The plot concludes with the Patternists using collective power to kill Doro, as well as his cultural ideology. This culmination puts an exclamation point on Butler’s negative feelings regarding cultural and racial superiority mindsets: that they are utterly futile in the long run. Doro’s reign was temporary, and the collective forces of the Allies, only made possible by a culturally inclusive mindset, defeated the Axis Powers at the end of the day. Butler argues that bigotry is incapable of…
there a culture war going on in the United States? Most definitely, from past to present, there will always be a culture war. Even a bystander of the American culture cannot help but be impressed by the amount of influence of American politics and cultural values and even lifestyles and attitudes. The amount of beliefs culture war touches upon are immense: take tax privileges away from churches, use anti-discrimination laws to target religious non-profits, and reduce religious schools’ access to…
it. Cultural influences can have either good and/or bad effects on the development of an…
“Sex” and “gender” exist as a manifestation of assigned cultural meanings, social organization and the power of politics, simultaneously form an intricate web of multiple disproportionate strands of difference that is charged with “multifaceted narratives of domination and struggle” (Haraway, 1990:140). According to Garfinkel (1976), sex is the socially agreed upon biological criteria for classifying a person as either male or female at birth, which becomes a significant factor in the collective…
board is to describe an ethical dilemma that is associated with the current state of population health and health disparities. I will then discuss the cultural underpinnings that support a few of the pros and cons of the health care reform and the Affordable Care Act in the United States. Finally, I will explain how social justice and human rights protection can reduce health disparities. Ethical Dilemma associated with State of Population and Health Disparities Health care disparities are…
without being noticed. An example of subtle racist is if a Latina woman goes to a store to purchase a fridge, she does not get acknowledged that she is in the store or gets the help right away. The employees behave like if she is not there. A White woman enters the store as she is walking in she gets acknowledge right away. They help the Latina woman first because they are waiting for the white woman to ask for help. Individuals that face subtle racist are Latinos and African Americans.…
talented and famous people. New York City has so many cultural attractions and many visitors flock more annually to experience the city. Did you know that the city was originally called New Amsterdam! Also during the 20th century more than 3 million people started immigrating to NYC due to its landmarks. The population increased due to cultural diffusion. I appreciate New York City because this city has helped me develop new ideas, such as how cultural diffusion affects us, independence, and…
ordeal trials, and ritualistic killings are all common. These violate natural rights that are supposedly given to everyone. By definition on United States History, natural rights are “the rights of life, liberty and property” conceived by John Locke and they “belong equally to all men at birth and cannot be taken away”. According to this definition, does culture or religion have the right to take away natural rights? To answer this question, the role of culture and tradition in life needs to be…
What is cultural safety? Cultural safety was devised by Irihapeti Ramsden, a Maori student nurse, during the 1980’s in New Zealand for Maori nurses and patients who were experiencing culturally inappropriate health services. Today, the concept of cultural safety is an evolving term which refers to a holistically safe environment whereby the professional worker delivers personal care in diverse communities by acknowledging the uniqueness of each service user’s personal, social, and cultural…
white individuals accomplished predominance, while the subordinate gatherings such as ethnic minorities were consigned to the social, political and monetary edges. This implies that the subordinate population had reduced power, and people in that population were frequently denied the rights and opportunities assumed by the dominant individuals. The dominant population holds social, political and financial power thus determining who deserves sharing of that power. Obviously, evidence show that…