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Time and money, does it relate to ethnic I wish when I was in collage I could have taken anything I wanted. I bet you a lot of people wished that, that the pressures of making a living and being successful and all that was not there. Of course, if you came from a rich…
The field of Ethnic Studies is relatively new in the world of academia and was introduced into the collegiate world in the late 1970’s. The following decade saw the addition of American Indian, Asian American and African American courses incorporated into the studies of race and ethnicity. The area of study is now recognized as…
If you really want to appreciate the complexity of this, our American culture, then you have to be sure that you are not passing by that used ethnic studies textbook that you’ve seen at your local book store . With so many cultures meeting; with so many cultures mixing—it’s hard to reach an understand of…
No doubt, you have heard it said hundreds of times: America is a cultural melting pot. Indeed, since its introduction, this metaphor has been accepted as largely true—and as it should be. When you think about America’s history, it becomes overwhelmingly clear that we are really, truly a nation of immigrants. Our culture is but…
Some degrees seem more… academic than others, don’t you think? Isn’t there a profound difference between studying business and studying, say, ethnic studies textbooks ? One would seem to lead you into the professional world immediately, helping you develop the marketable skills that employers are looking for. The other seems a bit more nebulous—a bit…