Voice of America

(Cullen, 8). I find this meaning to be biased depending on the different social classes that exist in America, public figures like Martin Luther King and Thomas Jefferson came up with this meaning to represent their own personal issues regarding the social classes that they came from. Luther King was speaking on behalf of the black people who were discriminated in the society and thus were not able…

The world has been conditioned to believe that early European societies were the only advanced and highly populated nations for centuries. No one ever really tried or cared to look into what was happening in the New World, and when people did start to care, much of the Western Hemisphere’s culture had been erased. It has only happened within the past couple of centuries that real, fundamental research has gone into what the New World was like before Europeans set foot on it. Despite what society…

During the 16th and 17th centuries the Native Americans were seen as savages. The kind of picture that would be constructed would be them being seen as animals and ‘people’ who were not human enough for the foreigners who traveled to this new found land. In “Mundus Novus” Amerigo Vespucci describes the Native Americans as “gentle and amenable (503).” Vespucci thought it was strange that they did not wear clothing, “both of the sexes go about naked, covering no parts of their bodies; and just…

involvement in community matters, are all embedded in their culture. Art and Sports Cultural diversity in America is seen in their art and sports. The US is widely known as a leader and pacesetter in the production of mass media content, including television, and the film industry. According to the US Department of Commerce, America alone brings to the…

The shareholders were eagerly awaiting the arrival of ships loaded with gold, silver, and other valuable products from the Spanish colonies, which would multiply the return on their investment in the South Sea Company. The problem was that the boats and wealth had only been in the minds of the promoters who, counting on the monopoly to negotiate with the Spanish colonies, were dedicated to spreading rumors about the immense wealth that were waiting for their shareholders in the new world. To…

Realizing the potential of the spice trade, the journey to find the quickest route to the “Spice Islands” was off to a go and the British, Dutch, and Portuguese were off to the races. Similarly to the British, Hollands government encouraged rival merchant companies to unify in order to create a government-run monopoly. Their only goal: to make money. With a stable financial backing and a stronger fleet, the Dutch quickly rose to power in the Asian trade market and was considered the first truly…

In Ji-Yeon Yuh’s article “Imagined Community – Sisterhood and Resistance among Korean Military Brides in America, 1950-1996,” she points out the hardship that military brides had gone through since they migrated from Korean camptown to reside permanently in the United States with their husbands who once served in the military service. In the introduction, Yuk mentions that most of military brides did not sense happiness in their marriages, “some were in the middle of second or third marriages,…

America has always been a vast melting pot of cultures which has been the subject of many writings from a variety of writers. The exploration of American culture and its people has always been heavily touched upon through different mediums of entertainment. The most notable and oldest form that has been used to explore American culture is through readings cultivated by many talented writers. The subjects range from the American people, race and class, gender roles, freedom and change. Today the…

best be described as Nick, an upper class male forma richa family, looks towards these others condescension, as if there is a lack of equality between them. This demonstrates that the American dream, which is said to thrive amongst the cities of America, is being disregarded due to the present social hierarchy. However, The American dream is not singularly a system of social institutions and norms. The American dream is the ability of on to achieve wealth regardless of their background. There…

In his article “The Intricacies of Accommodation: The Proselytizing Strategy of Matteo Ricci,” Yu Liu evaluates the missionary work of Matteo Ricci, an Italian Jesuit, in China during the late sixteenth century. While Liu formulates several well supported claims throughout the article, he lacks a strong thesis that unifies them together. In addition, when judging the effectiveness of Ricci’s work, Liu seems to have a bias towards his effect on China, neglecting to mention the important effect…