Compare and Contrast with Critics At the turn of the twentieth century, American culture witnessed related literary and political shifts through which marginalized voices gained increased strength despite the severe racism that informed US laws and social interaction. ... Offering alternative perspectives on American identity and culture, Sui Sin Far, along with many of her contemporary writers of color, actively challenged mainstream readers' preconceptions and contributed to a social climate in which increasing numbers of writers of color made their voices heard in print. ... Current ...

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Ignorance of other cultures and values is another cause of prejudice in U.S. It is a special problem in the United States, where people of different racial, religious, and national backgrounds live together in close proximity and ignore the culture of each other. ... Racial discriminations toward people in race, gender, religion are still exist in many countries like U.S, Canada and India. ... Controlling of dominant majorities on minorities of different color, culture and class. ...

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In his book, Lipsitz states that "[w]hiteness is everywhere in U.S. culture, but it is very hard to see (Lipsitz 1)." ... "Although surveys showed that many Canadian, Italian, Israeli, and Irish citizens lived and worked in California without proper credentials from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the popular campaign expressly targeted immigrants from Mexico and Central America." ... For example, when Lipsitz writes, "Although surveys showed that many Canadian, Italian, Israeli, and Irish citizens lived and worked in California without proper credentials from the Immigration...

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The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines internalization: to incorporate (as values or patterns of culture) within the self as conscious or subconscious guiding principles through learning or socialization. ... Until that point, none of us had ever really been exposed to the native culture outside of seeing native kids in the playground and reading about the history in class. ... Then she demonstrated how to make a common dough called bannock that is extremely popular within her culture. ... We need more experiences like the one described above to expose our children first hand to different cult...

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