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    Why don’t we see the top one percent of the United States as a Minority? Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines a minority to be “a group of people who are different from the larger group in a country, area, etc., in some way” hence the top 1% can be defined as a minority in technical terms since they only make up 1 percent of the nations population. Yet no matter who you ask nobody will state the top one percent as a minority on their own. Here I think we see two different views of minorities

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    In the Nahuatl language tlamatini refers to someone who knows things. These sages and philosophers sought to answer questions. Tlamatinime are known as the wise man and the advisers of the Mexica. In almost in every family and culture everyone has the one go-to person. In my family, my grandma would probably be the tlamantinis in my family from my father’s side. The reason why I say from my father’s side is because I have no knowledge about my mother’s family side since no one lives in California

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    Giant is a revolutionary film based on how people were placed in different hierarchy depending on their race or gender and income level in the 1950s in Texas. Throughout the film, you will see how people are treated differently based on their place in the hierarchy of life that is placed on people by rich Anglo Americans. Women, low income people and people of color have had to withstand a lot throughout the years, but slowly but surely this world started to change for the better. This film will

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    highly worth analyzing.   When we talk about these three art performances, what comes to you mind will be the term “intangible cultural heritage”. Indeed, Peking Opera, Noh, Pansori were inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010 and 2008 for the rest of the two. It aims to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage in favor

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    Latino Americans are facing issues with their identity because of their ethnic and racial backgrounds due to our education institutions in America. These issues result in a separation of their American and Latino culture creating two different identities but not enough of American or Latino identity to fully feel part of either culture. This paper will be addressing the differences between American and Latino culture. American culture is an individualistic culture in which everyone tries to be

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    History of US Immigrants

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    small compared with that of other Hispanic immigrants, has a high level of education, higher incomes and a high rate of homeownership, announced today the Pew Hispanic Center. The report, 16 pages, based on 2004 data from the Census Bureau and highlights the major features of the Cubans in the United States, both those born in this country and those who emigrated from the island. In total, there are about 1.5 million Cubans in this country, or 4 percent of the Hispanic population, "of which 912,686

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    Latinos and Hispanics, but they are also exceedingly closely related. It is important to remember that these terms refer to ethnicity, not race. Latinos and Hispanics are two different words that may or may not mean the same thing. Some people say Hispanics are those descending from Spain and speak Spanish. Others say it is not the same because Latinos include people from Latin American countries. Since this would include non-Spanish speaking countries it is not the same as Hispanic. So technically

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    Running Head: CULTURAL ADAPTATIONS IN NURSING CARE 1 Cultural Adaptations in Nursing Care Amber Lynn Maddox, SN Vermont Technical College CULTURAL ADAPTATIONS IN NURSING CARE 2 Cultural Adaptations in Nursing Care Introduction In the United States, nurses are faced with a uniquely diverse population of patients

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    Martin, Nakayama 36). It is valid to say this statement is opinioned to be true. We live in a social world in which we are not part of a unified system. Culture is not a variable, meaning it cannot be quantified or measured. For instance, being a Hispanic at a time and place is deeply heterogeneous. People who belong to a certain group culture in a particular, do not all act alike or behave the same, regardless of their cultural background. Nevertheless, individuals are stereotyped based on their

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    The earliest inhabitants of Mexico are believed to have been hunters who migrated from Asia approximately 18,000 years ago. Over time they built organized civilizations with distinct cultures like the Olmec, Teotihuacan, Mayan, Toltec, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Aztecs. These societies excelled in the fields of art, architecture, mathematics, astronomy, and agriculture. In 1517 the Spanish explorer Francisco Fernández de Córdoba landed on the Yucatán, peninsula and four years later the Spanish Conquistador

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