I introduce myself this way because as I interact with a subculture that has to negotiate its way through the mainstream, I can now understand better the views Mary Louise Pratt explicates as she writes of diverse subcultures such as that of children. ... Roosevelt (American president) and Stephen Hawking an author, physicist, and mathematician who wrote A Short History of the Universe. I cannot speak very much to my own early past views as a younger man, say up to the age of 24, on people who are disabled or many other subcultures because my own thinking then on the subject was undefined and...

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There are key principles that outline natural law and Indigenous worldviews which can be viewed as opposing western thinking. ... Of course, the bible can be viewed in many different ways but there is no doubt Christianity has played an important role in destroying tribal beliefs and colonising parts of the world that where considered savage and without society based rule. ... How does the modern Aboriginal person interact with society today? ...

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For example, in chapter 1 Abram travels to Indonesia on a research grant to study the relationship between modern medicine and magic. ... From a western point of view this all may seem very unorthodox, mainly because we view most things in the world as inanimate matter that does not have the ability perceive. ... Many western religions view the afterlife as a non-earthly place. They also tend to view the human spirit as separate from the human body. ... Many ethnocentric beliefs have been engraved into western culture throughout the course of history, which further distanced them from the view...

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Because of that there is different view and conflicts on how beauty should be identified and expressed. ... Therefore because culture varies from country to county and even within the cities, the big role in identifying beauty is played by how society views and teaches their members on how and why people should consider one person as more attractive than the other. ... However in today's world United States had changed and still changing their point of view. ... One might argue with this because people have created such events as 'Beauty Pageant,' 'Miss Universe' and o...

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