1. Legacy of Colonial Period and Geopolitical Importance
Colonial Legacy and Institutional Structure
The Philippines reformed their institution and system by Spain and the United States during the colonial period. However, the US failed to make an efficient administrative organization.
South Korean institution was highly influenced by Japan and US army military government. => Japan st
states in the southern hemisphere
were at one time colonies. Today's inequalities are a product of this past colonization.
Global north countries are wealthy and democratic.
In contrast, according to the world bank, the global south countries were gone to
85 percent of the world's population but possess only 20 percent of the globe's wealth.
Today, few colonies exist, and the decolon
1.Brief Introduction of Author
Toni Morrison
African-American female writer
Her novels particularly focused
on racial & gender issues of black
women
Wrote The Bluest Eye based on her
‘real life experience’
Main Characters
Pecola Breedlove
A poor, black girl eager to have white skin and blue eyes.
She becomes insane at the end of the novel
Claudia Ma
Public Education
10th Amendment:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
A Nation at Risk(1983)
We report … that while we can take justifiable pride in what our schools and colleges have historically accomplished and contributed to the United States and the well