Influence Of 9/11 On American Culture

Joe Baca said, “As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment for America.” America has changed every second since it was first founded either positively or negatively. However, many major events have occurred that caused America to enter a turning point. World war 2, as a whole, shifted Americans’ way of living and thinking. Yet there is one event that happened within world war 2 that is the main reason for America’s crucial transforming. The bombing at Pearl Harbor, even though it was devastating, triggered the shift in America.

Twenty years after the First World War, humanity was, yet again, plagued with more hostility. September 1st, 1939 marked the start of World War II, this time, with new players on the board. Waves of fear and paranoia rippled throughout the United States, shaking its’ very foundation of liberty and justice for all. The waves powerfully crashed onto a single ethnic group, the Japanese-Americans, who had their rights and respect pulled away from them. They were seen as traitors and enemies in their own country, and were thrown into prison camps because of it. This event marks one of the absolute lowest points in United States history and has changed the course of the country as a whole.

What is the result of this disparity? According to The Institute for College Access & Success; In the US 70 percent of college graduates will have to repay loans of over $30,000. So American students get years of financial indentured servitude while many European and Canadian graduates get out of college with zero debt. Who makes money off these loans? Giant debt service companies like Affiliated Computer Services Inc., now part of Xerox Corporation, which owns for-profit colleges (University of Phoenix, etc.) and whose largest shareholder is Goldman Sachs Group Inc. So they would stand to lose billions in profit if the US would move to a subsidized higher education model. The other group, perhaps the biggest, is the US Government itself which according to Senator

The author tried comparing cultures and saying how one specific would have a different meaning than the other. The author could have done better supporting his main idea with better textual evidence that did not come off as stereotypical. For example he tried comparing Hispanics, Chinese, and the Americans. One example from the text that came off as a bit stereotypical was when he made a comment about the Hispanic woman. Rodriguez said “Hispanic woman are hired to be at the center of the American family- to babysit and diaper, to cook and clean and to ease the dying” (261). Not all Hispanic woman come to America to work that way therefore the author was being a bit stereotypical.

Often, I consider whether there are other living creatures around that we have not yet found. A while prior I had a thought to investigate the universe all the more intently. In light of my interest, I recently went by an irregular planet called Earth. As I landed on Earth, everything was extraordinary; it was as though I was trapped in a snow globe all my life and did not know anything past. Consequently, I felt ecstasy as I walked through a narrow pavement exploring the nature around me. Our own particular planet varies in a wide range of viewpoints. In addition, there are frequent significant differences in other living creatures. I observed a common species and examined them well; they refer to themselves as humans, more specifically Americans.

Despite overall improvements in breast cancer survival in the past 10 years, significant disparities persist which result in inequitable delivery of healthcare. Women with invasive breast cancer from lower socioeconomic statuses (SES) are more likely diagnosed at later stage, receive suboptimal treatments, and have higher rates of breast cancer mortality than their less deprived counterparts1–3. Less is known regarding disparities related to levels of rurality or urbanization in breast cancer. One study has found that, after adjusting for socioeconomic status, white women with breast cancer living in rural areas had marginally higher mortality rates than those living in urban areas2. Moreover, several studies have demonstrated differences in breast cancer management between rural and urban hospitals4,5. Although SES is correlated with rural-urban residency, few studies have accounted for both factors in their assessment of breast cancer disparities.

The rare but beloved by all but one, aspic gelatin that shows up during certain “Russian parties.”

The Indians were defeated by the settlers in the Second Anglo-Powhatan War. The settlers decided that they would no longer try to peacefully coexist with the Indians and forcefully separated them from the whites. The settlers of Jamestown devastated the Indian population throughout the years, in American Pageant it states, “By 1685 the English considered the Powhatan peoples extinct”

November 11, 2001, was a day that shocked the world. This was one of the first major terrorist attacks the United States had ever seen. The Twin Towers attack not only shocked the US but also the rest of the world. Affected the most by the attack was the European Union (EU). They made many new approaches to terrorism post 9/11 bombings. The word terrorism is something that immediately will strike concern to anyone. It is often described as destructive, lethal, and terrifying. The British Government has one definition of terrorism, “The use of violence for political ends… including any use of violence for the purpose of putting the public… in fear.” (site) Today, these terrorist groups often reject democratic solutions, like elections. They

