Cultural invasion

language. Some positive outcomes of cultural brokering on immigrant families are increased self-esteem, better knowledge of English language, and feeling like one matters to their family. Some negative outcomes of cultural brokering on immigrant families are stress and depressive moods, embarrassment of parents, conflicts within the family, and parentification of the child. All of these outcomes of cultural brokering are products of the acculturation theory. Lastly, some strengths of the acculturation

the Cultural Revolution to the people of China. In 1976 Chairman Mao died and so did the revolution because it was all based off what Mao believed was right. Throughout the revolution Mao targeted anything that could prove his beliefs wrong, therefore, certain education, cultures, careers, class status, and habits were banned or changed overall. Chairman Mao was not just trying to reshape China but its society and everything it involved. One of the first things Mao got rid of in the Cultural Revolution

Cultural appropriation, a topic that is becoming a hot topic in the year 2018, the streets have been raving on about the difference between cultural appreciation and identifying the use of cultural appropriation in our society. Foreign celebrities and even celebrities from Americans are stealing others cultural clothing, music, and hairstyles adopting it as their own. The main issue is the lack of society appropriating cultures without knowing, honoring, or respecting the background of cultures people

When you want to understand ancient culture you don’t only need to understand what they did, their activities, or what they ate, you need to understand the myths and stories from those ancient cultures. Joseph Campbell wrote that even if most myths are different and have different heroes, they all follow the same path of The Hero’s Journey. In the myth of Atalanta, the Heroine from the Myth of Atalanta, Atalanta, does indeed follow all the three stages of The Hero’s Journey by Joseph Campbell: Departure

When looking at mythology in the eastern and western world one has to understand the different aspects that each mythology believed in. this aspect shows how the people who study this culture and believe in this culture have to do. This focuses on the aspects of individualism and cosmic law. The east follows cosmic law while the west normally follows individualism. Some examples are how in the Greek mythology they believe that everyone should be a hero in their own world and should try and best

Ethical relativism is “the theory that there are no universally valid moral principles” (Pojman). Cultural relativism, which falls under the category of ethical relativism, is the philosophical view that no culture is better than another culture when analyzing their systems of society. Cultural beliefs and assumptions are equally right along with the truth itself being relative to its environmental culture. Objective relativism is the opposite of ethical relativism and states “that there are universal

As a Christian, we are compelled to speak the word of God and to spread the good news. Would you speak the word and the good news of God if doing so was against the law? Would you trust that God would keep you safe? What if you were thrown in jail, would you still continue to serve God and do as He commands? Xiqiu Fu, also known as Bob, served God and did as He commanded throughout even though it was against the law. Bob lived in China, where Communism runs wild. Being a Christian in China was very

Slavic Mythology is the mythology of Russia and Europe. This mythology goes deep into the ancient times of the Slavs. Slavic mythology stretches over Europe and Russia with lots of mythological figures such as Perun, Veles, Baba yaga, and Chernobog. The people of the Slavic areas don’t have a common ancestry, but are connected by their common culture. Their culture is connected through their “Rustic, mythology passed between generations in folklore.”(Parker, Janet, Alice, and Julie 256).The Slav

right and wrong is called the objectivism. There are two form of ethical relativism individual and social or cultural relativism. Most people have different views on certain problems. Individual relativism is the judgement, belief and expression that reflect on an individual person. They believe that they are right

Calcutta, and much of the story illustrates the narrator’s apprehension for his wife, Mala’s arrival from India. Recognizing that food is a significant aspect of most cultures, Lahiri uses it as a motif to indicate the transformation of the narrator’s cultural status in the United States. Through food, she ultimately asserts the possibility of positive integration, rather than just assimilation, into American society. Lahiri demonstrates the forced nature of assimilation through the narrator’s relationship