1. Hernan Cortes and the Spanish Conquistadors
The women who came all the way from Reservation in North Dakota expressed her views in such a way that there family members and tribes were killed by the strangers who came to their town. She said that they are aware of what the so called "strangers" taking away there cultures and killing innocent children and people. The way she spoke was so intense that you feel you were one of them and the strangers were hurting you and your family. ...
Although privacy is considered a right under the law of the United States, it is a different case when it comes to raising children. In this case, privacy is a privilege that should be earned when children behave correctly. Parents should allow their teens to have freedom to a certain limit where th...
The creation of the myth of this vindictive woman serves to exonerate perpetrators of rape and in essence, perpetuate the notion that real rape is a rare offense that occurs between strangers. ... Department of Justice, nearly three out of four rape and sexual assault cases, the offender was not a stranger. ...
It has been over two decades since The United States of America has had a military draft. The big question that everyone keeps on asking is whether or not women should participate in the draft. I strongly believe that women should not take part in the draft. I have taken surveys, and I have facts th...
In some cultures, women are only allowed to speak when spoken to, they are many times denied an education and are forced into covering almost every inch of their bodies, and then are forced into marrying a complete stranger because of many cultures believing in arranged marriages. ...
Immigrants from all over the world have come to the United States to live. Our population consists of individuals and groups who have different ethnic, cultural, racial, and religious backgrounds. That is why the United States is often called a nation of nations. In the United States today, many dif...
The video presented by VICE lets the viewers what outdated stereotypes and everyday experiences Asian Americans have to deal with today. In the beginning of the video each individual introduces themselves first describing their cultural background. Some even mentioned that they still get asked what...
In January of 2003, The American Journal of Sociology published an article written by Eric P. Baumer, Steven F. Messner, and Richard Rosenfeld, titled, "Explaining Spatial Variation in Support for Capital Punishment: A Multilevel Analysis." In this article the authors research how social issues and...
In some states in the U.S. it is legal to kill in self-defense and at some points you can see the logic and meaning in it, as you never know who or what you are facing if it goes wrong, nor can you know whether the stranger is armed or not. ...
In Today's American society we fail to address several issues that need to be solved. Unfortunately, child abuse is one of the major issues that our country is plagued with, yet we neglect to bring this to the attention of the entire nation. It is often over looked because everyone has a different...
United States immigrants, especially children and teenagers, always have a wish to fit in with everyone around them. In order to accomplish this, they change their behavior, which ultimately shapes their character and personality. This resulting identity is wholly different from the culture that ini...
Creating a Universal Culture There is a universal culture which unites all human beings in shared emotions, feelings, and instincts. However, worldwide, there exist diverse ethnic, racial, regional, and national sub-cultures which share characteristics with other sub-cultures, but are defined by ...
What makes America dfferent? America is a densley populated country with a mix of ethnic origon and religious beliefs. In the film documentary "bowling for coumbine" Micheal Moore investigates the tradgic Columbine massacre where in April 20 1999 two students walked in to the library of columbin...
The South Here in the southeastern part of the United States the way of life is different than all other parts of the country. Teenagers in the south tend to interact with one another in different ways than other teens throughout the country. The friendliness and extreme generosity that peop...
The letters of Columbus to Ferdinand and Isabella This letter begins with Columbus telling the king and queen how he has made it to the Indies in thirty-three days. He goes on to explain that the people are friendly but primitive and most wear nothing, some just a small shred of cloth. He has di...
I will always remember my very special Vietnamese New Year in Saigon, Vietnam, in 2001. My friends Lily Tran, Vi Nguyen and Hong Nguyen decided that I should not spend New Year's Day alone. I really never felt lonely and homesick because I loved living in Vietnam, but my friends were always very tho...
Within United States History, there has been some horrible discrimination upon certain races of people. At the trail of tears native Americans were persecuted against heavily. Until 1828 the federal government had Cherokee rights to their land and in that same year Andrew Jackson was elected preside...
DOWN IN THE RIO GRANDE It had been a couple of hours since I had left the quiet cozy living room. My eyes seemed to be mesmerized by the amazing technology right in front of me. The internet, what a wonderful innovation giving us the ability to chat with friends over seas, while looking up local w...
In his poem On the Emigration to America and Peopling the Western Country, Freneau writes,From Europe's proud despotic shores hither the stranger takes his way, And in our new found world explores a happier soil, a milder sway where no proud despot holds him down, no slaves insult him with a crown?...
