Throughout the history of the United States of America, Native Americans have been represented in many different ways through various media sources. In films, they are depicted as evil savages who are out for blood with a tomahawk in one hand and a scalping knife in the other. In novels, they are all put together in one monolithic body with...
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Was Christopher Columbus really the first person to step on the ground we know today as America? Well, the expansive territory we know today was first inhabited by the Native Americans and others such as Columbus explored the land throughout the 16th and 17th century, Native Americans started to respond. Their were many stages, but it grew from cooperation, to...
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Screeching, chanting, stomping, murderous, barbaric, savages. Portrayed in The Last of the Mohicans, A Man Called Horse, Windwalker, Cheyenne Autumn, and countless others, these are the American Indians that Hollywood has created for viewers across the country since the 1960s. In movies and novels, the same brutish men wearing colossal feathered headdresses protecting the one beautiful Native girl from their...
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Since the birth of the United States, African Americans have been controlled through institutions such as slavery and politics which come and go in new forms that reflect the political climate of the time. Each time a new form of racial discrimination emerges, the new system is weaker than the one previous. However, this is not to be mistaken with...
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Gomez, S. L., & McFarlane, M. D. (2017). “It’s (not) handled”: Race, gender, and refraction in scandal. Feminist Media Studies, 17(3), 362-376. doi:10.1080/14680777.2016.1218352 This article was written by Stephanie L. Gomez, an Associate Instructor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, and Megan D. McFarlane, an Assistant Professor of Communication at Marymount University. The subject that the...
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Zhang, E. (2016). Memoirs of a gay! Sha: Race and gender performance on RuPaul’s Drag Race. Studies in Costume & Performance, (1), 59. https://doi-org.proxy.library.brocku.ca/10.1386/scp.1.1.59_1 This article was written by Eric Zhang, who is a graduate of New York University’s MA Visual Culture: Costume Studies programme. Zhang’s research primarily looks at the visual representations of Asian American women and queer men....
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The Yanks are Coming Over by Dino E. Buenviaje is a non-fiction historical book which shows how an American elite created the concept of Anglo-Saxonism. The belief arose, initially, from the ideas that Anglo Saxons were culturally and racially superior to other racial groups. According to this theory, only the Anglo-Saxons held the virtues of bravery, independence, sobriety and liberty....
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Millions of individuals throughout the United States have the Pledge of Allegiance memorized and some even recite it every day. One particular line, however, is rather conflicting. “Liberty and justice for all.” The United States prides itself on being a utopian world of freedom and equality for all people, but the reality is that this is not the case. The...
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Question 1 We can see many situations where the local gaze was in contrast with the tourist gaze in stories like Interpreter of Maladies by Lahiri. Right off the first scene we could see the communication barrier form between local, Mr. Kapasi who mistook the Das family as locals instead of diasporic travelers. Mr. Kapasi first encounters the Das family...
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There is a well-known principle in social psychology that involves in-groups and out-groups. Those who share a particular set of qualities are categorized together as the “ingroup”, while those excluded are labeled the “outgroup.” The groupings can be somewhat arbitrary, such as when UNLV students naturally despise UNR students on the simple premise of which school in Nevada the student...
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Introduction The exploration of grief and human emotions is a profound theme in literature, often captured through diverse narratives and cultural lenses. Two notable works that delve into these intricate emotions are "Management of Grief" by Bharati Mukherjee and "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri. Both stories offer rich, yet distinct portrayals of grief and cultural dislocation. Mukherjee's "Management of...
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Both ethnocentrism and cultural relativism contradict one another due to having their own set of beliefs and , therefore, they share no common ground. Both types of culture are different from one another and have different strengths and weaknesses. Ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at other cultures and judge it by the standard of one’s very own culture. Basically,...
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Explore the representation of race in at least two texts from the course. “The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.” (Angelou:33) How does a populous minority become so segregated from the other that they cannot even...
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Introduction The American mindset is a multifaceted concept that has intrigued scholars and cultural critics alike. It is a tapestry woven from the country's historical foundations, socio-political ideologies, and cultural narratives. This essay seeks to unravel these complexities, focusing on the core elements that shape the American psyche, such as individualism, competitiveness, and optimism. The United States, often viewed as...
