shocked as foreigners come and try to tame a land that had been wild and plentiful to their population for many years before the arrival of the colonists (26). The Spaniards are quick to bring scores of their population over to this “New World” to take advantage of…

Since European settlers came to Canada, relationship between them and the indigenous community has been extremely tense. The Canadian government tried on many occasion to eliminate aboriginal people. Some of these attempts include the Indian Residential School System, which were active between the years of 1880 and 1996. Furthermore, the Indian Act passed in 1876 gave the government control over most aspects of aboriginal life. The Act outlined who was part of the indigenous community and who…

Bengali. Bengali-American. American. Terrorist. These have been my labels all throughout high school and before. You may think I’m just another Asian immigrant but I’ve been a part of three cultures in the last 18 years, Growing up in Bangladesh, I was bullied for being feminine to the point where I cried almost every night in bed. My backpack was torn apart by kids and my lunch stolen regularly. None of those mattered to my parents because they just cared about me getting a quality education.…

soon be known as a part of the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears refers to the removal of native Native American tribes from their homelands in 1830. Imagine people dying from sickness or exhaustion, as most people are traveling by foot. This pain causes people to cry, which explains how the Trail of Tears got its name. If you had to partake in this scary journey, you would belong to one of five civilized Native American tribes: the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee or the Seminole tribe.…

The reason why people disappear from society and live out in the wild is because they are pressured by society and their families to meet certain expectations. People isolate themselves from society to get away from those expectations and create a new identity for themselves. An example is portrayed in the nonfiction piece Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. This book is revolved around a man named Chris McCandless and his journey to Alaska to find a new identity for himself. He left everything…

“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better” (Ralph Waldo Emerson). In other words, when Emerson says “experiments,” this can be referred to McCandless as his adventure across the U.S. From meeting many new people, to canoeing in the Colorado River. McCandless went on a crazy, risky trip and it can be compared to the words of Emerson. In Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, Chris McCandless displays his view on life, just as Ralph Waldo Emerson did, by being self reliant,…