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The Great Gatsby and American Greed

intelligence and talent to work in ways that are less than reputable in order to pursue an illusion of beauty. Making his fortune ...

“American Women in Flight Since 1940”: Insight into a Woman’s Place in Our Society

Much has been written about how womens societal roles have changed over the history of our country. One of the more interesting i...

Barack Obama's Speech On March 18, 2008: Race

represents every aspect of black heritage. Religion embodies the black way of life from the very first moment slavery came into e...

Portrayal of Blacks in the Media, 1960s-Present

a shock for white audiences. Poitier invested his character with dignity and strength, and although later that tactic no longer re...

MUSIC AND ITS IMPACT ON AMERICAN CULTURE

that provides ethnic minorities (and even poor whites) an opportunity to speak their minds and their feelings (Reeves, 2007). Over...

American Society, Labor, and Reactions to Current Events

or no future. Thus, labor began to look away from capitalism, traditionally a Republican stronghold, and back to its roots with th...

Roe v. Wade Will Never be Overturned

the state has no interest in fetal life prior to a certain stage of development (when the fetus had developed to the point where i...

The Heart of Whiteness by Robert Jensen

Heart of Whiteness, Confronting Race, Racism, and White Privilege. San Francisco: City Lights, 2005. Jensens purpose in writing ...

Disrespect and Language The Appropriation of Native American Language and Culture

This paper asks whether we have bastardized Native American language by appropriating it in sports and mass marketing. There are ...

American Culture, Importance of Punctuality

This essay offers a first-person account of a foreign student studying in the US who must adjust to different cultural expectation...

Sex in American Culture

Human sexual behavior is examined in the context of American family values. Ideas about sex in mainstream America are discussed. T...

Comparing Saudi and American Culture

This essay provides a hypothetical example of how a student from Saudi Arabia might choose to discuss her transition to life in Mi...

The Relevance of Culture for African American Students: Methodology

American learners? The goal of this study is to better understand the impact of African American culture on the academic achi...

Analysis of Two Essays on American Culture

when an a more appropriate question would be "whether they had fun" (Ecenbarger). This fits with the overall cultural focus on, no...

Culture and Environment in the Evolution of Latin American Foods

Introduction In our modern world with a Taco Bell or other...

Native Americans as Depicted in the Art of the Dominant European Culture

contended to be even more misleading. The infatuation with Native Americans is, however, particularly obvious when one considers ...

Popular Transitions in American Culture

as a society allowing these changes to occur. In this day of liberalism, this day of where every problem is believed to be best a...

American Theories of Leadership and their Potential Application in other Cultures

leaders such as political and military leaders. Burns (1978) argued that the transformational leader may be seen as an extension o...

DEATH, DYING AND AMERICAN CULTURE: 1900-2010

all that terrific. What is wrong with this picture? Why would an elderly man put himself through such discomfort, simply to...

American Culture in the 1920s

won the White House (War, prosperity and depression, 2005). The first two years of Hardings administration continued Wilsons econo...

American Impacts of the Inca and Maya Cultures

the reverence toward their higher being, as well as their basic concept of lifes political journey, spoke to the "humble attentive...

The Intercultural Campus, Transcending Culture and Power in American High Education by Greg Tanaka

In six pages this research paper examines multiculturalism within the context of this 2003 book by Greg Tanaka and the strategies ...

RV Travel, the Retirees, and American Culture

is a relatively expensive endeavor as RVs do not get great gas mileage. In addition, their RV is not often their home. It is their...

History and Culture of Assyrian Americans

another reason why ?migr?s are so intent on passing it along (Horan, 2003). The Assyrians were apparently never numerous, and the...

Contemporary American Culture and Class and Community by Alan Dawley

his look at one town in America during the Industrial Revolution. Dawley (2000) breaks down his book entitled Class and Communit...

Contrasting and Comparing Hispanic and American Cultures

all necessary variables is often not as simple as it sounds. For example, those who have found their way to higher management pos...

Racism Within American Culture

to secure benefits for themselves "at the expense of African slaves and their American-born descendants" (Clark, 2003). Whites hav...

Weapon Technology Advances and American Popular Culture 1920 through 1960

to make advances toward the enemy, and the advent of the machine gun in WW I replaced warfare which was fought as cavalry. The o...

Italian-American Culture

in their religion, they rely upon its influence to see them through difficult times. This strength allows them to overcome obstac...

Literature and Music Expressed in the Nationalist Culture of African Americans

In six pages this paper discusses the expression of cultural nationalism in African American literature and music as depicted in t...