People

Geography 101 Stateless nation 2 March, 2015 Zapatistas The Zapatista people were formed in a jungle in Chiapas, Mexico where they started to grow in numbers and started forming a small rural town. They are a movement, they are a revolution. The Zapatistas are men, women and children. The Zapatistas are farmers they call the earth their mother and call themselves the people of corn. The Zapatistas are indigenous Mayan people whom speak many languages and come from many cultures. They did not have

the world, yet over half of their Indigenous population lives in poverty and suffers from hunger. There are approximately 1.4 million Aboriginal persons in Canada according to a 2011 report by Statistics Canada. A large amount of people speculate why there are so many people suffering in such a highly developed country. The causes of Aboriginal suffering and hunger are believed to be the lack of education and health issues that then lead to the primary cause of hunger which is poverty. Educational

using magic? The People Could Fly is a folktale written by Virginia Hamilton conveys a message of freedom and is about some of the Africans had magic which enabled them to fly. Although they lost their wings an old man helped a young girl escape. In this folktale the intended reader is people that has suffered or even caused suffering. This folktale can show many reasons why the message is about freedom for instance, in paragraph 1 it states,” Long ago in Africa, some of the people knew magic...And

My People the Sioux "My People the Sioux" is a good literary work written in 1928. This book leaves an everlasting impression with some because it definitely intensifies the sympathy for the Indians. Luther Standing Bear, also known as Plenty Kill, portrays the dramatic and traumatic changes about the Sioux throughout their traditional way of life. As a young boy growing up, he experienced many of these hardships first hand between his people and the whites. This autobiography is quite valuable

Much of the Chaco is still inhabited by indigenous people who often do not have rights to the territory they are on. Development brought on by actions from organizations like the IIRSA can be devastating to the indigenous people. Natural resource companies can displace communities. They can also harm the indigenous people by extracting resources which the indigenous rely on for their way of life. The IIRSA is attempting to boost economic development by promoting resource extraction and agriculture

This documentary was very informative. One of the several things I learned is how people form perceptions based off what they experience. For example, the children in the third-grade class felt they were more superior than other races because of what they had experienced throughout life. When the teacher asked them how they viewed black people, the children responded with hateful comments, this was a result of something they had heard or seen previously. During the experiment, I noticed how immediately

Equality Versus Equity in Dear White People In the film, Dear White People (Simien & Serrano, 2014), there were many conflicts among different social groups, but the most conflicts that took place were among the racial groups of whites and blacks. The black group of students throughout the film called attention to the lack of fairness they received compared to the white group of students who were treated better than them. This represents the concept of equity defined by Baumeister and Bushman (2014)

want to or are attending college. I found her story inspiring because you don’t usually get to hear the success stories. Society tends to focus on all the negatives in the world, and what fun is that. I think that her story is definitely one that people would consider to be an exception, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t possible for kids like her to end up with the career and success that she has acquired. Her story should be told to kids going through what she went through so that they will think

Random People For Directions New York is the ‘First City’ and Chicago is the ‘Second City’, and although Chicago is similar to New York, it is NOT New York. Therefore, people in Chicago are generally a bit nicer than people in New York and will help you with directions if you get lost. Getting around New York is complex like an abstract painting, very difficult to navigate, and people are generally extremely rude and do not want to help you, including police officers and local shop owners. Chicago

Judging People: Incorrect Assumptions Person A is an African American male who wears Jordan’s, True Religion jeans, Chicago Bulls hoodie and a snapback hat. He’s got bling on his right wrist--a blinged out watch. Is also unemployed at the moment. Person B is a Caucasian male who wears an italian Ermenegildo Zegna Bespoke suit with Jimmy Choo’s everyday. He is an executive businessman in a multi-million dollar company. Which is more likely to commit a crime? Even though it’s common to judge others