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    1. WHAT IS A RESEARCH QUESTION? The research question in Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations is: Will civilization/culture be the new basis of conflict between countries after the end of the Cold War? 2. A) WHAT IS/ARE THE MAIN HYPOTHESES AND NULL HYPOTHESES? Huntington had several hypotheses in his article. They include: i) The end of the Cold War between the West and East will create a new form of conflict among different religious and cultural identities; ii) This new form of…

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    discrimination that used to plague our nation as a whole. The black panther party is important to our history because without them getting their point across the we wouldn’t be in schools with our friends it would be blacks and whites in separate schools. Huey P. Newton was an African-American activist best known for founding the Black Panther Party with longtime friend Bobby Seale in 1966. The members of the…

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    for conflict will arise from cultural, or civilizational, differences. Samuel Huntington’s hypothesis that “the great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural” is one that I have considered (Huntington, 1993, p. 1). To a point, I can understand and acknowledge that there may be some basis of truth in Huntington’s hypothesis. I believe that much of the unrest in the world is most likely caused by a clashing of cultures, intolerance for viewpoints or…

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    Things Fall Apart

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    Marisa Tolmich Ms. Shubitz World Lit Honors October 14, 2015 Clash of Cultures The clash of cultures is unquestionably one of the most general themes seen in literature. This clash of cultures can be seen throughout life and history anytime two groups of people have differing views that coincide. Even today, Western and Eastern cultures remain to struggle to reconcile different beliefs through just negotiation, and in some cases, armed conflict. The relationship between the two, the European…

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    Huntington's Argument

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    Marienny Ramirez English 12 Professor: Edris McPherson 10/14/2015 (Happy Birthday Marienny!) Do I Agree or Disagree with Huntington’s Analysis & Arguments? Samuel Phillips Huntington wrote a book called The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996) the essay “The West and the Rest: Intercivilizational Issue” was taken from the book. Huntington explains the conflict between Islam and the West. Regarding the idea of "The West versus the Rest", to hold that idea requires a…

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    unalienable rights of the future citizens of America. However, long after America gained her independence, many people were still struggling to earn their basic right as being treated as a citizen. Because of this, the Black Panther Party was formed by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. The logo of the party was simple in appearance yet powerful in design, in order to call out for other black people to join the cause for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, by any means necessary. The…

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    Donovan Strachan Dr. Druann Heckert Principles of Sociology (Sociology 210) Black Panthers The Black Panthers was a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist group that was active in the United States beginning in 1966 and ended in 1982. (Wikipedia, May 2016.). It only had 1 international chapter that operated in Algeria, Africa which started in 1969 and came to an end in 1972. (Wikipedia, May 2016.). Scholars view the Black Panthers political party as the most influential black movement…

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    “The Outsider” a short story in “The Lurking Fear” by H.P. Lovecraft. It is a simple story on the surface but it can be thought provoking if you read deeper. It is about a man trying to find out where he is and why. Even though the story is in a collection of macabre horror it is more of a mystery than horror story till the end. The writer’s descriptions are so vivid that the reader does not notice the lack of characters. “I know not where I was born, save that the castle was infinitely old and…

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    Deloitte Case Study

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    I would like to work at one of the “big four” financial firms i.e. “Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers,” specifically, Deloitte (Anonymous A, 2015, page 5). Deloitte is a large firm; it has over “220,000 professionals” working worldwide and in 2015, had “35.2 billion dollars” in revenue (“About Deloitte,” 2015). Deloitte and the other “big four” firms have offices around the world in more than “150 territories and countries (Deloitte),” including Montreal,…

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    couldn 't afford food (The Black Panthers, 2015). The Black Panthers also created Free medical research health clinics (The Black Panthers, 2015). These clinics provided basic health care for those who couldn’t afford it. The party would also create Youth Bands to give community pride (The Black Panthers, 2015). Huey Newton wrote a book called “To Die For the People” . This book explained that this is exactly what the Black Panther Party wanted to give people that the government couldn 't (The…

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