Vietnamese American communities have developed, grown and preserved a place within American society along with other Asian American groups. ... For other longtime immigrants, Little Saigon helps them communicate with their More importantly, Little Saigon attracts young Vietnamese Americans through the newly built upscale Asian Garden Mall or Phước Lộc Thọ with fresh experiences and characteristics; quite different from the prevalent American mall. Although built and owned by an ethnic Chinese, Frank Jao, Asian Garden Mall is the centerpiece of Little Saigon, exhibiting more Vietnamese ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

We hear people call themselves African American, German American, Asian American, and any number of other country slash American. ... In America we see a culture that has a focus on materialism. ... Many colored people call themselves African American. ... He was "American born and bred" to use his words exactly. ... We have the term in America called the Great Melting Pot, it's meaning that race and ethnicity in America all runs together. ...

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This paper outlines the differences in the cultures of the United States versus Asian Indian and Vietnamese cultures. ... Americans value achievement, personal success, and independence. ... Indian Culture The following are a few of the values, and beliefs of those of Asian Indian decent. ... Extended family simply is not a valued by Americans. ... This concept seems surreal as an American. ...

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Immigration: Mass Media Influences on the General American Population The mass media industry has influentially shaped American society's behavior on immigration into a strict systematic view that immigration is a necessary tool needed to strengthen the economy, stabilize cultural diversity, and expand collective intelligence. ... Ever since Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492, America is constantly inundated with immigrants of various origins. In the beginning, people from England immigrated to America, and then other European countries followed. The American natives were tre...

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As in other Asian countries it is an accepted form of male entertainment. ... (Vietnamese Adventures 2) As portrayed previously, there are numerous cultural differences between Vietnamese dating and American dating, the main being that the male is required to confront the family of the female. ... The Vietnamese culture is much more conservative partly due to the intensely strong family values that are practiced in the Asian culture. ...

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1. WORLDVIEW/RELIGION The worldview of people is the way they interpret reality and events, including images of themselves and how they relate to the world around them (pg 120). My worldview is shaped by my religion (pg 126) which is Christianity (pg 134). Everything I do is based on my religion and knowing that I am being watched over by God and that he sees everything I choose to do. I believe I am on this earth because God died for my sins and created me putting me on this earth. ...

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American culture has not only helped create the anorexic young woman whose eating disorders are tied to a low sense of self-esteem--approximately 90 percent of sufferers are female; various polls have revealed that young women see themselves as "too fat" while in fact they are often below standard norms for body size[40]--but fashion has served up the newest ideal of "heroin chic": a fashion industry "look" that overlaps with "high art." ... There was a time in America when skin bleaching was so popular that it had its meaning to it. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

At the point when picking the universal marketing strategy, one of the issues that ought to be considered truly is the culture difference in light of the fact that culture is an important component in impacting the customer market and shopping conduct, as agents of this experienced multinationals, the American fast food eatery groups of KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) and McDonald's are prevailing fast food chains both in China and different parts of the world. ... However, as more Americans go to Mainland China to take employments, more Chinese and Americans are working next to each other....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

According to the customs of North American society, it is encouraged that people speak out about their private relationships and feelings. ... "American academic psychology has taken for granted the values of self-expression, self-control, and self-efficacy. These values fit with American ideals of expressive and utilitarian individualism. ... American culture teaches to value someone who is able to speak out about his true feelings and even categorizes someone as being emotionally distressed when unable to express needs and wants. ... Even though Western culture puts emphasis on verbal c...

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The intended learning outcomes of the new teaching: A Study in Practice During Spring Semester 2009, I taught the course "English 303: Short Stories" designed to introduce students to the short fiction of pre-modern and modern periods through short stories of England, Europe and Americas. ... The practical problem we faced in terms of choosing short stories by writers of Europe, England and America is enormous. ... While I wanted to stick to my own list, some of my students were in favour of including short stories from other regions such as South Asia, Africa, Latin America and...

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How a US Executive can Make a Good First Impression on an American Executive upon their First Business Meeting Introduction Japan, a country within the continent of Asia, is a chain of islands located east of Korea with a population exceeding 125 million. ... Unfortunately only one in twenty-five negotiations between North Americans and Japanese are successful. ... I will discuss the first business meeting between an American executive and a Japanese executive in depth. I will discuss how values in Japan are different from those in America and what impact that can have on your first m...

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• Grade Level: High School

In contrast, Africa, Asia, and Middle Eastern societies are typically categorized as tradition-based which is featured with centralized, cooperative, agrarian, pre-industrialized systems. ... In this new multicultural age American citizens could be of Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Haitian, Russian, Bosnian, Native American, or Indian ethnic descent. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate