The Nation

Mendota was a small, town team that's aspirations were to go play for the state championship. On the backs of Edgar Segura and Robert "Beta" Mejia, with the help of the community supporting them throughout their whole journey. The People of Mendota are very diligent and industrious people; who work day and night to make ends meet. They work out in the fields for minimum pay, but they have no other places to work or go; because this is where their family is not necessarily blood relatives.…

Immigration Immigration is one of the biggest factors in why cultural relativism even exists. The surge of immigration to Westernized areas can be highly attributed to the increases in technology. Whole families can move from one area of the world to the other via plane or boat. Some families travel to other countries for job opportunities, for hope of a better future, or even to flee the circumstances they are enduring. When people immigrate to other lands, they carry their cultures with them…

“Identity politics” has enabled groups who have been marginalized by society to ban together over certain shared experiences. By working collectively, these segments of the population are able to raise awareness and are instrumental in securing certain freedoms, already enjoyed by the rest of the population. While some may label these freedoms as “special rights,” in realty, that are simply the rights guaranteed by law. While there are numerous benefits to “identity politics” there are also…

This article talks about ethnicity, the shaping of American culture, immigration and what sociologist and historians say about ethnicity and the terms they use. David Cohen the author of this article says, “Ethnicity has been an important factor from the beginning.” The article say’s immigration is one way an ethnic group comes to reside in a particular place. Some people argue that African Americans and Native Americans should not be considered an ethnic groups and should be considered a racial…

There are an infinite number of experiences that help shape a person’s identity. Whether it’s one’s ethnicity, gender, or religion, everyone has different aspects to his or her identity. These are some things that have allowed me to identify as the person I am. I was born in 1996 to two parents of European descent. My father is Irish, German, and English while my mother is Sicilian, Czech, German, and Welsh. My father was born and raised in Orange County while my mother was born in Florida…

Dunne and Raby decided to zoom out of the current worldviews by expanding to new realities. They envisioned a future United Kingdom, divided in four different regions, where each one could decide freely their methods of lifestyle, economy, and governance. They developed and organized each scenario where beliefs, ideologies and values differed from each other. To further communicate their ideas, they decided to focus and create physical models of dissimilar vehicles to compare between the…

From ecological postmodern perspective theory on the identity and curriculum theories, attempt to give an identity description as a Canadian is quite satisfactory. The most inspiring about this theory is Canadians identifying their real selves in relation to places outside Canada. I like the Current trends on commercials which are unearthing the real Canadian identity. Examples of commercials like Rant and I am Canadian Anthem are admirable in their approach in utilizing nationalist plots in…

Only a few persons can explain the distinction between race and ethnicity, the reason being their definition is almost similar. Both race and traditions are associated with social as well as biological aspects. However, ethnicity can refer to traditional aspects, comprising language, origin, regional culture in addition to nationality. A good instance of ethnicity Spanish ancestry and German irrespective of the nationality. Ethnicity can also be termed as the sense of fit into a communal cohort…

Patrick Mai Research Essay Phillip Woods 4 December 2014 Can the State Use Film to Influence National Identity? Cinema can be, has been, and will continue to act as an incubator for cultural nationalism. Film propaganda serves to target specific groups in order to persuade viewers into adopting the film’s intended messages or beliefs whether they are political, economical, religious, or philosophical. In cases like Britain during World War II, the government’s goal was to gain support for the…

Nationalism is a love for one’s country and is between groups who share a common heritage. Ideas of nationalism pushed people to strive to unify their common peoples in the 1800s. Reforms that result from nationalist ideas can be either positive or negative, though. In Italy, nationalism helped to bring separate states together, but it also tore Austria apart. Serving as a force for unity in Italy and disunity in Austria, nationalism was a major catalyst for change in the 1800s. Nationalism…