Themes Of Humanism And Ethnic Pride

I think that I most relate to Yoshiko Fujimura. Fujimura is a very welcoming person. One place in the book that Fujimura had shown that he was a welcoming person is at the beginning of the book when he welcomed Toyo to the school. The attribute of being welcoming can relate to my

When Kang first heard about the Han nationalism that excluded all the non-Han Chinese, he could not understand the logic behind it. In order to rebut the revolutionaries, he wrote a long article to the Chinese Business Association in America to explain the ideas of ethnic sovereignty and cultural attitude. In this article, he had three major points about the Chinese identity. First, Kang felt that promoting Han nationalism was “the weirdest thing in the world” because the Manchus and Han had already formed “a nation for more than 200 years.” Kang said that the Qing Dynasty did not discriminate against the Han people and allowed them to work in the government. He thought that almost nobody had questioned the authority of the Qing Dynasty in the past 200 years. Second, Kang then argued that if the revolutionaries used ethnicity or race to define China or Chinese nationalism, there would be no real Chinese since in history the Han Chinese had many intermarriages with different ethnic groups. In the Spring and Autumn period, Confucius had already used culture to define Chinese identity and Kang believed that most Chinese intellectuals accepted this standard. Kang cited many historical events from the Era of Disunity and claimed how culture could unify different ethnic groups in China. Therefore, Kang promoted his Confucianism which ruled that if one practiced Confucianism, he or she was Chinese. He believed that as long as minority groups such as the Manchus accepted

1. The key values that are shown in Chapter 1 were humanism and freedom to think. In humanism gods are superior to man, and as Zeus says, “ ‘ I am mightiest of all.’ “ (Hamilton 20) Zeus is showing the gods are mightier than the humans and Zeus, the mightiest of the gods. Also, the humans had the freedom to think and worship. “When his (Zeus) worship spread to a town where there was already a divine ruler the two were slowly fused into one.” (Hamilton 21) This shows that the Greeks freely worshiped Zeus and other gods, and their worship of one god spread from town to town based on their beliefs.

Many things were happening in Richmond during the month of April in 1895. John Mitchell Jr. the editor of the prominent African American newspaper the Richmond Planet, was attacked by another African American Reverend W. W. Browne president of the United Order of the True Reformers. Rev. Browne accused Mitchell and another African American named Mr. Teamoh for encouraging social equality between races. This battle between Rev. Browne and Mitchell never left the front page of the Richmond Planet for the entire month of April. The incident between the two men was so controversial that it caused an uproar among the African American community all throughout the United States. The issue brought up the topic of race pride. Many readers sent letters to the Richmond Planet expressing their contempt towards Rev. Brown and emphasizing the importance of race pride within the African American community.

The offspring of Zeus in the Theogony are extremely anthropomorphic in nature as Hesiod styles them to be extremely similar to humans, in appearance and personality, in the way that they physically look like humans, with arms and eyes, and that they can find pleasure in the most basic human instincts, such as feasting, drinking and sexual activities. Additionally they can exhibit very negative human emotions and be born with the same moralistic flaws, in that they can become enraged, jealous and greedy. Hesiod’s description of the children of Zeus highlight this as he describes Athena’s grey eyes, the superior craftsmanship of Hephaestus to any other being - God or mortal, the white arm of Persephone, the beauty of the three Graces in which they revel, the Muses’s love of song and celebration and Tritogeneia’s love of war . This proves to further illustrate the anthropomorphic nature of Zeus’ offspring to a large

Based on our reading for this chapter, as well as the preexisting knowledge I had of these terms from other courses I have taken, these are the definitions I constructed for social construction, multiculturalism, and social identity. A social construction can be described as parameter or boundaries for a group, based on ethics and values. Social constructions are generally dictated by people in society that possess more power than most. Multiculturalism is the awareness, recognition, and support of diversities within culture. Social identity is a person’s construction of who they are, based on what groups in society they affiliate with/ belong to. After defining theses terms, I think it is interesting to see how the compare and correlate.

