Asian Americans went through crippling acts of inequality that put America's wartime ethics into question. The Japanese bombing of pearl harbor that pushed America into WW II brought a large persecution of Asian Americans along with it. Many Japanese were involuntarily moved to internment camps during the war to lessen the fear of a Japanese threat on the homefront. This led to many having speculation whether the placing of the japanese in internment camps was constitutional or not, and if the U.S had any good reason to place the Japanese in internment camps (Doc 4). The government, while...

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In "American Values and Assumptions", Gary Althen clarifies the American cultural values that intersect and how they work together. These values are perceived by Americans and sometimes are different with other cultures in the world. Generally, he gives evidences taking from American social notions such as the freedom, self-reliance to explain how strongly people devote to individualism. ... In the article, Althen gives an example of how American parents teach their children to be self-reliant. ... The economic differences between socialist and capitalist could be taken as an example...

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For example, direct eye contact between individuals in American culture is considered polite, engaging, and respectful; whereas in Japan, indirect eye contact is preferred, as it is less intimidating and less threatening. ...

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The reading pointed out that Asian cultures place more emphasis on school and hard work than does North American culture. It also said that this might help explain why Japanese and Taiwanese children get higher scores on mathematic achievement tests. ...

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For instance, a society with basic technology such as the indigenous tribes of Africa or South America is considered primitive while society with the newest technology such as the US, UK or Japan is considered advanced, modern. ...

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This is a semi-structured interview composed of 16 questions that focus on the individual experience and social context – two versions are available, one for the individual and one for an informant (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). ... In 1994, the Diagnostic Statistical manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-IV took the unprecedented step of including culture bound syndromes (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). ... In many traditional cultures for example there is a strong belief in the spirit world (Marsella & Yamada, 2010), some religions such as Christianity or Islam forbid sui...

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., Europe, Singapore, and Japan they are developing software so that the mobile can direct motorists to car parks with empty lots and collect domestic service bills. ... In some American schools children are known to send more than 1,000 EMS messages a month. ...

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Different ethnic communities can also display distinctive individualistic and collectivistic tendencies for example ethnic groups like African/Americans tend to subscribe to some forms of collectivistic values more than lets say, European/Americans. In the Power-Distance dimension, the Philippines, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, Mexico and many Arab countries have been identified as large power-distance cultures. ...

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Body Modification and Contemporary American Rites of Passage INTRODUCTION Rites of Passage The term "Rite of Passage" describes any rite or ritual which marks or induces a change in an individuals social position. ... For example, since there are many belief systems in North America, there are no culturally universal rites of passage. ...

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The Purpose of Business It has become apparent that the accepted view of the role of corporations in society is evolving, and necessarily so. This is especially true after the recent corporate scandals in the USA involving multinational companies whose names have become commonplace in discussions of corporate fraud; such as Enron and Worldcom. (In fact, it was recently reported that a U.S. Senator had used one of these names as a verb; i.e.; to "enron" shareholders.) Corporate ethics and the role of business in society is under public scrutiny perhaps more than ever before in modern histor...

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The Proper Grounds for Affirmative Action Affirmative action involving preferential treatment is an issue that is no longer a stranger to every day Americans as well as the Supreme Court. ... An example of the former would include the United States" reparations to the Japanese put in internment camps during World War II. ... As far as American society has advanced on issues such as racial and sexual discrimination, the two are still very much present in our modern society. ...

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Hotel companies headquartered in nations as diverse as Germany, the U.S.A, and Hong Kong compete aggressively in markets such as Singapore and Japan. ... Social scientists have identified seven American social classes: upper uppers, lower uppers, upper middles, middle, working, upper lowers, and lower lowers. ...

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