Abnormality In America

1. How can an understanding of the complexities of culture help us make sense of the day-to-day world which we live? Give an example from your life to illustrate your answer.

The film “American Tongues” documents a variety of English accents that are present across the United States and highlights a lot of the opinions people have about accents and people who speak these accents. A large majority of the people who express opinions about other peoples’ accents tend to express negative views, as they see their own accent as the superior one. The film focuses on showing the array of accents found in the U.S., but also how a lot of people who speak these “inferior” accents work to learn “Standard American English” to increase their chances of getting jobs and communicating in more official domains. Although the film was made in 1988, it expresses views still present in today’s society towards different accents, as people tend to continue judging others based not only on what they say, but also how they say it.

After the collapse of American society, a survivalist group in Idaho takes it upon itself to maintain civility and morality despite the chaotic new world order.

Many people can agree that America is exceptional and how America is different from other countries. America believed that they will be better and different from other countries. America has many expectations that aren't reached. America has impacted many things that have occurred in the past and has created a great image from America but, never the less America is not exceptional and has failed to resist the standard America has created for themselves and over time they have forgotten there what they have by going against it.

It is no lie that the United States has diversity—but that does not stop those at the top from trying to stomp any exhibition of that diversity out. Since the beginning, America has been driven by an innate sense of superiority that we have the right to do what we want to do as long as it furthers our democracy. Regrettably, the reality behind this notion is malevolent. In the past, Anglos “conquered” those from cultures who they saw as inferior for what they saw as the “greater good”; even today, we prosecute those from different cultures simply for being different and not conforming to the American norm. Sadly, with this goal of furthering the majority, the U.S. has forgotten the

An American culture of strict conformity accounts for the rise of the phenomenon known as the Red Scare, as well as its widespread nature and prominent power. The Red Scare was complicated and a result of many different aspects of American culture. However the American culture in the 1950’s was one of strict conformity. This conformist society, created in the late 1940’s was created by many early discoveries that uncovered Communist members as Soviet spies. There arose a prevalent belief that anyone who thought differently was unpatriotic. This conformist nature of American society thus resulted in few organizations fighting for social justice. The Communist party therefore attracted a wide range of liberals from different aspects of life. Joseph McCarthy himself, along with many other governmental officials, was able to institute anti-communist laws and practices under the pretense that an unwavering conformity was the American goal. The conformist nature of American society in the 1950’s created one of the most powerful anti-communist crusades and allowed for a dominant Red Scare.

More areas of Canada are Highland, icy and forest. While you can feel any climate in United States, South and south west have warmer weather and north have cold weather. Because of climate variability, United States population is much higher than in the

When looking at a person the first thing we notice is appearance and base judgment of that we tend to make assumptions about a person. From birth, we have no say in our race, the color of our eyes, hair or skin tone. In Germany, Hitler eliminated more than 65 billion jews due to dividing race. White people took the freedom of African African due to their color but before that many races took advantage of others due to hate or resources. In this chapter, the race comes into the term with stereotyping the minority group and fighting to be the dominant group or fitting in. Typically America is seen as the melting pot, where all these race come together as one. In the following documentary, Understanding Race and white people explore cities like New York, North

The term “disestablishment” comes to mind when referring to the separation of church and state. This is a defining feature of American political life. Foreign observers often wonder that if Americans are Christians, why would they not want to support the establishment of Christianity as the state religion, and if the majority of Americans believe in God, why not educate that belief in students and other citizens. Others question how it is possible that religious belief has flourished without the protection and support of the U.S. The Declaration of Independence, the Paris Peace Treaty of 1783, and the Constitution all give proof that America is a Christian nation (christian nation). The Declaration has many references to God throughout the

You make an interesting point when you state “ some culture think of illness as being normal”. The very concept of normality for the United States is seen through the navigation of the obesity epidemic, heart disease epidemic, and other non-communicable diseases. According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012) 69% of adults over the age of 20 are overweight and obese. While 20.5% of adolescents age 12-19 are obese, 17.7% of children ages 6-11 are obese (CDC, 2012).

Most people may feel that the melting pit that brought forth new races and culture gas had a hand in the united states of america to a new standard which diversity ad individuality are encouraged more that uniformity ad conformity; however it can be argued that america encourages uniformity more. Likewise, "One person in society has gone great lengths to downplay his difference to better penetrate the '"establishment"' of the moment"(Lui). To assimilate into the moment of society, Lui downplayed his true ethnicity to be seen as white and not asian . This established moment that society dwells in fails to recognized shows uniformity and conformity is being encouraged because the society feels that by accepting other races and sharing cultures

In the video, i agree that there was some funny moments. Did you know that there are places here in America that use EMR? A girl in the class use it for her company and she said it keeps everything organized. I think that if the hospitals were more organized, misinformation would not occur. However, we are humans so we can't expect the best. I think that since doctors can look down at his tablet or laptop and click on the patient name, instead of scrambling through papers, that the doctor have more time focusing and thinking about the patient. This can also save us money since we are not stuck in the clinic for

That is why they take part as forerunners in the United Nations. On the attribute of being informal and realistic, Americans are most comfortable when they are informal; this is not only confined to dress code and manners, but to all aspects of their lives. They are known for being able to break the fetters and find their way to the rooftop. In terms of being realistic they may or may not assume that their acquaintances are also their close friends. It is obvious that their variation in English language is strange all over but this does not hinder people from accepting them the way they are. The differences in spelling and pronunciation make more sense. It is not easy for a person who is not born in America to develop a system that is distinctly American.

I thought this post was interesting, because it calls into question our own romanticization of the past as Americans through the commercialization of heritage.

As Americans we have a lot of problems, at least we think we do. People always assume they have a bad life or they aren’t lucky, because they see people that have more than them. What most Americans don’t see, is that we are the ones that are lucky.