However, the situation in America is that there is no "age-old American culture." There are no American-styled rugs or American-style leather dress shoes. ... Odd enough this makes me no less of an American. ... I could go to China, live there, pursue a career there, and develop a group of friends there. ... Then, as our troops were out searching for the terrorists, we kept up our flags and added signs that said "Support Our Troops." ...

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Imagine a world where there are no unspoken rules or standards. ... Then as children, the process begins to become more complex. ... No two different children from two different families are raised the same in America. ... After all, it is said that "you would not enjoy the sunshine if it were not for the rain ". ... There is no such thing as a "perfect society". ...

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In order to progress, we must be allowed to judge since there is no such thing as being perfect. ... In a society such as that, no one would feel safe and everyone would be afraid of each other and in return, there would be a decrease in interaction. ... If we were to accept Cultural Relativism, "We could no longer say that the customs of other societies are morally inferior to our own" (Ethics: History, theory and Contemporary Issues 40). ... But if it were to think as cultural relativists, there wouldn't be a standard as to which we would judge the new ways to be better. The E...

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There are views or points that I learned and reacted on it. ... No its not, but the colonizer who fooled, cheated and use us. ... So it is the reality that we should accept, but then again it is not yet the end. ... a big no no. ... So, as a student if we plan to have a family already then we should think first if we were on the right tract, knowing first the responsibility and values that we should apply before entering on that situation because no one knows what will happen. ...

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You sometimes have to take a deeper look then just forming opinions right off the bet, because the exterior does not reflect the interior. ... " But these savage barbarians when they met with them were readier to fill their sides with arrows then otherwise". ... Regulations were required for the natives to follow and were set out but the pilgrims. They made them agree to this so there wouldn't be any conflicts between cultures. ... If its one thing that most people lack is exceptance no matter what culture you came from. ...

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So many others were absorbed by the growing cultural industry that was birthing through the TV and commercialism. ... If people can look past the simple surface of things that they are presented with, then they control the development of culture. ... My friend told me that there is a split in the black culture on using the term. ... So in the above situation both men were black skinned but one chose to identify with a particular ethnic term and the other did not. ... I think that because of this philosophy and its dominance in the early Twentieth century it caused many ethnic people to separ...

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I believe that all people no matter there race, age, sex, or sexual orientations are created equal. ... I then decided that discriminating against any person is just plain stupid. In my life I have stood toe to toe with clan members, and I have made a short story about how two of my friends were beaten. ... No matter what I do I'll always try to act honorably in my life. ... Also if my friends are feeling down or very depressed, I will use my humor to instantly put a smile on there faces and boost there confidence and self esteem. ...

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We were all eating at the table and my boyfriends little brother and sister walked in to ask his mother something. ... She then went on to say that she wished she had never left her country because she cannot believe how we behave and how we raise our children. ... If she were to just sit back and realize that we are not such a bad group of people after all then she might have replied differently. ... I do not think that there is much I could have done to change the outcome, kids will be kids. ... Since I now personally know how it feels like to be put down and mocked at because of ones cul...

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He then asked us if the jar was full. ... "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls." ... When we were in grade school, classmates wouldn't think you were cool unless you knew everything the New Kids On the Block or had the new Air Jordan's. There would often be arguments about who had the most channels on their TV. ... The fact that commercials tend to reflect the programming is no accident. ...

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Marlow's trip from Europe to the outer then the central station already tests his capacity to differentiate between good and evil. ... It is like the beginning of time where there is no concept of time. ... We could not understand because we were too far and could not remember because we were traveling in the night of first ages, of those ages that are gone, leaving hardly a sign - and no memories." ... Such a suspicion made one pause - for out there there were no external checks It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core." ... Once he realizes this, he is then ...

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People were rowdy and reckless. ... There were not any other people on board. ... Upon the arrival on the mountain top, each man sent out a dove, which returned because it found no place to land. Then, Gilgamesh sent out a swallow, which also returned. ... One god was furious that there were survivors, but he was convinced by other gods to let them live out their lives and start a new civilization. ...

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People were rowdy and reckless. ... There were not any other people on board. ... Upon the arrival on the mountain top, each man sent out a dove, which returned because it found no place to land. Then, Gilgamesh sent out a swallow, which also returned. ... One god was furious that there were survivors, but he was convinced by other gods to let them live out their lives and start a new civilization. ...

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In the very beginning to be a civilized society there were certain characteristics that one must possess. ... The writer of the poems if Homer, even though no one knows whom he is or if he even existed. ... The columns have no base the rise directly from the floor. ... There plays are still done in theaters around the world and there style of architecture is still being used. ... After the Jewish people then came Christianity. ...

