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practiced by imbeciles, Western researchers have noticed a substantial increase in similar practices in their own cultures. FGC is an issue that has a number of different focuses and evokes passionate feelings from proponents of the cutting and outsiders who abhor it. Traditionally, FGC was used as a cultural tool to symbolize the protected role of women in Sudanese society. Later groups attempted to stop the practice and to educate or conform the Sudanese to more Western ways. However, these…

The persecutions of marginal groups that occurred in Europe from the 10th through the 13th century were some of the most influential events to occur in Western Christendom. These events not only influenced the history of many ethnic and religious groups but also influenced the rise of influential bodies of power such as the Roman Catholic Church which would go on to be one of the most powerful bodies in Europe. However, the causes that led to these occurrences are a matter of dispute. Through…

which made raw goods, money, and resources more desirable. Because this new found governmental power construct, western empire’s greed for control, as well as influence over neighboring rivals increased. Alongside this greed for power, came the thought process that Africans were inferior, and needed the help of European countries to make them more civilized, further motivating Western societies to take over, or at least have an excuse too. Subsequently, Leopold was able to gain control of congo…

equally. The protagonist even calls him “the greasy haired interpreter”(60). He is an animal in the locked cage of western society, judged by everyone. The interpreter will never be an equal because a part of him is of the lesser breed. Even though Bessie is more culturally native than the interpreter, she is more accepted in society because of her white skin. As a result, acceptance in Western society is a birthright with exclusive…

multitude of Muslims that feel that the international community, especially those in the West, have disgraced their religion and they have banded together in order to fight a common enemy. Westernization, defined as “the conversion to or adoption of western techniques or traditions” (Merriam-Webster), has permeated the membrane of the Middle East and has ultimately impacted the Muslim culture. However, the Islamic State has enacted Sharia law within the territory that it has gained through its…

intention. A thorough analysis presents a theme of sexual ambiguity to satirize the popular Western “superiority.” Looking past the obvious parallels between Woolf’s reality and Orlando’s reality, and the supposition of Orlando being a biography, the reader can see that the main character actually functions as a means for Woolf to satirize the standard idea of Western superiority. Since the dawn of time Western society, namely the United Kingdom, has colonized and controlled most of the world’s…

A Dive Into Culture In the story, “The Old Man Isn’t There Anymore,” the author, Kellie Schmitt, focuses heavily on the differences between Chinese and Western cultures. Schmitt challenges the reader by introducing concepts that were not yet known to the reader and making her recall the differences that she has faced in the past regarding different cultures. Schmitt uses her experience from the past three years of her living in Shanghai, China, she illustrates the contrast between the two…

England to make money, Samad embraced his ethnic Begnali Muslim culture while being surrounded by Western culture. He didn’t make a make…

The general consensus among Americans (and likely people worldwide) is that by the dawn of the Twentieth Century what had become known as “the wild west” of the United States had been thoroughly tamed. The sensationalized accounts of the region popularized in the pulpy rags known as “dime novels” had by and large been deemed a thing of the past as the “civilized” world of industrialization spread westward. Yet, can a region and culture bow to the whims of popular conceit? Can the soul of a land…

The members of the African diaspora have suffered countless tragedies. Western colonialism, slavery, neocolonialism, and internal colonialism have impacted Africa, African Americans, and the millions of other African descendants around the world. These western practices brought much discord to African Americans and the black family. Western values and culture created male-female inequality by separating men and women in their labor system, persuaded African American’s to reject their own culture…