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Early Korean immigration to the United States and discrimination

Korean-Americans have made a contribution to the American experience for over a century. The first wave of immigrants from Korea came after Japan began to exert its dominance over the neighboring nation.

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Cultural identity and gender roles in Hispanic-American families

Culture refers to the full range of behaviors, shared beliefs, values, attitudes, and social expectations within defined societies (Macionis, 2003).

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Samuel Pepys' diary as a contemporary digital text

Especially in its online format, the diary of Samuel Pepys reads similar to a personal blog. In fact, the main difference between the diary of Samuel Pepys and a modern blog is the type of media used, even more so than the content.

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Heather Whitestone: deaf education and the Miss America controversy

The first Miss America with a disability proclaimed herself a Miss America for all America, not just the deaf When Heather Whitestone became Miss America, it might be assumed that all of her fellow deaf Americans felt a swell of pride in their collective hearts.

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Barack Obama's leadership style of compromise and conciliation

Barack Obama became the first African-American president of the United States in 2008, an accomplishment that few believed could have transpired only a few years before his meteoric political rise. Since his inauguration, 'no drama Obama' (as he is known) has drawn fire from the left and the right.

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Individual responsibility and repentance in Ezekiel chapter 18

Chapter 18 of the Book of Ezekiel contains the fullest explanation of the theme of individual responsibility, the best known element in Ezekiel's teaching.

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Dworkin's law-as-integrity approach and the chain novel analogy

Ronald Dworkin presents a view of legal constructivism predicated on the notion of congruence between laws and moral justice to which he refers as law as integrity.

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Schoolyard conformity and cultural identity in Bless Me, Ultima

"Ultima came to stay with us the summer I was almost seven. When she came the beauty of the llano unfolded before my eyes...The magical time of childhood stood still, and the pulse of the living earth pressed its mystery into my living blood," (1).

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The Miracle Worker as an inspiring play for students

Miracle Worker is an inspiring play for both students and teachers. Teachers can thrill to the story of a young woman, Annie Sullivan, who truly makes a difference in the life of a child.

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Colonial violence and cultural oppression in South African liberation struggles

Colonialism, Racism, and Violence: The History of the Struggle for Liberation in South Africa The colonialism that began to take over the world in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and that still arguably exists in certain economic as well as overtly political schemas today has had an enormous…

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