Word: culturese
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I was most impressed with your profiles of leading Hispanics. Well done! I am not Hispanic, but I always enjoy reading about other cultures, especially those that have so vigorously influenced the great melting pot that is America.
“Individuals acquire negative beliefs about outgroups according to their local cultures, and few reach adulthood without considerable knowledge of these prejudices and stereotypes,” the study concluded.
I'm sure that here in America there are many other kids like me who have different cultures or beliefs that set them apart. It's not easy to continue to practice your culture when you're surrounded by people who don't do the same as you do. This...
The problem is not, of course, isolated to p.n.g. Developing countries across the globe are suffering from the rich nations' fascination with their exotic ways of life. From Nigerian terracotta busts and Malay skulls to Iraqi statues and Afghan coins, an enthusiastic trade has developed in selling off the icons...
In between O Tamaiti and Still Life, the serious filmmaker let down her hair in Velvet Dreams (1997), a playful documentary about the mid-20th century school of white painters who rendered dusky Pacific maidens on black velvet. Splicing interviews with anthropologists, art critics and a memorable Reverend Mua, who...