assimilation, china, cultural identity, cultural landscape, economic marginalization, erasure, ethnic diversity, han chinese, , linguistic shift, mosques, political implications, uyghur, xinjiang
The Uyghur people who live in Xinjiang are at a critical point as they try to deal with the problems that Han Chinese rule has caused. This is still going on, and few people know about it. This article talks about how Uyghur cultural identity is being erased on a large scale. It does this ...
In the Canary Islands on the coast of western Africa, there are traditional cultures that still speak in whistles. If you visit the islands of La Gomera and El Hierro in the Canary Islands, you may encounter a person whistling loudly, and just when you try to recall the tune, you will hear a returning ...
The question of race vs. culture is something that has been bothering psychologists for a long time. Are we the products of our race, culture, or a combination of both? Shen Yun Principal Dancer Kenji Kobayashi believes that it is one’s culture that plays a major role in defining a person. A person from two ...