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Overview of Culture and Cultural Diversity

to their ethnic, religious and/or racial origin. When educators and policymakers speak of cultural diversity, and particularly reg...

Cultural Needs of Chinese Women in Childbirth

background and knowledge to evaluate when there is a need to consult a transcultural nurse specialist, as these specially trained ...

Stricter Gun Control Leaves People Vulnerable

that the average citizen is allowed to own a gun they are wary of breaking into peoples homes, or wary of committing crime in some...

Cultural and Cross Cultural Essays

are only half in existence any longer. There are rooms that are connected, and dwellings that apparently possessed entrances on th...

Cultural Context And Interpretation Of Scripture

Christian but it was a Western culture. East Asians are from a complex culture, one that is based in Confucianism and then, Christ...

Spartan Civilization

Lakedaimon, a king himself, named his country after himself. The capital of that country he named after his wife. Lacedaemon, of...

Cultural Cohesiveness and Distinction in the Latino/Hispanic Population

a multitude of cultural groups. Consider, for example, the tendency of the dominant US culture to lump all people of Asian herita...

An Argument for the Death Penalty

another. That, however, is precisely the point that a strict adherence to the death penalty would bring home to potential crimina...

Cultural Tolerance Determination and the Impact of Cultural Relativism

In five pages this paper considers whether or not cultural tolerance can be defended by cultural relativism. Five sources are cit...

Deviance Across Cultures: Girl Gangs Around the World

feud between rival families of the Camorra crime syndicate" exploded in a small town outside Naples (Israely, 2002, p. 32). The le...

International Business Cultural Mistakes

approach, this is also true in parts of Europe (Wade, 2004). In fact, it would be wise for an American to wait until invited to us...

Challenges Managers from Australian and New Zealand Businesses Encounter When Operating in Asian Countries

to cross boarder business. A useful model that can be used to assess potential culture clash differences and difficulties ...

Why Today's Adolescents are Not More Violent Than They Had Been in the Past

would sneak in with weaponry. Perhaps the primary reason why violence has calmed down is due to awareness. If the odd student is n...

Policy Proposal: Preventing Assault

you have a potentially volatile atmosphere" (Hughes, 2005). Kowalenko, Walters, Khare, and Compton (2005) surveyed 171 ED p...

Prisons are Populated by the Wrong Offenders

(Kopel, 1995). Another article supports the notion that the majority of offenders in prison are not violent ("Crime," 1998). Ther...

Ecological World View as a Cultural Artifact: Native American Subcultures vs. Mainstream White Americans

cultural artifacts. Many have contended since the original "discovery" of this country that Native American spirituality is...

Can A Sense Of National Unity Be Constructed Through Cultural Policy?

even simply a shared feeling of community which is aided by a common enemy. The increased fragmentation that has been seen today ...

Culturally Sensitive Nursing/Hispanic Client

(Kemp, 2005). In American mainstream culture, making eye contact is expected, as this indicates that the other person is listening...

Reducing Playground Violence

take an indirect form, such as gossip. There are also direct forms, such as name-calling; as well as range of behavior that includ...

Racial Demarcation in Charleston South Carolina

largely free black population and this population was accepted as craftsmen and in the retail environment alike. Many blacks in C...

China and India; Cultural Differences

China reached a record level; US$12.2 billion, the total year for 2004 was $US13.6 billion (Asia Africa Intelligence Wire, 2005). ...

Media's Responsibility for the Obesity Epidemic

would work to resolve the problem and in fact, some people report that religious activity has helped them lose weight. The author ...

Intercultural Communication

appropriately, all wearing business dress with men and women in suits. The meeting is scheduled all day and lunch has been arrange...

Racism in Othello

seem that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio, the man that Othello favored for promotion over Iago. Convinced that Desdemon...

Cross-Cultural Management

norms and behavioral traits that they were raised with (Wade, 2004). These are deep-rooted and may be difficult to change (Wade, 2...

Trying Juveniles In Adult Courts

has existed for more than a decade (Associated Content, Inc., 2006; Young and Gainsborough, 2000). In fact, the juvenile system ha...

Importance Of Multicultural Skills In Business

an ingrained attitude and behavior among Americans but in many other cultures, there is a far greater emphasis on collaboration an...

Religious And Racial Stereotyping: Causes Many Problems In Today's Culture

categorization. Inasmuch as racial and religious stereotypes are both unreasonable and erroneous, such predisposed opinions about...

Mass Media's Influence on Public Opinion

as "the exceptional event," which makes "coups and catastrophes" newsworthy (Alleyne 3). However, there is also considerably discr...

'Grim Fairy Tales and Gory Stories' by Aviva Layton

to see if they had a certain picture book, the librarian informed her that the book was in their collection, but was not suitable ...