Cultural Anthropology Research Paper

Final Essay Learning about the various fields this semester of Anthropology has opened my mind all about humans and why we do what we do. I also learned historical information about early human ancestors that have changed my thoughts on when life began for humans. Acquiring this information, I have used it to apply it in my everyday life at work, on the go, or at home with family. What we have learned this semester are the four major subfield of anthropology, which are Archeology, Linguistics, Cultural and Physical Anthropology; along with the subfields inside these major fields. I will be defining each field along with some of its subfields and giving examples of how I have applied this information to my life over this semester. To begin,

The first application I made was about being unbiased and this was towards the double standards in America that many people have noticed. I looked at the big picture of racism in America, which is mainly colored people vs. white people and how it has somewhat flopped over in the past 50 or so years. The Media has made white people look as if they are tarnished by what only some of them did to colored people years ago, in which white people have been oppressed when voicing their opinions on the issue of racism. I also looked into the point of view with a colored person by researching why they feel this way. I found that colored people who do not make a lot of money or are in poor living conditions are lashing out on groups such as white people who on average make more money in America based off of statistical analysis. Learning to be completely unbiased when observing inside issues of a culture has helped me understand the problems easier and think of solutions. The second application I made was towards a co-worker at my work who acted very ethnocentric towards minorities in general. He was trying to joke with me about a guest who did not speak English well and I turned it around on him saying that he could lose his job if he gets caught. This is because minorities have become the favorite in America over the past decade and that we should just all respect each other. Overall, I have become more non-ethnocentric because of what we have learned in how to apply cultural anthropology in