When asked about my racial and ethnic background, often I find myself baffled as to how to respond accordingly. I categorize myself as a second generation American, as my mother and I were both born in the United States, yet some how if I say just that, I feel like I am withholding from the truth. My paternal grandparent emigrated from the Dominican Republic and immigrated to the United States in their adolescence years. Because they acculturated quickly, they entered the work force and learned…
According to Bloomfield, the definition of “bilinguals” are the ones who learn a second language and can use it as well as his mother tongue (Bialystok, 2001). This means that a bilingual can speak and use two languages both at a native speaker’s level. However, other scholars do not agree with part of the definition and they argue that…
“A Republic is the last step in our journey of departure from our colonial origins. And it cannot be achieved as a truly significant step ─ a moment of re-funding ─ unless it also represents the end of the colonial experience for Aboriginal people.” (2004, p.20-21) This argument is at the heart of Mark McKenna’s book “This Country a Reconciled republic? “, that was published in 2004, only a few years after the failure of both the 1999 republic referendum and the reconciliation movement. This…
There are several forms of government in the world. The Totalitarian form of government is one in which one person (a dictator) controls the citizens of a country in a coercive manner. There is no freedom and every aspect of life is controlled. It even controls the beliefs and values of the society and also interferes in the private life of individuals. North Korea is an example of this form of government as well as, Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany. Similarly, under communism, founded by Karl…
common interests. This is one of the reasons why Madison wanted more territories, more states, and more districts in the United States to prevent having a majority and separate powers. Furthermore, he did not think democracy would efficiently work in such a large country like the United States since the territory is overly large to keep all men in politics. Democracy only efficiently worked in small states because everyone was able to participate in politics such as Athena in ancient Greece.…
Perhaps there will be protestors giving animals the right to vote, one can never be sure. We do know that human beings are always changing and thoughts are always evolving. However, Plato was ahead of his time by many decades when he wrote The Republic. The…
right is a privileged that is given to the people but, people also have responsibilities that demands their commitment, accountability, and an abstemious person. The government has a duty to respect all citizens rights and duties. The people of the Republic of Xinji have the rights and responsibilities as the government has to the citizens in order for the government to protect them without any major problems. All the citizens of Xinji have…
France has a long history of problems, wars, and conflict that have led the country through many regimes including: monarch, empress, republics. To start off I will discuss the French Monarchy and how the end of the Monarch was a direct result of the French revolution. During the 18th century the French government, or King Louis XVI, tried to raise taxes as a direct result of war and court life costs. The French citizens did not like this and thus they revolted which leads to the French…
Without the efficacious presence of an absolute monarchy only chaos, war and hardships could arise. Multiple nations divided and in misery, different opinions everywhere one went and no definite resolution, some had no intention of following the law, all these conflicts sum up to the state of Europe before the emergence of absolute monarchy. When the ideal government finally surfaced in the 1600s and 1700s religion, fear and repercussions were elements utilized by a ruler to manage a harmonious…
what is known as the Republic. He started teaching that a leader should be loved. Plato…