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Am I Worth It? This visual piece comes from the gallery of “Label Me Label You.” The author is Jiseon Lee Isbara who is a naturalized American citizen, originally from South Korea. This piece emerged as one of many as a response to Donald Trump and what he is doing with administration of anti-immigration policies. Isbara felt trapped between two cultures, not have a distinct home, or ever feeling assimilated into what was her new home because of the way she looked. Her purpose of this…

The Vietnam War demonstrates “ The insidious power of propaganda...The longest war this century was a war waged by America against Vietnam... It was an attack on the people of Vietnam, communist and non-communist, by American forces. It was an invasion of their homeland and their lives” ( John Pilger ). Luis Valdez's drama, “ The Buck Private “ explains how the government’s propaganda makes society romanticize war. Valdez supports his argument by illustrating to the audience how society sees…

Warring Brothers. One common peninsula, one common language, one common history and ancestory, one common culture, yet so many differences. Indeed since the end of World War II, North and South Korea have evolved differently leading to two antagonistic states ; South Korea has become the 10th biggest world economy while North Korea is now the most ‘withdraw into its shell’ country in the world, a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by terror and propaganda. This dissociation can even be seen in the…

The earliest inhabitants of America were hunter gatherers who migrated from Asia between 40,000 and 25,000 B.C.E. They adapted quickly to the environment. Their population grew to about 45 million in 1492 (Christopher Columbus arrived in America) and they were situated in the valleys of the Andes. Tribes of Native Americans spread across the land, depending on nature for food and shelter. In California, the mild climate meant that tribes there had plenty to eat, unlike the extremely dry Great…

Domestic products (DP): The products are made in Vietnam, even commodities of foreign brand which are produced and consumed in Vietnam. Imported products (IP): The products are made in foreign countries, especially in Western countries or East Asia countries. Vietnam has gone through two resistance wars and a long occupied time by Western countries and East Asia countries. That’s one of reasons explains why Vietnamese consumers think foreign-made products is good. But the meaning of IP in this…

Since the discovery of Latin America by Columbus in 1492, the continent was colonized, conquered and torn apart for its resources. The native people were killed by the thousands, treated like animals and used for labor. The turn of the nineteenth century saw a wave of enlightenment thinkers throughout Europe and reaching the Americas, that disagreed with these tactics and pushed for sovereign states, which led to much of Latin America rebelling and escaping colonial rule. This paper will argue…

Soldiers of the Charlie Company were ordered by Lieutenant Calley, on March 16, 1968, to leave the village of My Lai destroyed. During the Vietnam War, the United States supported South Vietnam and were in the process of fighting North Vietnam because of their communistic viewpoints. The fighting had been different than any other war, the Viet Cong's fighting style consisted of sneaky sniper attacks and booby traps. Their fighting style had aggravated the United States soldiers and they soon…

withdrawal from Vietnam and why the decision to withdraw from the war, was one of great complexity. The Vietnam War was a civil war fought between the communist’s states of North Vietnam and the capitalist South. The North Vietnamese wanted to join with the south as one united communist country. Whilst the communists in the North were supported by the Soviet Union and other countries who favoured communism, the South was supported by anti-communist countries primarily, the United States.…

At that time, two unified kingdoms existed: the kingdom of England and the kingdom of Scotland. They developed side by side. Besides the desire in the north to expand its territorial limits, the realm from the South also had the ambition to govern Scotland. As Malcolm III was helped by the English to conquer the throne of Scotland, they saw the opportunity to realise their wishes of governance. Nonetheless, once he was King, Malcolm turned his back on them and became an opponent. He invaded…

The Exploration of the Americas and the Encounter with the New World affected the Native American population and land because Europeans were taking over. European explorers came to North America and claimed it “discovered” by them. Native Americans lived in North America, it was the colonists property, but European explorers took over. As the Native American cultures continued to be destroyed, they faced numerous obstacles because of their religious beliefs. Imagine something being taken away…