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LALS 311 Spring 2016 Reading Response #2 In El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán, was a declaration to the chicano movement in the 60’s. This document initiated the movement for chicanos to fight for what they believed was right, and to end the injustice of the chicano society. El Plan, calls for chicanos to mobilize their people a demand for justice. This declaration/manifesto was split into 3 parts: Nationalism, Organizational Goals, and Actions. But, what I noticed in each section of the manifesto

In the mid-1700s, a husky woman was considered attractive, and in many societies today, such as in the Middle East or popular African-American culture here in the U.S., full-figured women are more desirable than thin women, just ask Sir-Mix-A-Lot or Nikki Manaj. This indicates that the idea of gender identity is both dynamic and closely connected to culture (Kos-Read, 2016). Not everyone

Xenophobia has a prominent place in society throughout the United States. For those whom don’t have any sense as to what xenophobia is it’s defined as severe or unjustifiable dislike or fear of people from other countries. This is one of the many ideas implied in author, TC Boyle’s “The Tortilla Curtain” as xenophobic behavior is seen presiding over the novels characters during their interactions and attempts to perceive different ethnic groups. In modern society, it is widely accepted that the United

cycle of life and perish if it does not gain its proper strength back. Edna lost all her strength when she decided to give her life. The bird singing throughout Whitman’s poem symbolizes the sorrow and crying out of the narrator and the grief of the nation as a whole. The bird is heard above all else in the land which is in complete calmness. The narrator says the bird sang a song of death, but also a verse for the fallen. The bird is not just singing out because of grief, but also to rejoice and celebrate

The racial and ethnic identity individuals identify with can be a crucial aspect of the basis of their individual and collective identity (Chávez & Guido-DiBrito, 1999). Racial and ethnic identities are also both comprised of a sense of belongingness to a group, the learning process of being informed about one’s group, in addition to being associated with cultural behaviors and values, with attitudes towards one’s own group, and reactions to discriminate (Phinney & Ong, 2007). In the United States

Australians are said to approach the world with a ‘melancholy sceptiscm’ and a ‘weary fatalism’, avoiding excessive displays of national pride and preferring modest understatement to the flag-waving triumphalism and hand-on-heart sentimentalism of other nations. (Duncan, Leigh, Madden, Tynan, 2004, p. 23), describing the hidden qualities of how uniquely different Australians portray

Cultural and Legal Citizenship in Bend It Like Beckham The dual definition of citizenship from May Joseph’s article Nomadic Identities: The Performance of Citizenship, can be used to analyze the different forms of citizenship that are presented in the film, Bend it Like Beckham, directed by Gurinder Chadha. Citizenship is typically referred to as someone as being considered a member of a country under specific laws. This general idea of citizenship is further analyzed in Nomadic Identities: The Performance

Definition of Canadian A) Socially Canada is a multicultural country. In our society, there are many different cultures people in that. This is one of the characteristic that what makes Canada unique in the world since in 1971 Canada was the first country that used multiculturalism as an official policy. Everyone has different cultures or languages but we are in one society. Although everyone has different cultures the point is that is not the only element that makes Canadian unique socially

different interpretations and definitions. First to understand nationalism you have to understand what a nation is, the Oxford dictionary describes a nation as “A community of people of mainly common descent, history, language. etc., forming a state or inhabiting a territory.” One historian, German historian Peter Alter defines Nationalism as "both an ideology and a political movement which holds the nation and

People would do anything in order to ensure that their country would be the greatest in the world. They do this because of nationalism, a very extreme form of belief and loyalty towards ones country. This lead to many people believing their country was perfect; unequaled in economic, military, and political power. Nationalism was very popular in the late 18th and 19th centuries; countries were promoting nationalism in order to keep their citizens loyal. It played an important role in generating conflict