The Amish Culture

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    Corruption Of Hate Crimes

    disturbance have traditionally been viewed as personal attacks, or even the victim’s “own fault”. Multiple horrific examples of a gender-based or religion hate crime has encountered over the continuous years. In Pennsylvania, ten young Amish girls were murdered due to their culture by an armed man that had burst into the school house. There are much widely known outbreaks that have taken the issue, aside with the simple issues that whirl into contradiction. The worldwide biggest hate crime listing was the

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    Harrisonburg Description

    Mennonites. “The Mennonites, theological cousins of the Amish, have lived in the Harrisonburg, Va., area since the middle of the eighteenth century. Pockets of traditional Mennonites dot the area — those who don “plain dress” and travel via horse-and-buggy — as does as a larger population of assimilated Mennonites, who wear contemporary clothes and use current technology. (Janie Tankard Carnock, 12-05-2016)” Harrisonburg is a surprising mix of cultures, not just from well-traveled university professors

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    Culture

    Empowerment Robyn Frid Ohio University Empowerment ‘The nurse’s main responsibility is to view healthcare as a basic human need and right of each person, that include a patient’s right to be heard, to be treated with dignity and respect, to be given a safe environment, and overall well-being” ( Burkhardt &Nathaniel, 2014, p.496 ). By being role models of empowerment we can facilitate empowerment in patients and families (p.518). By giving up control and learning to collaborate with patients

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    | |Ethnocentrism |Is the thought that your own ethnic group is better than another’s | |Melting pot |an analogy in which people of different races, ethnicities, cultures, and religions are | | |combined to develop a multiethnic society | |Minority group |A group of people that have less control over their

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    Eth 125 Appendix a

    | |Diversity |The inclusion of different types of people of different races or cultures in a group or | | |organization. | |Ethnocentrism |The tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life are superior to all others. | |Melting pot |Diverse racial or ethnic groups or both

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    Eth 125 Appendix a

    Term Definition Diversity A term to describe difference, variation, and unlikeness. The term is mostly used in the readings referring to different racial and ethnic groups. Ethnocentrism This is a term to describe the overall feeling that the culture of an individual is superior to those of others. Melting pot A concept created from the terms “fusion” and “amalgamation.” This is used to describe when different racial or ethnic groups form a new creation or cultural entity. Minority group

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    Clash of Cultures

    Associate Level Material Appendix A Clash of Cultures Complete the grid by describing the characteristics listed in the left-side column for the five groups named. | |Native Americans |Northern Colonists |Mid-Atlantic Colonists |Southern Colonists |West Africans | |Political Structure|Politics advanced in large |Participated in discussions, took |The Middle Colonies were generally|The

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    Cultural Preservation

    (Huber, 2009). Example- Some Jamaican cultures believe that salt can keep demons and spirits away. Allowing the patient to keep a bottle of salt at his or her bedside does not harm anyone and it demonstrates cultural accommodation by the nurse. Cultural Repatterning: In this approach, the nurse works with a patient to help him or her change cultural practices that are considered harmful, while still respecting cultural customs (Huber, 2009). Example-An Amish pregnant women is experiencing problems

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    Gangs and Medida

    Hood (1991), and recently Dexeptz (2012). Each of these movies grossed millions of dollars. In the past few years you seen a number of street gangs shows on television, like the History Channels, Gangland (2007-2010) and currently The Devils Ride and Amish Mafia on the Discovery Channel. Some of these shows are questionable in the reality and truthfulness, however that just supports the idea on the media still enjoys the hype of gangs. For the most past gangs are not positive organizations and the

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    Pottlach Ceremony Essay

    group and who is not. Examples of these markers include the plain clothing and lifestyles of the Amish and the curly sideburns of male, Orthodox Jews. Nationalism is built off of ethnicity. It is when there is a desire of an ethnic community to create and/or maintain a nation-state, a political entity, located within a geographic territory with enforced borders, where the population shares a sense of culture, ancestry, and destiny as a people. (Guest, 242, 254-255) 6. One of the most studied cultural

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