Hercules or Heracles (glorious gift of Hera) in Greek mythology was born because the great god Zeus lusted for a beautiful mortal woman, Alcmene . He was the last mortal son of Zeus and become a god upon his death. However, Alcmene was a faithful wife of Amphitryon . Zeus comes into a decision that he needs to disguises himself as her husband in order to have her. The outrageous was accompanied by the fact that Zeus himself was already married to one of his sister, Hera, the Queen of the Heaven.

Racial-pride, equality, and freedom was not easy to accomplish for the Africans Americans. Even today blacks are still stuck in a perpetual state of slavery. Events such as the right to vote, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Brown vs. Broad of Education, and the Civil Rights Movement have been a step forward in equality, but did not have enough impact on society.

It is obvious by all their actions that the Greek gods showed the human characteristics of vengeance, love and jealousy. These

The Greeks had many values, traits, and ideas in their society. In the books, The Iliad and “The Odyssey” by Homer, the importance of family and bravery were two of the values that were seen.

Ethnicity is defined as the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition. While this definition suggests a black and white concept, ethnicity is often complex and misunderstood due to the breadth of the topic. Frequently in society, young people inherit their ethnic identity at birth based on the culture they are born into. However, during puberty they often begin to doubt/explore their identity and strive to discover what ethnic group they belong in and not just the one they were assigned. This complex process has spurred psychologists to delve into the phenomenon of how differing cultures undergo this process of “finding themselves”. This research has culminated into a theory based on stages of ethnic development by Phinney & Ong. This paper will investigate further into this topic, in concern to Scarlett O’Hara, a fictional character portrayed in the film classic “Gone with the Wind”.

Additionally, it is even more fascinating that not only do Greek Gods act like human; they also behave like humans: they could love, marry, produce children, and so on. However, there were problems, because although they were gods, they also were given weaknesses of humans, such as jealously, enviousness, spite, et cetera, which created immense problems by the fact that they were Gods with extreme power. Therefore, whenever they act upon hatred, much of their acts were very cruel and inhumane. Moreover, because there was such a large society of Gods, much of the Gods lives were shrouded in chaos and revenge. For instance, as described in the book Myth and Meaning, Hera was attributed towards the peacock for her ego-centric nature towards herself. She, like a peacock, tried to prove to Zeus, her husband, that she was the fairest woman in the land. Zeus, however, preferred to steal away and fantasize with other women. Then Hera, out of jealousy, who could not punish the most powerful God, instead inflicted it against Zeus’ lovers. All in all, Greek Gods and Goddesses look and act like humans would.

Idy Yu was born in China in 1968, and she moved to Hong Kong with her family and lived in there for 8 years. She has five siblings, but one of them was passed away when they came to Hong Kong for illegal immigration. Then she went to the United Kingdom for studying when she was eighteen years old. Idy Yu met her husband when she was studying at university, and she moved to San Jose later. She had experienced racism in foreign countries, but she is willing to share her experiences about racism to college students because she wants people would not scoff at different races. Idy Yu is an anut who I have met at church, and she is a counselor at my church. Idy has an inner peace in her heart even thought she had not a great childhood and

“If we don’t fully understand our individual and collective roles in maintaining a system of white superiority, our relationships with people of color remains superficial, our ability to work in diverse workplaces is greatly diminished, and we fail to create a just world in which everyone has an equitable opportunity to contribute and thrive” (Kendall, 2013, p. 1). This paper discusses who I am as a cultural person and how I have come to be this way. The first section of this paper discusses my cultural background and my cultural identity. I address the factors that make up my cultural identity and the challenges that I have faced because of my cultural identity. The next section discusses my White racial identity development and the events in my life that have led me to become the person I am today in relation to my racial identity. The final section of this paper outlines the implications my own racial and cultural identity will have on my career as a clinical mental health counselor.

Cultural identity is the basis in which identification is used to express different aspects pertaining to identity and heritage. A person's cultural identity may be created by social organization, as well as traditions and customs within their lives. The two aspects that construct my cultural identity are the frequent chores I must complete every day in order to fulfill my behavioral expectations, and the youth group I attend weekly. These aspects are important to my family and me. Therefore, my identity has an immeasurable effect on my upbringing into this multi-cultural world I live in.