Thirdly and most importantly what makes America great is the freedom we have. “Our Diversity in America collection takes a good look at what it means to be “American” and examines the rich heritages that make up our country. Each culture provides its own special and irreplaceable contribution to our understanding of America today. From Asia to Europe to Africa to Latin America, some 128 articles trace each nationality’s broad history and important contributions to the American way of life. Castillo 2 Diversity in America not only presents a host of intimate snapshots of culture and heritage, but documents the struggles of nationalities to integrate into the “melting pot” society of America, and highlights the strength and integrity of various cultural leaders and thinkers.” http://www.worldandi.com/specialcollection/special-collection-diversity.asp.
For this reason, one advantage of immigration for the United States is the increase in diversity of cultures all over the country. The United States is commonly seen as an immigrant nation, a common ground where everyone is welcome to work hard, improve living conditions, and chase what we call the American dream. It's true that immigration has always been an important part of American life, but in reality the U.S. has become strict about who can legally enter its borders. Of course, for every lawful immigrant in the United States, there are many more who try to enter illegally. Illegal immigration occurs when foreign individuals break U.S. immigration laws by illegally entering or residing in the country.
Pure American Culture does exist and its being exported all over the world. The typical thought of the average American is that America is a melting pot and culture is only imported into America when in reality American Culture is an Export. Our popular culture has spread to countries in every corner of the world no matter what country you are in you will see some sort of American culture whether its a movie being shown in a theater in Brazil or a coke machine in the streets of Tokyo pure American culture is all around us in every slice of the
Since the mid 1980’s, it has been deemed as a way for individuals of particularly urban backgrounds to express themselves and has also been embraced by those of non-urban backgrounds. However there are certain songs that serve as a black eye to the genre. In the song “Bands A Make Her Dance” by Juicy J the negative themes of female oppression and the glorification of money are highlighted. I propose that songs like this effect culture by perpetuating certain negative ideas about the role of women and money in our society. Hip Hop was conceived in the late 1970’s with artist such as The Sugar Hill Gang and the Fabulous Five.
The Evolution of the American Dream Before entering the Roaring Twenties, one of the interpretations of the American Dream was about equality amongst all people within society regardless of skin color or education. However, the Roaring Twenties brought forth the birth of mass culture, causing the American Dream to divert to something much different. With his novel The Great Gatsby (1925), F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals the transition of the American Dream from equality to money, which is prevalent through Nick Carraway’s reflection of advice from his father, Tom Buchanan’s feeling of superiority towards George Wilson, as well as Jay Gatsby’s constant wild parties. Racial inequality has always been present and was prevalent in the 1920s. Many felt as if an individual had colored skin, he or she was worth less than an individual who was not colored which brought conflicts with education and social rankings and caused more criticism amongst society.
Musicians from all different races were coming together and playing and recording their passions through music. Even though prejudice race wars were at its height in Americas at that time, Stax Records was able to bring both white and black musicians together. Stax Records made a major impact on music history, by breaking the race barriers, and brought black and white societies together through their love of music .As the early 1960s were coming alive, Memphis was thriving
Greed, Materialism, and the American Dream America has always been the land of opportunities. Even before its existence as a nation, many have come to this land to pursue what would later be known as the “American Dream.” Immigrants perceived America as a heavenly sanctuary, where families grew strong, food was plentiful, and ideas and religions were tolerant. However, amid all the gold rushes, the Industrial Revolution, the boom in middle-class prosperity of the 1950’s, the meaning of the American Dream has changed significantly. An evaluation of today’s American society simply portrays the American Dream as a mere number – a number of cars, a number of vacation houses, a number of stocks one has. America’s consumerist lifestyle has consumed the sacred essence of the American nation, the American Dream.
Though Irish Americans of all creeds are particularly prominent on St. Patrick's Day, the holiday is now so ubiquitous that individuals of many other ethnic groups participate in the festivities. Many cities and towns hold St. Patrick's Day celebrations, parties, and, above all, parades. Our country is very proud of its history and of its people, some in which you might have heard of. Babe Ruth and Ben Hogan is the two Irishman who most have heard
African Americans are progressing in business and have the first African American President in the United States. Some people in society look to African Americans because we make a difference in jobs, the quality of work, the positions, offices we hold and now education. African Americans have come a very long way but society will not give us the credit we deserve. As people in society we can make a change and difference in today’s world and people
African groups of people were also split up into kingships and because so many of them were being imported to Europe they brought their type of community wight hem when they were traded, one can see that the slaves definitely form something similar to these types of groups when they were settled down. The Atlantic Slave trade also affected Africa socially through the demographic side of things. The slave trade created an offset in the sex ratio which caused decline in the population. It put Africa off-balanced and created man problems for them while the Europeans experience expansion of their class system and the further development of capitalism. Economically the Atlantic slave trade changed the way these countries work.