Portuguese American

and how everyone stuck to what they know. A black man wouldn't get as much publicity as a white man would. Similarly, Selena Quintanilla opened doors for people of a latin background. There was barely any Mexican singers that were popular with the American culture so when Selena had fame with people other than Mexicans, she became big hit. Selena Quintanilla recorded her music with differnt recording companies but the majority were latin based like Capitol Latin, Universcal Music Entertainment,…

Castes are created to separate people. People in positions of power such as the government create groups that people then identify themselves with closely and follow specific values, cultures, and beliefs of that specified group. Caste systems are maintained through superior positions in which they exercise laws to rationalize people’s status. People find comfort with relating themselves into one group versus another. For example, there are different religions and individuals find comfort in…

The cultural group that I chose would be latin Americans. Latin America generally includes those parts of the Americas where Spanish, French or Portuguese prevail: Mexico, most of Central America, and South America. There is also an important Latin American cultural presence in the United States. The increase in immigration due to more convenient methods of transportation and communication means that modern societies will have to deal with new realities.The new realities that they will have…

Historically in the United States people of my race and ethnicity have been mistreated and brutalized by the media in similar ways to the black community. Just like African Americans, Latinos often times come up on the wrong side of the bullet when it comes to confrontations with the police. However, the media and the Latino community itself have failed to give they type of attention the black community gives to their issues with the police. There are few reasons for this. First of all,…

The root cause of the conflict is the ethnic tensions between the people in Angola. In Angola, ethnic divisions existed even before colonialism. The pre-colonial state formation was carried out mainly along ethnic lines. When Angola was discovered, it was not one homogenous state but instead many different ethnolinguistic groups varying in levels of development and sizes. Some were small tribes while others were larger nations. Portugese’s colonial presence forcibly included different…

in 1884-5. The Excerpt from Bismarck, Europe, and Africa: The berlin Africa Conference 1884-1885 and the Onset of Partition text state that European powers started the beginning of partition in Africa. During this time countries such as Britain, Portuguese, France, and Germany all controlled certain parts of Africa and made African people adapt to their way of living. This explains why there are so many attacks happening in the continent of Africa over religion; there are so many different…

Roger Baldwin: was an American politician who served as the 32 Governor of Connecticut from 1844 to 1846 and a United States Senator from 1847 to 1851. As a lawyer, his career was most notable for his participation in the 1841 Amistad case. A lawyer named Roger Sherman Baldwin…

The connection between the early expansion of the British Empire (1495-1783) and exploration and discovery is not always clear. This is because typically discovery and exploration is thought to be a Portuguese and Spanish affair and England had not been concerned with exploration and expansion outside of Europe, until they were kicked out of mainland Europe, which changed their priorities. In this essay, I aim to outline three ways exploration and discovery affected British expansion and how…

Geronimo: A True American The brave Bedonkohe Apache leader Geronimo was able to accomplish many astonishing feats before he died at the age of seventy-nine in 1909. Some of these achievements include continuing his journey of bettering the lives of his people despite his own family being murdered when he was only twenty-nine (27). Geronimo fully embodies the hard-working and no excuses attitude that many Americans strive for. Geronimo in many ways possesses the same moral code and ideas that…

and the Caribbean, to the Portuguese and Spanish colonies, to work as slaves.” This is a very important thing that Zinn had brought up. When you think about it, a million black people were brought up for slavery.. That is a huge number! Maryland passed a law in 1723 providing for cutting off the ears of blacks who struck whites, and that for certain serious crimes, slaves should be hanged and the body quartered and exposed. It has been made clear that the African Americans were always defined as…