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Korean-American identity formation between tradition and assimilation

Asian cultures, in general, are more steeped in tradition than American culture. Even though the word "American" refers broadly to all persons of various ethnic backgrounds who live in the United States, there are some general but significant differences between Asian and American culture.

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The failure of mainstreaming and return to self-contained special education classes

This disappointment arose because the idea of mainstreaming held - at least for some educators and families, at least for a while, such a bright promise for so many children who were markedly different from their peers.

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Language and philosophy in three drafts of the Declaration of Independence

We are so familiar with the language of the Declaration of Independence that it comes as something of a surprise to us to examine its previous incarnations.

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Effectiveness of bilingual and ESL programs in California schools

Few issues create long-lasting controversy, the type of controversy that engages nearly every member of society regardless of their economic, ethnic, intellectual, political, religious, or social background. Examples of such issues are abortion, crime, the death penalty, racism, rape, etc.

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Why girls with learning disabilities are underdiagnosed in schools

Are girls with learning disabilities being addressed in schools and clinic settings as much as boys are? If not, then what is the cause for this? What are the solutions?

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Racial stereotypes in Barbershop and African-American film history

The comedy Barbershop, starring Ice Cube juxtaposes the harshness of city life with the resiliency of the people living in the city. The movie with its black cast has an impressive standing in the movie industry for the year 2002.

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How commercial interests shape the content of popular entertainment

Popular entertainment is overly influenced by commercial interest. Superficiality, obscenity, and violence characterize films and television today because those qualities are commercially successful."

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Carolina Maria de Jesus and "Child of the Dark"

Child of the Dark was the first book written by Carolina Maria de Jesus, a black Brazilian woman born in 1914. The book rapidly became a bestseller in Brazil. The book is famous and still in print today, published in 14 languages.

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Feminist approaches in Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft

Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft were seemingly writers with two distinctly different styles of writing who created a furor with their controversial styles of presentation. Though each wrote in different ways they were similar in conceptions of theme.

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Immigration to nineteenth-century America: causes and consequences

The focus of this paper is immigration to American in the early to mid-nineteenth century and looks at the causes and consequences of it from a historical, economic, political, and geographic perspective.

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