The Linguistic Colonialism of English - Brown Political Review
Apr 25, 2017 · The Linguistic Colonialism of English. Some argue that the historical and current bloodshed of Western imperialism has transformed the English language into a universal tool of communication. Through centuries of colonialism, neocolonialism, Cold War expansionism, and, most recently, globalization, the West has spread its preferred systems of ...
Personal Space and American Individualism - Brown Political Review
Oct 31, 2018 · Personal space is defined as the invisible bubble that surrounds a person’s body during an interaction. In 2001, researchers analyzed the distance that people of different cultures maintained when talking with someone, and found that people from the US and the UK maintained the largest personal distance (81.43 cm), whereas people from Latin ...
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 ...
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What is a Green Party? - Brown Political Review
Nov 22, 2021 · The short answer is yes — Green parties are still necessary, even when there are other parties that oppose capitalism as the principal cause of the climate crisis. A socialist party is not a substitute for a Green party; socialist regimes have approached the environment with the same human-centered arrogance as their capitalist rivals.
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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Beyond Paper Genocide: Taíno Recognition in Puerto Rico
Feb 17, 2022 · In North America, US history books teach students that within 100 years of Columbus’s arrival, the Natives of Puerto Rico had been assimilated, perished from disease, or massacred to the point of nonexistence. However, the story these books tell is incomplete. Their text perpetrates paper genocide, or the disappearance of entire civilizations ...
The Fallacy and Persistence of “Trickle-Down Economics”
Nov 15, 2019 · The comprehensive analyses refuting trickle-down theory are numerous. A recent study found that tax cuts for lower-income groups do tend to facilitate encouraging employment growth, but that tax cuts for the upper 10 percent have a muted effect on job creation. This reflects the basic flaw in the philosophy of supply-side economics as a viable approach to advantaging the lower classes, as this ...
How Oregon Delegitimized Drug Decriminalization
Jan 19, 2024 · In November 2020, Oregon voters overwhelmingly passed Measure 110, which decriminalized possession of illicit drugs. Law enforcement can still impose fines up to $100 on a person caught with controlled substances, but the fine can be waived if the person received a drug screening and health assessment. The ballot measure also used the state’s marijuana sales tax revenue—approximately $256 ...