Culture impacts an entire nation: depending on what culture deems as acceptable, has the impact on a particular gesture; an example of this is in Japan, showing your teeth is regarded as rude and aggressive. In universities, the diverseness of the students is great, however, with this diversity, the level of expectation of a particular thing differentiates. Regardless, numerous people/groups believe they are superior to others, in this case the males in the dentistry program feel like they are superior to women. The reason behind this could be physical differences, such as strength and agility. Although their strength may be greater at times the punishment is shaped by one person’s perspective which can result in a lesser punishment to what

When I first arrived in the US, I inadvertently joined the newcomers’ subculture. I sought the company of others who had recently arrived with whom to share the experience and newness of America. In this subculture, isolation is common because of the lack of relatability to others, but the passage of time increases immersion and learning English bridges the gap between groups. Gradually towards the end of high school, I was socializing with a second subculture, native English speakers and established immigrants. By my late 20s, with a few exceptions, my friends and peers were college educated middle-class professionals. The ideas we discussed and the opinions we shared often were in stark contrast to the views of those earlier social groups. However, comparing the three different groups, I find higher degrees of similarities than differences.

Differences are what make us special, but in many societies these differences are hidden and forgotten about. It is true that differences can make you special, but differences can also hurt you. The United States has fluctuated with their acceptance of differences, but the 2000s decade was definitely a time of acceptance. An individualistic woman at her core, Ellen DeGeneres shot to fame during this decade with her day-time talk show Ellen. DeGeneres, an openly gay woman, promoted a sense of homosexual recognition across all of America. With her face on the TV, it was clear that America had grown into a very open nation, welcoming of all citizens no matter their race, religion, or sexuality. Lending her voice to the animated box office hit

There are three major concepts that are fundamental to American culture and the development of Americans throughout history, freedom, individuality, and community. Americans devotion to these concepts has been expressed time and time again, with the expansion of our frontier, to the abolishment of slavery to gaining the right to vote for all kinds of Americans and more. The meaning of freedom, individuality, and community has never been a fixed understanding, but rather an understanding that Americans throughout history have constantly battled with and for through various means. Since the beginning of the United States, many different people have often been deprived of their freedom. So to say that those who were deprived ever actually had an

Through the course, I learned about several pairs of different communities: Germans and Austrians, Austrian and Hungarians, Hungarians and Yugoslavians, and Croatians and Serbians. These communities separated themselves from each other through various aspects, including language, religion, cultural practices, history, ethnicity. In all the communities I was most interested in the community division between constituent republics in Former Yugoslavia, especially the division between Serbs and Croats. Serbian and Croatian communities share many elements. They both live in the Balkan Peninsula. They are both Slavs. Also, the language difference is very small. Croatian and Serbian are more like two dialects within the same language. With all these

Culture Shock has played a tremendous role in the growth of cultural ecology because it is an issue that is constantly growing all over the world. In the United States, it may not seem like things are changing involving culture shock, but it is not any different then the changes in places like Africa and China for example. It is developing equally across the world because there are now more ways to travel. So, what exactly is culture shock anyways? Well, it is known as going to a foreign or unfamiliar territory that one is not used to, so they may feel symptoms of anxiety such as nervousness or shock because the customs, actions, beliefs, etc of those people may not seem familiar to them, so one may feel ill-prepared for the changing environment. Also, for example, if one was to go to school in the U.S. but came from China, they would feel culture shock because the rules in China are not the same as rules in the U.S. and so it may make one feel uneasy about the situation because they are not use to change and maybe the move was to quick for them to adjust properly. The United States is very different from foreign areas because the culture is very different. Where have people of Africa seen movie productions, music, sports, universities, iPhones, computers, etc? The answer is not where they live but in the United States if they traveled there before. This is exactly the issue with culture shock in ecology. Culture is what people behave like, feel, and do. Shock is a symptom