Ethnic groups in the Philippines

Cultural Immersion Project: Philippines Jesse Starkey Soc 3214 August, 27, 2014 Virginia College Cultural Immersion Project: Philippines Introduction: There are numerous diverse cultures that reside on this planet, each display their own uniqueness, and significance to this world we live in. The Philippines are a great illustration of how many individuals of different cultures work together to create an astounding community. Much like the United States we are comprised of all varieties of

An oligarchy is a small group of people having control of a country, organization or institution. Oligarchy is a form of government in which it is run by the few; the few meaning the people of power who hold 99% of the world’s wealth or the top 1%. One of the main issues discussed in the book “World on Fire” is the disparate between the ethnic dominated minority and the indigenous majority. In many foreign countries, the ethnic minority control all the resources. It is not just in foreign countries

People of Color Movements, ethnic towns were formed due to the anti-ethnic legislation, which forced many people of color to live in certain areas of the city. After the relaxation of some anti-ethnic legislation, especially in residential segregation, these ethnic towns changed. No longer are these ethnic groups forced to live in segregated areas due to legislation, but rather because of economic and cultural survival due to the resources that are found in these ethnic towns. Chinatown, Korea town

The Philippines is a country deeply rooted in culture. The Army defines culture as a “dynamic social system” containing the values, beliefs, behaviors, and the norms of a “specific group, organization or society or other collectively” learned, shared, internalized, and changeable by all members of the society (FM 3-24 COUNTERINSURGENCY, 2006). Cultures have different characteristics which consist of shared, learned, symbols, integrated and dynamic. Culture The Philippine islands are broken

Political Environment To begin, the political environment of the Philippines should firstly be addressed. In the modern day Philippines, they have established a multi-party democracy which has an elected president along with its legislature. Their democracy is set up exactly the same as ours in the United States. They have the framework of where the president is both the head of state as well as the government in general. Similarly their system is composed of the three independent branches which

Awakening” began in the early Twentieth Century. The success of Indonesia’s budding nationalism belongs to the ability to use existing the institutions, urbanization and transportation around Java and Sumatra, and the “otherness” of colonization. Initially groups such as Sarekat Islam were founded to fulfill community needs, but shortly morphed into a way for the “natives” of the Dutch East Indies to unite and organize. Later, students at STOVIA (School for the Training of Indonesian Doctors) began to form

A leap forward for the Philippines under the federal system of government or a step back The aim of this paper is to show the positive and the negative aspect of federalism in the Philippines if ever we are going to adopt this form of government. The seminar that I attended last January at Benguet State University tackled about the positive changes that federalism might bring to the Philippines if ever we choose to adopt this form of government yet we all know that a coin has two sides

In my visit to my parents’ house in California, I sit in their kitchen reading an article titled “Philippine President Duterte Says Filipinos in America are Not Filipinos”. Angered at the thought and why the Filipino president would even say that, I stopped and thought “ok, that’s partly right”. It still came out harsh. My DNA is Filipino and I can’t realistically erase my Filipino blood just cause I was born in America. I am in fact one of many first generation American born from Filipino immigrants

The Philippine family practices Catholic beliefs and feels praying and serving God is protecting. They have a cross in their home and she wears a cross necklace. There is some belief in faith healers that cure with touch and prayer. Herbal remedies are part of their practices that help. The Philippine family like a warm environment to stay healthy and when it gets cold too fast, they can get sick. The

other ethnic groups, the Chinese and Japanese immigrants. To start with, the author highlights a primary difference as the fact that Filipinos “were not foreigners” because they were from a territory acquired by America; hence, they were “American nationals” (but not citizens)(Takai, 314). Immigration is defined as the process of relocating permanently to a foreign country. I believe the term “immigrant” didn’t apply to the Filipino at that time because they were part of