This Spike Lee film is one of the most dynamic dramatic biographies of the great national leader Malcolm X. Denzel Washington does an excellent job of portraying the inspirational Muslim figure. This movie goes through the life and death of Malcolm X and the trials and triumphs he encountered during his life. The movie starts ...
While watching Crash, one idea kept nagging at me in nearly every scene: the idea of power exchange. The concept of “power” I am using here perhaps needs a little explanation; “power” is here meant to express the control, or false sense of it, an individual has on his or her surrounding environment, including other ...
There are many mistakes that have been made in the past when companies try to translate their names or slogans into a different language. Without proper research there were many companies that have suffered due to these mistakes. Even though some sound funny this is no laughing matter. Products were not bought due to what ...
Everyone communicates, whether that meanshaving an in depth conversation with someone or not saying anything at all. As a communicator, it is important to be ethically responsible. This is especially important in college since there are so many people around who are of different ethnicities. Being ethically responsible means being knowledgeable about other cultures so, ...
In The Question of John Hu, Jonathan Spence portrays John Hu as a bizarre, almost crazy figure. Hu is a poor catholic man from China selected by Father Jean-Francois Foucquet, A French scholar, to provide service as a copyist alongside him in France and later Rome. Hu’s behavior on the Voyage as well as during ...
Everybody can be accused on ethnocentrism at least once in their lives. Even though their crime may not be obvious to them, it is usually shown in little matters and ways of thinking. Ethnocentrism is simply the belief that one’s group or culture is superior to another. This can be applied to race, different countries, ...
It would be safe to say that 19th century industrialization shaped the face of modern day America in such a way that all groups of individuals were affected to an exceedingly large degree. To these groups, American life would never be the same as it was prior to the industrial period. The Native Americans were ...