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The “inexact mirror” of the pair’s personal histories ties into a broad theme of translation across warring cultures, Russian and American. The comparison reaches to such detail as the common motto of the Boy Scouts and the Soviet Young Pioneers?...
“It’s really important to teach people not to be passive participants in their lives and in their cultures,” she says. “They have the power to change things they see are harmful.”
Campolo said anthropological research had found that before establishing religion, cultures often determined what they considered to be “traits and values that make them distinct.”
When these representations are dominant, he said non-white cultures are less likely to accept missionaries or to embrace Christianity.
Endorsing state clubs fits into the University’s greater mission to not only appreciate but also explore a diversity of cultures. But the underlying issue here, however, is the all-too-common tendency to insult the glorious Garden State. Yes, Jersey has dirt. Yes, it has crime. Yes...