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spread knowledge in areas that is lacking the proper education on health. The National Association for The Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is one of the organization amongst the black community that is actively spreading awareness to our community to ensure that people are getting the knowledge on how to become a healthier individual. Get H.Y.P.E (Healthy Young People

History of the Navajo People The people who were going to become the Navajo tribe settled in what would be the mountains of New Mexico in or around the 1600's. Prior to that time the area was the home of the Anasazi (The Ancient Ones.) The Anasazi had lived there for approximately 1200 years but, for unexplained reasons, they abandoned their highly developed dwellings and moved westward and southward. A new group of people, the Athapascans, migrated from what are now Canada, Alaska, and the

dislike for people who are living there and who are not Japan. Korean people who live in Japan face discrimination, prejudice, and stereotypes. According to the lectures and readings, during World War II, Japanese people accused the Koreans of “swaggering” and the Koreans became scapegoats. This lead to their exclusion from business, trade associations and to the establishment of ethnic stratifications. The intermarriage between Koreans and Japanese people is disliked. Japanese people do not socially

a group of people that is untrue or only partly true. When someone stereotypes against a group of people they tend to not understand that group or do not want to understand them. Black people, to me, are the most stereotyped race. They are stereotyped as being lazy, loud, they steal, love chicken and watermelon, the women get pregnant and the men are well-endowed. As humans we tend to allow negative stereotyping to determine our thoughts, feelings, and our lives in general. People start to believe

into the same restaurant as people racially diverse from you. This is just daily life for colored people. Though, not everything has always been integrated. Segregation has been in use for a while now, but certain people and events worked together to put an end to the nonsense. To begin with, the dictionary says segregation is the act of being separated or set apart from others. That is exactly what was going on in the 1900s. Black people were separated from white people. The Supreme Court ruled that

There are many types of people in the world who do not have specific states that they call their homes. Many people like this have fought and still continue to fight to make it so they have their own place to call home. An example of these people are the Romani people also formerly known as the Gypsies. The Romani people are associated with what is called a stateless nation. A stateless nation is defined as a national group that aspires to become a nation-state, but lacks the territorial means to

The notion of “white people” has made a lasting impression in history both by their greatest achievements but also their long history with slavery. So much so, that many believe that there is everything to know about white people and giving them more attention than needed be was ethnocentric. In reality the idea and history of white people is very much unexplored. For a “race” that predominately have made breakthroughs in the sciences, it is relatively unknown of their past. Understanding the origins

A Look at Jonestown and the Peoples Temple Many people have heard the phrase “drinking the Kool-aid” but few actually know where the term comes from. The story of Jonestown and the Peoples Temple is a complex one with many different causes and can sometimes be a tough topic to learn about. Nonetheless, there is much to be learned from it, as it shows the dangers of putting too much blind loyalty into a person or cause. The story of Jonestown began in 1955 when a man named Jim Jones Started a Religion

Australia, the literature of these marginalized groups in Australia certainly substantiates this point”. Many sources of literature suggest that Australia is not considered the lucky country for migrants, indigenous and other marginalized groups of people living in Australian society. Privileged Australians would say that Australia is the ‘lucky country’ and for them it may be but it certainty isn’t for everyone. So, what makes Australia appear to be the unlucky country for marginalized groups in Australia

Since the beginning of our colonial history, Canada’s Indigenous people have struggled with racist legislation and policies designed to terminate their cultural values, rights, and freedoms. From the Royal Proclamation of 1763 to the recently passed Bill C-51, Canada’s Eurocentric federal government has caused a cultural oppression, and some would even argue, genocide of Canada’s First Nations people (Gray, 2011). Canada’s history of discriminatory federal policies have not only wrought destruction