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I learned quickly that as long as you tried what was given to you, even if you did not like it, there would be no speech to follow about wasting food. ... There are other friends I have who were raised with totally ethnic foods, who would never go to Mcdonald's for a hamburger. ... If we can just look at one another as having different cultures and therfore different ways of living our lives, then maybe there would not be as much controversy. ... So much for instinct" (40) In school we were taught that boys have different parts then girls, and of course many of us already knew that. .....

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Our Capacity to Learn "Could there possibly be a more difficult book out there to read? ... These were the thoughts circulating through my mind each time I picked up Nussbaum's "Cultivating Humanity." ... If one is not taught, or has not experienced different beliefs, then there is no possible way for that person to know about them. ... There are many diverse cultures in the world. ... When we are stuck in a situation we know little about or have no experience in, imagining our way through it makes it much easier. ...

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There are many people out there who claim that the media has no affect on them, which is just a plain fallacy. ... But if they claim that they have not been influenced by the media, then why wouldn't they choose the no-name cola? ... He then refers to the brain. ... In my opinion, there is definitely no arguing against that. ... Then there's the mother, who is the perfect wife, and mother. ...

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They were not thought of as equals by other Europeans. ... He then goes on to say that the woman was not young, or old, just stunning. ... He had no drive and becomes lost in his own world. He then meets a wizard who helps him take matters into his own hands. ... " The novel then takes a turn and the fantasy begins. ...

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Nnaemeka should have explained that part of his life to Nene when they were beginning to get serious but perhaps he didn't think he wanted to marry her then. ... So as they were getting older, he was just getting sadder and lonelier. ... I remember my brother liking a girl at our school who was a non believer and when he told my mom, my grandmother overheard and she said there is no way, and he shouldn't even talk to her. ... When it comes to your own being there is no right or wrong in other peoples eyes only in yours. ... No one has the right to take that away from you. ...

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"You were born and tagged with a funny-ass Spanish name. Then you were told to speak English, be cool, to imitate the Anglo-Saxon crap because that's where all the money and success is. ... There are three sisters, marked by their order of birth, "First, Middle and End girl". ... Then get married" (407-408). ... End girl now resides in Hawaii; there is no communication with her parents. ...

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I was curious to know what their cultural traditions were and whether they were able to continue practicing the same traditions and rituals without difficulties. ... It was shocking seeing some of the people eating with their bare fingers and the different dishes that were delivered to their table, then and there I asked myself, "Why weren't they using utensils but eating with their hands? ... A few years back, girls did not go to school no matter their social status. ... There I understood why the customers were using their hands to eat. ... No one really cares about killing a turkey"...

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It is no longer a world of black and white culture. ... In Herndon Virginia, a couple of months ago the community decided they were going to complain about the Hispanics taking jobs from people. ... Marriages are no longer pre arranged. ... The father was the income of the family and there was no problem with that. If you lived on a farm the father would also come home from work and then go out to work on the farm. ...

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Lessons of morality were taught to me using religious figures as protagonists, and I was sent to the mosque to pray. ... It was easy for me to practice my faith there and blend in with the crowd, because fasting and praying were a norm. ... Another issue I found in Canada is that there is no holiday on our special day, we (Muslims) celebrate eid twice a year, but Christian and non-Christian people have a national holiday on Christmas. ... If I compare eid here to eid in Pakistan, there is a huge difference, over there you celebrate at least a whole day or typically three days but here only for...

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However, there seems to be a widely held misconception that throughout an organisation or within a specific division there is only one uniform culture that exists. ... As a contract employee there was little in the way of job security and essential no possibility to be rewarded for good performance. ... Those individuals that did not meet these strict criteria were not considered for the position. ... The theory then suggests that at this point in the process those individuals who are not willing to accept the culture would be removed and all others allowed to proceed. .....

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The Yanomamo are no different. ... There is no tool or technique so complex that it requires specialized knowledge or raw materials, and each village, therefore, can produce every item of material culture it requires from immediately available resources (Chagnon 1997: 49). ... They do this by stroking the sides of the frog, causing it to excrete the poison, then boil it down to intensify it. ... There is no written language, and numbers are limited to one, two, and more than two (http://www.uwec.edu). ... Apart from this, there is no other clothing. ...

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Therefore the discussion of the rise to power and then the fall of the Elamites as a people is relevant. ... They would name each place, bit (house) sha (of) and then the description of the region. ... There were many large round pottery pieces that have glass embedding and black line decorations. ... The Seated Baboon has round fleshy figures with no harsh lines, and the only decoration is black coloring of the eyes and small incised lines. There are many similarities between the votive statues we saw in class to the baboon that was used as an offering figure. ...

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