The Nation

What is nationalism? Nationalism is when a country or state comes together to go towards a common goal. Many countries have had some type of nationalism that made the places that they are today. This includes revolutions or even protests. They have a wide variety of small gatherings to whole countries fighting, but they usually have an impact on the modern world. I researched the United States (Tecumseh), Mexico, and Haiti for these types of nationalism. The United States has many forms of…

Over time, there have been many acts of ethnic and religious violence, and many are closely tied with strong feelings of nationalism in the people performing those acts. Ethnic cleansing is done to create a more homogenous region, and feelings of nationalism and ethnic pride would make someone much more willing to act violently against other ethnicities if they have excessive pride in their own. Ethnic and religious violence are influenced by strong feeling of nationalism and pride in one’s…

Blackfeet Nation Cultural Paper “The Blackfeet people have occupied the Rocky Mountain region for more than 10,000 years” (Blackfeet Nation, n.d.) The historical structure of the Blackfeet Nation was forever altered by the colonization of the European settlers. Thus the modern structure can never emulate what once was. However, the Tribal council does it’s best to preserve and continue the cultural traditions today. It is on the reservation that the preservation of the Blackfeet…

Put plainly the United States government’s treatment of Native Americans, in this particular case the Ute Indian nation of the old West, was, quite frankly disgraceful. Ranging from at best intimidation and prosecution and at worst which was sadly quite often one-sided warfare and outright large-scale slaughter. The Utes, the earliest inhabitants of Colorado, fittingly enough lived throughout Colorado. Like many Greats Plains Tribes, Their diet consisted Primarily of Buffalo, with the odd…

Social Identity, Nationalism, War, and Death In the following paragraphs an analysis of the main ideas represented in Chapter 19 called “transcending Oneself through Social Identification” written by Emanuele Castano, Vincent Yzerbyt, and Maria-Paola Paladino (2004) will be the main focus of this discussion, emphasizing in the idea that nationalism tends to generate multiple group interactions that might result in conflict. For centuries one of the most important aspects of human interaction has…

There has always been a difference when it comes to race and ethicality when it comes to political attitudes. In the United States, it seems you are either a supporter for republicans or democratic. Many individuals would probably agree that culture contributes to the political attitudes. A way a person is socialized in the world affects their views. For instance, if your parents are conservative than most like you will be conservative. Therefore, this research will focus on a Hispanics as an…

Although race is a social construction it has had serious effects on the daily life of individuals. Many individual think that racism is something at a personal level, through individual interactions. However, racism is something which affects minorities at a systemic level. It affects every aspect of society but individuals often don’t see how deeply invaded racism is into the system. One of these systems is the adoption process. The adoption industry is one that has biases because of the…

In “Ethnicity in an Age of Diaspora” by R. Radhakrishnan theorizes how diaspora is viewed between generation and how it affects their ethnicity and background as a whole. He poses to the reader that being Indian-American, as a hyphenated aspect does not mean that an individual is being Indian. The reader begins to question, “What does “being Indian” mean in the United States? How can one be and live Indian without losing clout and leverage as Americans? How can one transform the so-called…

Progress and Conclusion on my Personal Growth The four diversity related topics I’ll be focusing on are: oppression & power, ethnic identity development, ableism and ageism. With the topic of oppression and power, as well as some the exercises we did, sort of made me realized how rough my bringing up and how easy some of the white students had it, regardless of their situation. It also made apparent who had more privilege than others and who was a bit more wary of the power they held with their…

The multiplicity of ethnic cultures constructs our racial attitudes and helps us realize our social identity. In this context, social identity is defined as our various group memberships, where each group membership is emphasized by personal importance (Hoplamazian & Knobloch-Westerwick, 2014). Our personal identities can help us develop how we want to be perceived as individuals by our ethnic culture. In this context, a personal identity refers to how we use our unique individual…