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dominant culture
The dominant culture in a society refers to the established language, religion, behavior, values, rituals, and social customs. These traits are often the norm for the society as a whole. The dominant culture is usually but not always in the majority and achieves its dominance by controlling social institutions such as communication, educational institutions, artistic expression, law, political process, and business. The concept is generally used in academic discourse in fields such as sociology, anthropology and cultural studies. In a multicultural society, various cultures are celebrated and respected equally. dominant culture can be promoted with deliberation and by the suppression of other cultures or subcultures.
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St. Louis Jewish Light
March 30, 2018
One of the most oft-repeated themes of the Torah is that we must remember that we were slaves and strangers in the Land of Egypt, and that God redeemed us with an outstretched hand. Both the experience of slavery and the experience of redemption are meant to radiate one central and fundamental callÃâà...
New York Times
March 26, 2018
He is more concerned with expressing Little Angel's belief, as he observes the intricacies of his family, that “if only the dominant culture could see these small moments, they would see their own human lives reflected in the other.” And the other that ultimately matters in this novel is death. Facing that lastÃâà...
The Good Men Project (blog)
March 26, 2018
The two scenes underscore an argument made by black folks since the issue of gun violence became the news media's golden goose: black and non-white communities where gun violence is an everyday occurrence aren't garnering nearly the amount of attention or resources as the dominant culture,Ãâà...
ThinkProgress
March 26, 2018
Suggesting that Gonzalez can't claim her heritage because she “doesn't speak Spanish,” is a hurtful stereotype of most second-generation Americans who weren't taught their parents language in order to assimilate better to the dominant culture. When reached for comment by reporters, the King campaignÃâà...
Harvard Business Review
March 26, 2018
A lot of women told me that they code-switched, which involves embracing the dominant culture or vernacular among certain groups (like co-workers, for example) and switching to a more authentic self when around friends and family. One woman I spoke with, a successful entrepreneur who was interningÃâà...
Complex
March 26, 2018
It's been 50 years since the world was introduced to the all-conquering PUMA Suede for the first time and while many sneakers have since come and gone – leaving footprints of varying sizes – it's difficult to argue against any shoe having had as much of a deep-rooted impact on society and culture as theÃâà...
BLOUIN ARTINFO
March 25, 2018
But then the voice in tones that “[she] could not replicate her fatness in the software that was used to make us,” and it becomes clear that even in this digitally rendered world “non-standard” bodies and voices are policed and must subscribe to a norm enforced by the dominant culture. In a parallel piece,Ãâà...
Publishers Weekly
March 24, 2018
But the region has been multicultural throughout its written history. In Estonia and Latvia, the aristocracy was German-speaking, though it originated from all over Europe, whereas in Lithuania, Polish became the dominant cultural language after the Grand Duchy of Lithuania allied itself with the Kingdom ofÃâà...
KKTV 11 News
March 23, 2018
"And, in the process of amplifying their humanity, the humanity of Dean Edmonds and Dean Mason, we simultaneously dispel hate speech and white supremacist dominant culture and language.” Colorado Springs Police have launched a criminal investigation to find out who sent the email. Charges couldÃâà...
Neos Kosmos
March 23, 2018
Instead, evidently, the advertisers believe that in order to be palatable to the dominant cultural market, Eaton Mall must be depicted as, or reduced to, ... Toula Nicolacopoulos and George Vassilacopoulos pointed out that one of the ways that the dominant culture secures and reinforces its position asÃâà...
MyWebTimes.com
March 22, 2018
IVCC students will present researched papers of people whose feminist persistence in their fields has led to greater social justice or exposed more voices to the dominant culture. Refreshments will be available. For information, call Kimberly Radek-Hall at 815-224-0395. Facebook Ãâ÷ Twitter Ãâ÷ Email; PrintÃâà...
Inside Higher Ed (blog)
March 20, 2018
As already mentioned, a great barrier lies in the ideology and traditions that govern every aspect of the Korean society, including higher education. Thus, leadership and faculty may not be ready for change and proactive SAPs may be perceived as a threat to the dominant cultural framework. Students asÃâà...
