So the Spanish started importing Africans to replace them. In 1655 after the English took Jamaica from the Spaniards Indians and Chinese were brought in to help the African population work the plantations. ... While most Jamaicans are of African descent, there has been much inter-marriages over the centuries. ... While our official language is English, most Jamaicans speak a Creole patois - a mixture of Elizabethan English and West African that's often hard to understand, In my household my parents and siblings speak the language, but I am not able to speak it because I've been he...

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"The Use of Black English" The use of standard English creates controversy among African Americans and other American people. The main goal of many African Americans is to acquire control of standard English. In my opinion, I strongly disagree with the Americans or others who deny African Americans the usage of Black English in their personal lives and culture. ... Not every country in the world uses the same standard language. ... As a final point, the acceptance of dialects and variation in a specific language are essential; indeed, they generate changes either in language or customs. ...

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The German people would return to Germany where they have German names and speak the German language. The Chinese people would return to China, where they have Chinese names and speak the Chinese language. ... Unfortunately, we do not speak the Blackese or the Negroese language. Our ethnic group has gone from being Negroes to Coloreds, to Blacks and now the "politically correct term" African Americans. ... So if you are not to be labeled Black or African American, what are you to be recognized as? ...

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Imperialism occurred throughout Africa, china, Latin America, and India. ... There was also a large industrial impact on Africa, and china, which was a branch off of imperialism. ... This was proven by the apparent 200 different languages, the existence of the cast system, 2 distinct religions, and 600 independent states. ... There was and industrial impact on Africa. ... Given the great geographic diversity of Africa in terms of natural resources, climate, vegetation, topography, and precipitation, there was no uniform model that the colonial powers used to raise revenue throughout Africa...

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Having been portrayed in literary criticism as a giant fish, a grotesque monster, an American Indian, an African slave, his incarnation changes from "a savage and a deformed slave" to the "quintessential colonial victim". ... Critics argued that Caliban's language displayed poetical awareness of nature's beauties; his imaginative power and pure nature made him redeeming. ... From the late eighteenth century commentators began to associate The Tempest's plot, language and characters with Europe's exploration and colonization of America. ... Caliban was no longer just an Amer...

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People around the world are constantly on the move. There are several different reasons why, and they are categorized on the basis of their reasons for relocation. Several factors determine why people migrate across the globe. A few different categories can explain a majority of the causes of why pe...

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Many of his works used native dances and language. ... He was of mixed African and European descent. ... By the end of his life he was known as the most influential of the Latin-American poets who dealt with African themes....

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After the decimation of the natives, they were replaced by African slaves and later on by Arab or people of Arab descent. ... As time moved on, during 1898 by the means of the Treaty of Paris, Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States and approved Commonwealth status in 1951, with their official language decided in 1991 to be Spanish. ...

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Most of the food comes from a blend of Indian, Spanish, Middle Eastern, and African influences. ... Spanish is the most frequently spoken language, and English is taught in schools acroos the land. ...

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The study focuses upon predominantly Chinese American people, but also discusses the likes of African Americans and Native Americans. ... " (Yep 43) This displays how these men were used for the use of entertainment even though they were only speaking their language of their native tongue. ... There were multiple bridges and alliances formed amongst the minorities in America during that time which were the Chinese, African, and Native American peoples. The Kues in particular formed a strong alliance with the Harlem Globetrotters, which was an all African American basketball team. ...

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They had distinctive social and political systems, clothing styles, shelters, foods, languages, and spiritual and philosophical beliefs. ... But they were helpless against European and African diseases because they lacked immunity to European diseases such as measles and smallpox. ... Europe, Africa, and Asia had been trading knowledge and technologies for centuries. ...

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On the other hand, during the wars of independence in Latin America, it was very common for Iberians to intermarry with native peoples, some including Indians and Africans. ... The term "Latino- is just as useless, in the sense that it accounts for many other ethnic groups other than just Latin Americans, such as Italians, French, and Romanians-any nationality which holds Latin as the basis for their spoken language. ...

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benefits and threats of globalisation Introduction There are processes in the international order--driven by revolutions in communication and information technology--that exhibit seemingly inexorable globalising tendencies while, at the same time, there are a range of actions, adopted by states and non state actors alike, that attempt to resist these often ill defined phenomena captured by the all embracing notion of 'globalisation'. For example, the long term tendency towards freer trade, electronic commerce and the seemingly uncontrollable power of deregulated capital markets do...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate