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Ignorance Fueling the Flame That is Cultural Appropriation There happens to be a wide misunderstanding of what cultural appropriation actually is. Nadra Kareem Nittle from the race relations section of About.com defines cultural appropriation as, “…typically [involving] members of a dominant group exploiting the culture of less privileged groups — often with little understanding of … Read more
To know if the sociological and economic goals of the country is realised in the past 25 yrs thorough sociological jurisprudence, we have to first know about sociological jurisprudence. First of all what is sociological jurisprudence – SOCIOLOGICAL JURISPRUDENCE: Law is considered as a social fact or reality to form and change the society to … Read more
I have known for almost 3 years that I wanted to join the nursing field. It took more time and effort then I wished it had to get into a nursing program, but I made it. I never thought it would be sure thing because of the difficulty getting accepted into an accredited nursing program, … Read more
“Intersectionality” is term coined by the academic scholar Kimberle Crenshaw to recognize the dimensions of identity when classifying an individual by gender, race, class, or sexuality. Each group holds a space of distinctive experiences that allows them to identify with unique struggles. Two written works that are examples of intersectionality are Zami: A New Spelling … Read more
The human child comes into the world, as a biological organism with animal needs. He is gradually moulded in society into a social being and learns social ways of acting and feeling. No individual could become the person and no culture could exist without it. This process of moulding and shaping the personality of the … Read more
To know if the sociological and economic goals of the country is realised in the past 25 yrs thorough sociological jurisprudence, we have to first know about sociological jurisprudence. First of all what is sociological jurisprudence – SOCIOLOGICAL JURISPRUDENCE: Law is considered as a social fact or reality to form and change the society to … Read more
The doctrine, originally coined by Samuel T. Coleridge in his 1817 publication of Biographia listeria, ‘suspension of disbelief’ is built, principally, on the idea that, in order to fully immerse in the fictional world, it is paramount that we force ourselves to believe in premises not ordinarily accepted in the ‘real world.’ In engaging, impermanently, … Read more
In my critical analysis essay based on the article Some Lessons from the Assembly Line by Andrew Braaksma, my target audience will be graduating high school seniors. This audience will consist of adolescents between the ages of 17 and 19, who are contemplating what to do with their lives once graduated. My analysis will use … Read more
Cultural Appropriation Cultural appropriation has occurred longer than people have understood the true meaning behind it. Kadia Blagrove of The Huffington Post explains cultural appropriation as, “a dominant group adopting/trivializing elements of a culture without acknowledging the existence of its original source, especially when the adopted culture belongs to an oppressed group,” (2016, p. 1). … Read more
The concept of the nuclear family defines a couple and their dependent children, regarded as a basic social unit (Bittman & Pixley 1997: 1-3). The nuclear family is largely linked to industrialism, with the belief it was a product of this evolutionary change. This notion will be explored through Talcott Parsons, who argues that it … Read more
In order to learn how to behave, one needs to sometimes learn through observational learning. This is emphasized Albert Bandura’ social learning theory where humans learn new behaviors by observing and imitating others and by being rewarded or punished for it. The social learning theory is demonstrated in Bandura’s 1961 study on how children may … Read more