San Diego Free Press
March 20, 2018
To do so, we need to understand our dominant culture – what it represents and what the effects are. She writes, “The dominant white culture is killing us slowly with its ignorance” (p108). She is not just talking about well-meaning allies but also about those who are marginalized: “The struggle has alwaysÃâà...
Konbini
March 19, 2018
The concept of cultural appropriation has become one of the most hotly-contested topics surrounding music, movies, fashion and entertainment; everywhere you turn, a different celebrity is being accused of the repugnant offense. From language to attire to nails and hair, we see culture being utilized byÃâà...
Vatican News
March 19, 2018
How can young women religious balance the dominant culture in society and the spiritual life in accomplishing their mission? The Pope responded to this final question saying that an adequate formation throughout religious life needs to be built on four pillars: formation for an intellectual, communitarian,Ãâà...
The Register-Guard
March 19, 2018
This great good fortune has fostered the dangerous illusion that because violent shaking and subsequent tsunamis are not a part of the dominant culture's historical experience, they never will be. This illusion has allowed buildings, bridges and fuel depots to be constructed under an assumption of geologicÃâà...
Omaha World-Herald
March 19, 2018
The pioneer was Anna Thomas, author of “The Vegetarian Epicure,” a 1972 bestseller. As Jonathan Kauffman writes in his captivating book, “Hippie Food,” at a time when much vegetarian food was brown-on-brown, Thomas “pored over Italian and Middle Eastern cookbooks, in which vegetables wereÃâà...
NBCNews.com
March 19, 2018
For those of us who have traditionally been relegated to supporting character roles (if that) in mainstream media, selfies put us at the center of our own public narratives and allow us to document what the dominant culture doesn't deem worthwhile. Women, people of color, LGBTQIA individuals and anyoneÃâà...
Konbini US
March 17, 2018
The concept of cultural appropriation has become one of the most hotly-contested topics surrounding music, movies, fashion and entertainment; everywhere you turn, a different celebrity is being accused of the repugnant offense. From language to attire to nails and hair, we see culture being utilized byÃâà...
Nonprofit Quarterly
March 16, 2018
They have been taught that the rigor comes from researchers in a dominant cultural model that's university based and uses very Western ideas and ... to be significant racial and cultural differences…where people who have been very sheltered or in dominant culture settings are beginning to say, 'Wow, weÃâà...
The Bucknellian
March 9, 2018
There is significant intersectionality among Christian traditions on campus, some of which focus deeply on practices of Lent, and which represent a variety of international cultures that have not been part of the dominant culture of Bucknell historically. Printing such offensive material contributes to aÃâà...
Konbini US
March 9, 2018
By literal definition, African Americans, in particular, can't be directly guilty of cultural appropriation because we are not the dominant culture in America. Cultural appropriation is an act that can only be played out by those with the power to belittle, demean and control an entire group in terms of their ability toÃâà...
Hollywood Reporter
March 8, 2018
At its heart, however, artist and writer Leong is telling a lyrical, deeply personal story about identity and rediscovering roots in a world that seeks to ignore all but the dominant culture. The series follows Vep, a refugee living as an indentured servant for an alien race that relies upon her and others like her toÃâà...
Cleveland Jewish News
March 7, 2018
They were almost all secular, and the dominant culture in Israel to this day is secular, albeit with a nod to Jewish tradition. As a secular Jew, I still agree that respect should be accorded to Jewish religious tradition, for example, by requiring that the army provide kosher food to soldiers. I also support SabbathÃâà...
MyWabashValley
March 7, 2018
Break out sessions gave students different perspectives on issue like social class, human trafficking, immigration and LGBTQ rights. "You can't have a public space that's not addressing human rights," Ise Lyfe said. "I think it's a major thing. I mean we see in a dominant culture we have to address socialÃâà...
University Affairs
March 7, 2018
The individualism that marks North America's dominant culture and ethos is often lamented, and can be especially prob-lematic for young people, who operate often via social media and virtual connections. For them, isolation – not just individualism – presents a real risk. We are also increasingly aware ofÃâà...
