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    strike him, for then [her] guilt would be as great as his”(14). She considers the situation and decides to ignore the “ignorant”. She uses her pride of Chinese culture to dismiss Richard’s ignorance. Believing that “[E]verybody knew that the Chinese people had a superior culture” (68), she overcomes this unexpected humiliation and places herself in a superior position to overlook Richard’s racial discrimination. She also came to the conclusion that “foreigners were simply unwise in the ways of human

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    Although the CITES banned the poaching of Asian and African elephants and international trade in the mid 1980’s, many organizations have been posting anti-ivory trade promotion on their website (Stiles, 309). Websites such as International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Born Free Foundation, Care for the Wild International, and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) (Stiles, 309). Many of the southern countries of Africa do not agree with the African elephant ban (Stiles, 309). They’ve been

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    Student Name Professor Name Course Unit Date Women Struggles in History In her Novel, Southland, 2003, Nina Revoyr captures the struggles that women, especially those of the Asian American descent, have navigated through history. The novel provides interesting material on many fronts including aspects such as sexuality, multiracial and multigenerational family saga. The book is based upon three women characters with the main protagonist

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    Many people know Lucy Liu for her extensive films and television resume – from her breakout character in Ally McBeal, to the blockbuster movies Charlie’s Angels and Kill Bill, to the current starring character, Joan Watson, in the CBS Elementary. It is not hard to discern the trademarks of the style in Liu’s performances. Firstly, there was the range of roles she played in her career, in particular her switching back and forth between light comedies and actions. The latter comprises the second factor

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    Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston crafts a fictitious memoir of her girlhood among ghosts. The book’s classification as a memoir incited significant debate, and the authenticity of her representation of Chinese American culture was contested by Asian American scholars and authors. The Woman Warrior is ingenuitive in its manipulation of the autobiographical genre. Kingston integrates the value of storytelling in her memoir and relates it to dominant themes about silence, cultural authenticity, and

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    The struggle to become one with the people around you is something that many people find themselves trying to resolve. As these people strive to become alike those around them, to avoid being singled out and publicly ridiculed, to become one with the society that forever changes and dictates the waves of style, thought, and other trends in the same manner that the moon dictates the waves of the oceans. Unfortunately, for many people of Japanese descent in WWII, and many other minorities in this

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    society and people . In Japan, Most people who live in Japan has been Japanese. 98.5% of people are Japanese, 0.5% people are Korean, and 0.4% people are Chinese. In Contrast, The United States of America has more diversity than Japan. 79.96% of people who live in the United States are white, 12.85% people are black, 4.43% people are Asian,

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    including 1-year internship. Students completing their MBBS in Nepal can do their Internship in Government Medical Colleges in India. There is a high pass percentage of 85 – 90 % in MCI screening Test. Indian students find it easy to communicate with the people of this country as Nepal is English and Hindi speaking region. The food habits are similar to India and the weather condition is moderate, making the country a suitable destination to study MBBS course. There is no need for VISA to travel to Nepal

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    (Maloiy, 178c). Despite how many people use the beloved saying, elephants may not be around much longer due to the shortened life span and increased mortality rates. Due to their incisor teeth, tusks, being extremely expensive and profitable, they are being murdered for the wealth they carry. This, coupled with the life span shortening because of malicious treatments and brutal practices reduces the life span of the African elephant from 56 to 16 years and the Asian elephant from 42 to 19 years (Elephant

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    Becoming American: The Chinese Experience SOCY 100 February 18, 2012 Introduction The Chinese Experience records the history of the Chinese in the United States. The three-part documentary shows how the first arrivals from China, their descendants, and recent immigrants have “become American.” It is a story about identity and belonging that is relative to all Americans. The documentary is divided into three programs, each with a focus on a particular time in history. Program 1 describes

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