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    My name is Richard Hu: I am 30 years old and I am Asian American. This means that I am both Asian, and American. According to Park (2005), the latest census proclaimed that Asian Americans cover more than 4.1% of the population. In its totality that is 11.3 million people. Much like Park (2005) states, “we are not a new phenomenon: Asians have been apart of the U.S landscape from as early as the 17th century … the irony is that we remain “strangers from a distant shore””(p. My parents were born in

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    The American Cultural Identity There is one thing that has remained constant throughout America’s history: resistance. After America was built from the ashes of an uncontrollable colony, it has continuously improved thanks to the tireless efforts of many people who did and still do resist discrimination based on race, gender, religion and sexuality. Even before America declared its independence in 1776, it was considered to be the “The Land of the Free.” Then it was used because of the Puritans

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    Matthew Anderson Nikkele Shelton AML 2600 October 16, 2014 African American Identity Poetry and literature of the early 20th century greatly emphasizes the depth of the societal struggles African Americans fought during the Harlem Renaissance. During the period following the Civil War a large population of African Americans migrated from the south northward. Harlem being one of popular destinations. With the returning blacks from World War 1 along with intelligent and educated blacks created a

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    Black American Youth & Racial Identity Oral Report Summary I decided to do my annotated bibliography on Black American youth and racial identity. Each one of the articles that I have chosen addresses one or more of the issues in regards to sociocultural and international contexts that influence individual differences in the cultural group, how individual differences influence beliefs, values, and interactions with others and vice versa, as predictions on how interaction among diverse people can

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    The African American community has sat at the end of a discriminatory lens from the moment they set foot in the United States. For that reason, black communities have undergone the process of community building to ensure that all members feel a sense of belonging. Race, gender, nationality, ethnicity, poverty, and sexual orientation, all play a role in developing one’s identity and more often than not, these multiple identities intersect with blackness. Being that American society has deemed colored

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    How’s American identity created American identity is created by our decision and choices and where you live. My great great grandpa named Charles J Odstrcil was born in May 14,1883 in Czechoslovakia, he arrived in the the United States in 1908 in 1909 he arrived in North Dakota in 1909.He got married to Cecilia S Urban on May 20,1919 in Roseau County Minnesota.On March 29,1915 their daughter Gertrude Marie Odstrcil born in Minnesota. Their second child Charles George Odstrcil was born February

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    Celestine Professor Sandra Staton-Taiwo Identity Crisis amongst African Americans 17 November 2014 Abstract The question of self-identity has been commonly argued in field of the African American literature; with scholars such as Martin R. Delany and W.E.B Du Bois argue about the emphasis on race and racial consciousness. Together Du Bois and Delaney stress the importance of the color line, or the racial segregation in the United States, as a critical part of American history; nonetheless they both had

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    that, racial identity is another big contributor to the degradation of African American’s youth mental health, as a weak racial identity results in poorly mishandled ways of coping with racism and stress. African American students as early as middle school engage in introspection of their racial identity, where they begin to discover who they are and the negative stereotypes surrounding their identity (Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, 2007, p.256). The results of a study of 297 African American adolescents by

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    American Identities & Ideals A question most fascinating to me is where in history does the first hint of American ideals and identities originate from? If we were to look at where the fiery passions of an American identity first arise we have to look to where the colonists first fought for their right to be a recognized citizen of America. American colonists formed their identity through the ideas of liberty, resistance to unfair British jurisdiction, and cultural diversity. Their identities formed

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    Changes Declining American Identity and ascertaining native identity Hamid shows Changes perception of individuality. People like Changes suffered a lot in America and got interest to know native identity. Native culture and identity is awesome for every individual. Changes worries that even after all the sacrifices and services of Pakistanis has never treated Pakistan as ally or friend. There is probability that Americans might have encouraged Indians to envy with Pakistanis. Hamid painfully

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