The Linguistic Colonialism of English - Brown Political Review
Apr 25, 2017 · "If the preservation of other cultures is given the same importance and value as spreading English is currently receiving, the language can be an addition, not a replacement, to a naturally evolving culture’s array of nuances."
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Personal Space and American Individualism - Brown Political Review
Oct 31, 2018 · he United States has one of the most individualistic cultures in the world. Americans are more likely to prioritize themselves over a group and they value independence and autonomy. This societal ethos can be seen in how Americans relate to each other–Americans do not tend to touch each other during interpersonal interactions. Americans maintain a greater distance of personal space […]
The [BLEEP] You Can’t Say on TV: A History of Swearing in Television
Aug 13, 2018 · Stephen Colbert was reporting on Trump’s comment about “first rate pussy” on his late night show, and went on to use the word “pussy” multiple times without being censored. While it was after 10PM, this video was then uploaded to YouTube. Traditionally, late night talk show hosts would avoid using such vulgarity, especially uncensored, but since the monologue was founded off of a ...
The Chaebol: A Curse in Disguise - Brown Political Review
Mar 26, 2023 · Hailed as the “Miracle on the Han River,” South Korea’s rapid growth transformed the economy of one of the poorest countries in the world to one of the largest and most innovative. Today, the country is one of the largest exporters in the world, with exports totaling 40 percent of GDP in 2016—a massive rise from just four percent in 1961. In the same period of time, average income in ...
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What is a Green Party? - Brown Political Review
Nov 22, 2021 · “The principal defect of the industrial way of life,” wrote a group of British environmental scientists in 1972 for The Ecologist, “is that it is not sustainable.Its termination within the lifetime of someone born today is inevitable—unless it continues to be sustained by an entrenched minority at the cost of imposing great suffering on the rest of mankind.”
Canada: A Democracy in Decline? - Brown Political Review
Oct 28, 2021 · Although Canada’s recent federal election was anticlimactic, it demonstrated the ways that Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system distorts the will of voters. By the end of election night on September 20, 2021, the Canadian House of Commons looked exactly the same as it did the night before. None of the six major parties fielding candidates across the country made major gains, […]
One Nation Under God: Prayer in the U.S. Federal Government
Mar 3, 2019 · Evaluating the practice of prayer in the U.S. government. On September 7, 1774, the Founding Fathers opened the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia with the prayer “ O God of wisdom […] direct the councils of this honorable assembly […]in the name and through the merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son and our Savior.” On January 25, 2019, before the pledge of allegiance was even ...
Beyond Paper Genocide: Taíno Recognition in Puerto Rico
Feb 17, 2022 · The name of the influential ’90s Latin American metal band ANIMAL stands for Acosados Nuestros Indios Murieron Al Luchar, which roughly translates to “Harassed, Our Indians Died While Fighting.”That our indios, or Native populations, were mostly exterminated except for a few extant pockets of survival, has become a fixture of contemporary Latin American discourse.