Multiculturalism

1)There are different skin pigmentation around the world due to the Sun’s UV rays and how they differentiate in radiations around the world. For example, central Africa has a higher UV radiation index of an 11 which is shown on the map on page 220. Compared to the map on page 219, the darkest skinned people live in central Africa. Anthropologist believe the role of natural selection is an approach to explain human biological variations Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel believe that “Natural selection is the process by which the forms most fit to survive and reproduce in a given environment -such as the tropics- do so in greater members than others in the same population.”

2) One superstition that I find different, is the belief that a rabbit’s

Some of the pros of this could be the diverse knowledge that would be available including new religions and traditions to learn from. I believe the United States is a great example of multiculturalism as we share different cultures ideas in many different ways. For example, the food we eat. Pasta is an Italian dish that Americans eat and Gyro’s are from Greek culture that Americans eat as well. We also learn different languages and the opportunity to be bi-lingual is greater. Multiculturalism involves different culture and their ideas while living among each other in the same area’s or regions. However, multiculturalism can cause conflict between cultures because of disagreements and how different some customs and traditions are. I believe this system is working for the United State. I believe no matter how hard a society tries to become acquainted with another one there will also be one that will disagree with an idea or belief. As long as every culture is accepted and can live among each other without many conflicts, then I believe the United States will be stay multicultural. Some traditions may be moral to some cultures but to others they are considered taboo. Assimilation is where a minority group joins another dominant culture and changes so that the minority group is considered a part of the dominant culture. A strength of assimilation is that the minority group is considered united with

The cause of the hunger derives from Lappe’s and Collin’s articles. The pushing onto one culture to change traditions and beliefs is where it all started. Money, which a surplus of food good generate more of, was the sole purpose of forcing cultures to develop in ways they did not want to. Taxes were implemented for that purpose, to obtain more money. I believe, the hunger for money is what creates the negative effects the colonialism provides. Bodley’s essay goes into further detail about how the power for money effected these cultures through malnutrition, ecocide, and disease. There is enough money in the world and there are enough resources in the world for every single person on this planet, and yet there are starving people. I do not believe that the issue of hunger can be fixed in the snap of a finger. I believe it would take several years of compromising and understanding between the under-developed countries. Transitioning and social change within a culture into a developed culture would be one solution, yet a difficult one. It would take years for the culture to transition from its norm of poverty and to become accustomed to a developed world. Government intervention could possibly be another solution. Not all cultures have the ability to “ask”