What is decolonization? Define and give an example of it. (Personal, from readings, or from lecture)
A process of learning to love one’s self again
What is Oppression? What are the 3 I’s of Oppression? Define them and give examples of each.
Oppression is an unjust or cruel exercise of power or authority.
Internalized oppression: Internalizing oppressive messages you see or hear in mass media, government, or institutions such as your church and family.
Interpersonal oppression: Internalized oppressive messages that affect your behavior towards other people. To believe, accept or live out those stereotypes.
Institutional oppression: Unfair and unjust policies or laws passed by government, schools, the judicial systems and other bodies of power. Jim Crow laws.
What are the 4 models of understanding immigration? Define each. Identify which one is deemed as limiting and shortsighted out of the four and why.
Land of opportunity: Immigrants to the United States.
Push/pull models: Immigrants being pushed from their countries of origin by certain environments and events.
Imperialism, Industrial Revolution, and capitalism: Major global changes in regards to politics and the economy to explain movements of peoples from one country to another.
International Labor Migration: People who are pushed and pulled throughout the globe.
What is Cultural Hybridity? Define and give an example of it from your personal experience, readings, or lecture.
The formation of cultural objects and
class: 1) What events, assumptions, and perceptions brought about the Cold War? Who were the “Third World” countries and how did they figure into the bipolar world that developed? 2) Looking at the post-World War II period, contrast how Western and Eastern Europe rebuilt. What events, programs, leaders, or conditions affected how each region responded to the challenges of adjusting to this rebuilding? 3) After World War II, both Great Britain and France had to address what to do with…
African Decolonization: The Ongoing Pursuit for Total Freedom The densities within the political, legal, and social constituents of globalization illustrate the complexity of the production and sustainability of two central issues that have consistently characterized the universal portrayal of Africa inadequately. Radical socio-legal issues and the contribution of non-African countries complicity fortifying human rights violations are two historically rooted tribulations that continue to fundamentally…
policies were created to help improve the economic and social issues within in India. The actions ofCongress have been described by Dr Chandrika Kaul6as 'a key turning point in formalising opposition to the raj'. This was the first step towards decolonization for India in many ways because the policiesthey put forward and the tactics that they used such as speeches and petitions showed an increased political awareness.The now more politically minded Indian populationprovided the foundation that other…
a result, many Hutus left Rwanda during the colonization process in search for a better place to call home. Since most of the Hutus were misled to think of themselves as inferior compared to the Tutsis based on what the colonist had pointed out, they traveled to northern and southern countries which bordered Rwanda. There they believed the Europeans wouldn't have any influences on the people, and the Hutus could just raise their cattle…
Wealth- Contemp Ch. 3 Review 1. What is wealth? Wealth is the result of a community’s economic activity, of the production, distribution & consumption of goods and services. PRODUCTION: production consists of creating goods and services for trade on the market. It excludes work done for oneself. DISTRIBUTION: Includes all the operations that follow production and precede the purchase of the good by the consumer: transportation, marketing, inventory management, etc. CONSUMPTION: The use of a good…
National interest – The interests of the people of a nation; such as economic prosperity, security and safety, benefits and values. Domestic policy – A plan of action that guides a government’s decisions about what to do within a country- federal laws, aboriginal land claims, spending tax revenue. Foreign policy – A plan of action that guides a government’s decision about its official relations with other countries- foreign affairs, external relations. Triple Alliance - The alliance between…
its own unique language, cutlure, ethnicity, and even currency. While there are some outside influences, Japan is still a "nation-state" and proof that there has yet to be an end to the "nation-state". Question #2: What are some benefits of working with businesses as an NGO? What are some drawbacks? Answer #2: Non-governmental organizations are organizations that operate independent of any government or business. They usually operate on a non-profit basis and work for humanitarian, religious,…
the job and his arrogance to the Parliament eventually brought him down. What is Fascism? How and why did rise up in the 1920’s and 1930’s? Who supported it and why? Fascism is a twentieth century ideology, marked by dictatorship and militant nationalism, that rejected communism, conservatism, liberalism, and democracy. Fascists stressed the primary of the nation and directed all resources to strengthening it. What mattered to fascists is ones devotion to enhancing the power and territory of…
Chapter 1 Geography: An Exploration of Connections World Regional Geography Concepts Pulsipher and Pulsipher What is Geography? A study of the Earth’s surface and the processes that shape it. The word Geography is a combination of two words: “Geo” means earth and “graphy” means description. Therefore, ‘Geography’ means: “description of the earth.” The ancient Greek scholar Eratosthenes first used the word Geography. The Discipline of Geography: Two Major Divisions. Physical Geography…
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Human Rights Law Presentation "ILO." What Is Child Labour. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Mar. 2015. <http://www.ilo.org/ipec/facts/lang--en/index.htm> ❖ Child labour refers to work that is ❖ mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to children ❖ interferes with schooling by depriving their attendance, leaving school prematurely, combining school with excessively long & heavy work ❖ Most extreme conditions involve enslaving children, separating from…