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Japanese/Chinese/European/Caribbean Influences on Culture

Discussion in 'Football: NFL, College, High School' started by 3814, Nov 18, 2004.

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  1. 3814

    3814 Member

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    hey, i have a "multicultural portfolio" due tomorrow. totally forgot about it...gonna be pulling an all nighter. Anyways...i need to know some famous companies or people from the 4 headings above (Japan/China/Europe/The Caribbean) that have contributed to the world or north american culture in particular.

    if you guys could just give some vague ideas such as "sony" for Japan...or even more in depth such as "Sony - invented the walkman - people use it every day" then that would be awesome. anything to help my research.

    thanks for the help...now to grab my Monster energy drink.
     
    #1 3814, Nov 18, 2004
  2. meggoleggo

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    The Caribbean - Pick a musical artist - brings the caribbean beats and rhythms to hip/hop culture, which, is reaching most of America whether they like it or not.
     
    #2 meggoleggo, Nov 18, 2004
  3. 3814

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    good idea...thanks!
     
    #3 3814, Nov 18, 2004
  4. Kilgore Trout

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    Some random stuff:

    The Caribbean - influence on pro baseball (particularly the Dominican Republic). Bob Marley - music.

    Europe - The auto industry in Germany. Maybe something with NBA.

    European Movies: A buch of directors that infulenced American Movies. Sergio Leone with the Clint Eastwood movies. Goddard, Renoir, Bergman, Lang and Fellini are also famous ones.

    Japan: video games and electronics. Not sure but you may want to check who came up with CD;s and DVD's and HDTV...im pretty sure its japanees companies.

    MLB players (particularly Iciro and Nomo). Akira Kurosawa - famous director that influenced George Lucas (charactors of C3PO and R2 were influenced by The Hidden Fortress)
     
    #4 Kilgore Trout, Nov 18, 2004
  5. teknokid

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    Japanese inventions
    Mechanical Pencil.. as known as "Sharp"
    Plastic Pencil Eraser
    Folderable Umbrella
    Television Antenna
    Digital Camera
    VHS
    Wrist Watch
    Instant Ramen Noodle
    Walkman

    These are some I can recall from top of my head...

    Both Chinese and Japanese food have significant amount of impact on the US's food culture. You can now always find Chinese restaurant in every corner. Sushi has become one of the most trendy food in the nation as well.
    You can also argue about the impact on children. American kids now days are growing up watching Power Rangers, Pokemons, and other Japanese animations.
    Well.. hopefully this could help you in anyway .
     
    #5 teknokid, Nov 18, 2004
  6. AroundTheWorld

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    I thought that came from Switzerland...
     
    #6 AroundTheWorld, Nov 18, 2004
  7. Kilgore Trout

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    British influence on rock music - Stones, Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, The Beatles...
     
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  8. 3814

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    thanks guys...Japan done...3 to go.
     
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  9. 3814

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    done japan and china...halfway there.

    damn this is gonna...be...a .....long.......... night.
     
    #9 3814, Nov 18, 2004
  10. No Worries

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    China - Yao Ming
    Carribean - Tim Duncan
     
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  11. 3814

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    now i only got europe to do...should be pretty easy. thanks for all the ideas.
     
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  12. ChenZhen

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    The chinese invented gunpowder. That's pretty significant.
     
    #12 ChenZhen, Nov 18, 2004
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    Ford was democratizing the car, swedish companies is democratizing fashion design (H&M) and designer furniture (IKEA).
     
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    k...almost done. any different "european holidays" or a website with uniquely european traditions?
     
    #14 3814, Nov 18, 2004
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    marco polo, from europe, traveled to china and brought back pizza and pasta. his influence on italian, and later american, dining is unparalleled.
     
    #15 the futants, Nov 18, 2004
  16. No Worries

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    FWIW pizza was invented in the USA.
     
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    KLOL - Mega Latino plays REGGAE-TON, a mixture of REGGAE [Jamaican] and Spanish-singing with multi-cultural caribbean beats to enhance and mix sounds to appeal to a Spanish-Speaking continent. It's catching on FAST... I don't like that it's only wannabes that do listen to it, though... I wished they'd only sing it in English, or only in SPANISH... I hate the mixing... you can't get less ghetto than that...

    OK, that was my Jamaica contribution... ;)

    For Chinese and Japanese, all the martial arts movies and schools, the "Kung Fu" grip, the Shaq-Fu thing, the better car quality in Toyota, Honda, etc.

    For European, well... they gave us the BUSH family... ;)
     
    #17 SwoLy-D, Nov 18, 2004
  18. 3814

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    okay...so i've just done 11 hour straight on this...went to another class...did another hour...go to the teacher to hand it in --- and she gave the whole class a one week extension.

    thanks for taking my sleep you evil witch.
     
    #18 3814, Nov 18, 2004
  19. Relativist

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    3814, while your frustration is completely warranted, think of it this way: at least you don't have to pull an all-nighter a week from now.
     
    #19 Relativist, Nov 18, 2004
  20. B-ball freak

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    Caribbean - Enron



    nuff said
     
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