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The epic poem of Beowulf portrays a hero who defeats monsters that come to hurt Heorot. Within this epic poem, it is divided into three sections that show the Danish and Anglo Saxon tradition, rituals and way of life. The epic poem contains a mixture of pagan and Christian references that are in the Bible. The epic poem of Beowulf...
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Gender identity is known to originate from experiences that happened in our lives and these type of experiences do not only differ based on gender but also by race and class factors. Stereotypes are formed under narrow structures of these different identities which creates a system of social control. Gender, class and race mechanisms are intertwined in these societies. In...
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I. Introduction Mass incarceration in the African American community is suppressing the economic growth and population of the African American people. This problem analysis will look at the issues at stake, why the issue is critical, discuss policy goals and constraints, as well as go over solution method. This analysis will also explore the incarceration rate of other countries. II....
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Introduction Power structures have historically been shaped by intricate dynamics of racism and gender, creating hierarchies that have long influenced societal norms and governance. These structures are not merely social constructs; they are deeply embedded in political, economic, and cultural systems, perpetuating cycles of inequality. Understanding the intersectionality of race and gender within power dynamics is crucial for dismantling oppressive...
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I Introduction Global history indicates that humans continue to repeat the same patterns including repeated examples of Colonialism. Colonialism is defined by a foreign power gaining dominance over a country through state power. A prime example of this is Britain’s control of Nigeria during the period between 1900 and 1960. A key objective of colonialism on the part of the...
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Tennessee Williams’ play, The Glass Menagerie and Baz Luhrmann’s film, The Great Gatsby both explore the illusion of the American dream through their criticism of society and the acknowledgement of the repercussions of the pursuit of happiness. The main ideas that dreams are illusions and the past impacts the present is primarily focused in both the film and the play....
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In the two plays named Fences by August Wilson and Hamlet by William Shakespeare. They are plays that had so many meanings behind it, but the one that got a lot of my attention was the two main characters Hamlet and Troy Maxson, for some people they might be considered heroes but to me they are not close to be....
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A minor character from Eudora Welty’s, “A Worn Path”, is the hunter. Although he does appear in an important part in the story, when he encounters Phoenix in the forest, he is still considered a minor character and the story did reveal many things about the hunter. The story revealed that the hunter is just a stock character because he...
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Different people have varied perspectives on what it really means to be an American. Most of these perspectives are informed by an innate desire to aspire for greater and to use all the opportunities that life presents to make the most out of everything that life gives. Americans are born in a land full of opportunities and this alone gives...
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Anthropology Learning and Education Education is the process of instilling knowledge and wisdom into the mind of the learner. This usually happens based on a set curriculum, within a given time in the learner’s life. Education in the past was majorly through an informal system, where learning was based on role modelling and issuing of basic instructions to be followed...
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The first time Christopher Columbus speaks about Christianity, he mentions the conversion of the Native Americans. He talks about how he believes that the way to help the conversion go smoothly, is to show kindness and not convert them through force. Therefore, he gave them gifts and in return, the Native Americans offered them gifts as well. Though his plan...
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Human Zoos were created in the 19th century to display African Americans that were believed to be related to the descents of monkeys and apes. They put indigenous people from across the world on display like a giant human zoo, coined the name. Human Zoos became popular because they were a way to test Darwin’s theory that humans had evolved...
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At age 2, Rosa moved to her grandparent's house with her mom and brother. She helped to work around their farm and picked cotton for a white farmer to earn some extra money. With the payment of only 50 cents a day, it felt like slavery. When Rosa was old enough she went to the local school for colored children...
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When we think of nationalism today, we typically react to nationalism’s negative connotation pertaining to white supremacy which is inextricably tied to the racist history and fabric of the United States. However, What is black nationalism? It is important that we contextualize what it is especially as it pertains to the 19th and early 20th centuries. Therefore, we use an...
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Imagine being treated like an object instead of a human and being forced to do things that you don’t want to do and the people that hold power won’t do anything to help you because of your skin color. “Get Out” provides a sense of imagery that slavery in America is still around in modern times and that African Americans...
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The Holocaust was a time when Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, prostitutes, and beggars were kicked out of their homes to be sent off to work hard labor or sent to death. German SS officers showed no remorse to the prisoners by constantly torturing them. These actions by the Germans show that they had no solicitude about Human Rights. They violated various...
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