Marketplace.org
March 3, 2018
McLean: I think that's definitely something that is a reason why women on Wall Street have not spoken out en masse. You adopt the traits of the dominant culture, right, for survival. And the dominant culture is one of toughness, and you're going to take pride in how tough you've become. And then there's noÃâà...
taosnews
March 2, 2018
Especially in the dominant culture where individual competition and achievement are rewarded, we often ignore or devalue anyone who might be in trouble and needs help. And from our president down to other spokespersons after such a tragedy, an immediate cry goes up for more mental health services.
41 NBC News
March 2, 2018
Meanwhile, the scandals of televangelists like Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart left many Americans with a sour view of public evangelicals, many of whom retreated to their historical separation from the sordid complications of politics and the dominant culture. But they never abandoned Graham. “DecadeÃâà...
ELLE UK
March 1, 2018
'I think there is a tendency to say we [people of colour] never saw ourselves on television, when actually it's more about infrequency compared to the mainstream. While the pickings were relatively slim, I did see myself, and I have to tip my hat to those creators. Growing up, I saw a black family representedÃâà...
Martinsburg Journal
February 21, 2018
“You have a dominant culture that is asking you to think a certain way, but you have to read between the lines yourself,” Howard-Bostic said. “So you are having a black history program today because someone is trying to tell you that you need to pay attention and take notice. This is not a message you willÃâà...
SBS
February 17, 2018
Many people of colour in the West end up toeing the line between asserting our ethnic identities and not riling the dominant culture. We can bring exotic food to work on 'Harmony Day', but we probably shouldn't speak an Asian language at work. We can 'enrich' the dominant culture, but we can't makeÃâà...
First Things
February 15, 2018
There are Alt-Right atheists, Alt-Right agnostics, Alt-Right pagans and Alt-Right Christians.” Only liberalized “modern Christianity” is “inherently incompatible with White identity.” The problem with American society, Wallace opines, is that Jews have “dethroned [Christianity] as the dominant culture” throughÃâà...
Jewish Journal
February 7, 2018
Popularized by Israel Zangwill's play “The Melting Pot” in 1908, America was not a dominant culture absorbing others, it was an amalgamation created by millions of immigrants contributing to the greater whole. For 200 years, this ethos built America. The tired, poor and huddled masses immigrated to theÃâà...
The Conversation UK
December 31, 1999
This began in September 2015 and examines how a scientific-materialist conception of sound was formed alongside a dominant culture of romantic idealism. It will last five years, and three postdoctoral scholars--Edward Gillin, Melle Kromhaut, and Melissa van Drie--joined the project in 2016. AlongsideÃâà...
UT The Daily Texan
December 31, 1999
Looking at the sculpture from different angles, I thought of the nature of bicycles versus cars in a car-dominant culture. The towering sculpture forced me to confront power structures in China and how capitalism influences mass production so that everything looks alike, but no product seems individual.
ScienceNordic
December 31, 1999
Dominant cultural norms result in boys doing worse than girls in school, according to new Swedish doctoral research. But it's possible to turn it around, says the researcher. Keywords: Gender and society, School and education Ãâ÷ SendPDFPrint. By: Ingrid P. Nuse, based on an article by Marianne Nordahl.
JSTOR Daily
December 31, 1999
Describing the school culture, the principal emphasized the need for discipline and adoption of dominant-culture norms. “You do need to get a college education, and you can't be talkin' Ebonics…” he said. “Look at who controls society. Once you get there and you're an engineer or a professional,Ãâà...
Brookings Institution (blog)
December 31, 1999
Openness to non-democratic leaders and political systems is especially high among those who believe that European heritage is important to American identity, who prefer a single dominant culture to cultural diversity, and who express hostility to Muslims. Of the Americans who regard themselves asÃâà...
GamesIndustry.biz
December 31, 1999
Fortnite had the most global uploads related to a video game on YouTube in January 2018, according to data released from the video streaming service; just one of many stats that placees Fortnite among the most dominant cultural forces in gaming. Epic Games' battle royale offering also holds the numberÃâà...
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