Multicultural Citizenship: Explore US Policies of Jus Soli, Jus Sanguinis & Naturalization

 Brendan McCabe 11/17/17 FYS-1000-06 Citizenship Policy Proposal Today, the United States of America falls under a multicultural form of citizenship. The multicultural form of citizenship grants all immigrants equal rights in all aspects of society without them having to give up their cultures. However, immigrants are expected to adapt to key values that Americans’ … Read more

Racism and the Dream of Happiness in Willa Cather’s My Antonia

 Reading Response In Willa Cather’s My Antonia, the author shows the different viewpoints of the settlers in the Midwest. Antonia and her immigrant family experience life out in the country much differently than that of Jim and his grandparents. With many people looking down on immigrants and questioning how trustworthy they may be, this … Read more

Is Rhyolite a Story of Failure or Success? Examining the Past and Present of the Ghost Town

 Ghost Towns are arguably a product of the American West. Today there are 8,000 ghost towns in Western United States. In Southern Nevada, lies the Ghost Town of Rhyolite. A skeleton of a past community which has been completely abandoned. Patricia Limerick writes about Rhyolite as a place of American failure. She determines this … Read more

Identity & culture in “When I Was Puerto Rican” by Esmeralda Santiago

 The identification of each individual comes with a sense of self awareness to allow the experiences and culture that has been imbedded within their growth to build their personality. These individual and collective forms of identity, which could be defined through family, local, history, and tradition, creates and sustains their character development. Esmeralda Santiago … Read more

Uncovering the Dark Past of “The Iceman”: Richard Kuklinski’s Violent Story of Murder & Betrayal

 Richard Kuklinski was a psychopath, boastful, cruel, ruthless, cold and huge. He measured 1.96 meters. and weighed 140 kg. But beyond his imposing appearance, there was something that set him apart from all the other inmates who shared space with him behind the bars of the Trenton prison in New Jersey. Kuklinski was not … Read more

Anomie & Socially Unable: Cause of Crime in Changing Societies

 Anomie and the Socially Unable: Creating Crime through Cultural Strain James Bard Georgia College As societies change and develop, the definition and causes of crime evolve. Criminologists all over the world work to find the root causes of crime and policy solutions that can be instilled to prevent these trends. Merton, for example, builds … Read more

Into the Eyes of Stereotyping” & Its Benefits/Harms

 Into the Eyes of Stereotyping William D. Radcliff McLennan Community College Table of Contents Title Page Into the Eyes of Stereotyping    What is it?    Opportunity   My Life   Understanding   Conclusion Into the Eyes of Stereotyping Stereotyping is something that every human does at some point in their life. For some … Read more

Hughes and Cullen’s Poems of Harlem Renaissance

 The Harlem Renaissance was a period of time in the 1920s which included the artistic explosion when many African Americans became famous for their work. The Harlem Renaissance portrayed the intellectual capabilities that African Americans obtain and helped gain back African American’s self-esteem. This movement was seen to have been caused by the Great … Read more

Comparing “Exterior Street” & A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: Examining NYC in Early 20th-Century Fiction

 Hunter Dobson Professor Marziliano Discover New York 19 December 2018 Final Paper – “Exterior Street” and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn It is an undeniable fact that New York City is an extremely large place. This was even true in the early twentieth century with its population exceeding all other U.S. cities by a … Read more

Growing US Demographic Revolution Since 1965 Unavailable

     The demographic revolution is coincidentally both the result of diversity as a catalyst for the United States but also the subsequent result of apprehensions that set the nation's mindset on immigration and its immigrants. This revolution, which has taken place between 1965 and the present, has illustrated a dramatic population change due to … Read more