Essays on Cultural Anthropology Page 2

The United States’ population is densely white, the majority of policy makers are straight white males, and American educators are heavily straight white women; this results in people of color being disproportionately underrepresented in American schools. Consequently, kids in schools are not given the chance to succeed in the way they would if there were…

Romans and Barbarians DBQ According to the Romans nomads were considered to be barbarians, however over time Romans began to develop nomadic customs which were no longer considered barbaric but civilized. To the Romans a ‘barbarian’ was anyone who was an outsider of their land, and in that case nomads were considered to be barbaric….

Every culture around the world differs in some way or another. There are three cultural differences that specifically differ from that of South American culture. These three concepts are respecting one’s elders from “Or Else, the Lightning God” by Catherine Lim, respect for the dead in “Dead Men’s Path” by Chinua Achebe, and racial equality…