Women in the Philippines

According to the article of 'All Lives Matter' vs. Black Lives Matter by Gordon Marino, he states that ‘Black Lives Matter started after the case of Trayvon Martin in 2013 and it creates a debate after that incident. He shows people’s perceptions about this issue. Gordon asserts Ben Carson’s perspective: "The Black Lives Matter movement is focused on the wrong targets, to the detriment of blacks who would like to see real change." On the other hand, Rand Paul says: “I think they should change…

Gender equality is the process of being fair to women and men. To achieve so, measures must be taken to ensure that women and men of all gender identities are operating on a level playing field, be it in the workplace, education, or health. Gender equality in health, according to USAID means that women and men have equal conditions for realizing their full rights and potential to be healthy, contribute to health development, and benefit from the results. Achieving gender equality will…

During the Industrial Revolution the world as we know it today started to take form. New inventions were becoming developed at a very rapid speed all over the world. At the end of the nineteenth century the telegraph, camera, and electricity was invented (Fiero, 2015). This period brought forth many goods and job opportunities for the economy. These inventions were not the easiest to produce until the Industrial Revolution came about and switched the production from people to machines. A group…

have to say until his demise. In modern media today it is typical to see a black male absent from a child’s life, to see the black males on the streets, or black males acting violently towards women. Even in black culture itself, black women themselves are held at a Eurocentric beauty standard. Black women are constantly portrayed with light-skin, straight hair, small noses, and small lips, straying away from the typical image of an African American female. Filipino-American culture is no better…

Persico’s study is reportedly the first large-scale study of cognitive and developmental effects of living near Superfund sites. The study shows that Superfund cleanup has significant positive effects on long-term cognitive and developmental outcomes for children. Persico reports that the Superfund program would pay for itself in 38 years “in terms of reduced special education costs for specific learning disabilities alone” (Persico, 2016) Recently, President Trump proposed over a 30% decrease…

Additionally, the War of 1898 sparked a debate and precedent regarding annexation of other lands. The United States gained territories such as Guam, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines establishing the US as an imperial power. This aided the United States economically as well, because annexation of territories such as the Philippines gave the United States closer access to China and markets throughout Asia. The United States also achieved economic gains in Cuba through the Platt amendment…

Tales (Mga Kuwentong Barbero)" is an entry for the 2013 Tokyo International Film Festival where Eugene Domingo won the Best Actress Award. The two literary works are both set in a society dominated by men, where women are confined and marginalized. Also, their main characters are both women who are pressured by the society's expectations of a wife. Poems and films convey their messages differently from each other. Poems use cleverly put words that may sometimes form a pattern while films use…

What were the major benefits of US expansion to the West? The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 increased American migration to the west, which was already underway. Americans fought the Native Americans that were settled westward. As a result of the bloody battle white Americans were victorious and the government restricted the Native Americans to small portions of land. Then the railroad was built, allowing communication and commerce to be transformed from coast to coast, making it possible for…

Two facets of American character and culture that I believe to be of most significance are racism and violence. Both of these characteristics are present throughout all the chapters covered so far very frequently, and make up a good portion of the history of the United States of America. In the first chapter covered, chapter eighteen, the idea of western expansion and oppression of Native Americans is the main idea. The facets I want to talk about, racism and violence, are obviously present in…

early 20th century, but highly educated and skilled people also immigrated to the U.S. Like this, different context and historical events caused new kinds of immigration and new types of people to emigrate. Many American soldiers married foreign women during World War II, so…