Author Archives: daniel lam

Elections, elections, elections.

Posted on March 27, 2018 by daniel lam

What an interesting few weeks it has been for me.  Not only were we doing a mock election in class, but it was also elections season at UBC.  Throughout the past few weeks, I kept on thinking about how the … Continue reading →

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Race relations.

Posted on February 12, 2018 by daniel lam

On Friday evening, after I came home from day one of a fraternity conference, I was made aware of the news of the verdict of Gerald Stanley (a white farmer from rural Saskatchewan), and that he was found not guilty … Continue reading →

Posted in Within Borders - America and “The Other” | 2 Comments

Defining American.

Posted on January 30, 2018 by daniel lam

One of the interesting experiences that I have had over the past few weeks in the “defining American” part of this course was listening to different groups of people and how they have been defined in American society.  The biggest … Continue reading →

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Rhetoric.

Posted on January 16, 2018 by daniel lam

A lot of this topic focused on the idea of rhetoric.  At first I thought, we focused mainly on the idea of rhetoric, but the first unit was supposed to be focused on the idea of what American society looked … Continue reading →

Posted in Contemporary American Society pre-2016 | 2 Comments