African American Studies Final Paper The first reading I chose was “A’n’t I a woman” by Soujourner Truth. Soujourner Truth was originally named Isabella Baumfree at birth. Truth was born into slavery on November 26‚ 1883 in New York where she was later freed by the New York State Emancipation Act of 1827. This was written ten years before the Civil war and at this point‚ African Americans began fighting for their freedom. “A’n’t I a Woman?” was first heard during a famous speech given at a women’s
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Don’t Let the Scissors Cut You The tone of the memoir Running with Scissors is best epitomized by a single quote from the book: “The problem with not having anybody to tell you what to do‚ I understood‚ is that there was nobody to tell you what not to do.” (264) The author‚ Augusten Burroughs‚ throughout the novel‚ wasn’t sure if his life was the one he wanted‚ which he expressed through his persistently negative and casual diction‚ his hard to follow chronological organization‚ and his highly expressive
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Don’t Blame the Eater vs What You Eat Is Your Business America’s obesity can be an argument that has many sides to it. The one that is the most straightforward and logical is that us as americans are bringing this upon ourselves. We know the kinds of foods that are good and healthy along with the foods that are bad‚ fattening‚ and unhealthy. We try to blame fast food restaurants and grocery stores for serving us foods that are unhealthy. In reality‚ we know. We try to blame those companies because
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“Cowgirls Don’t Cry” The song I chose to analyze was “Cowgirls Don’t Cry” by Brooks and Dunn. This song’s lyrics really speaks to me because I was always told this when I was younger and I rode my horse. My Aunt would always tell me‚ “If you fall or get thrown‚ brush it off and Cowgirl up don’t you cry and get back in that saddle.” At first the tone is strong like the father was being towards the daughter telling her that “Cowgirls Don’t Cry”. Then as the lyrics go further on the tone changes
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Even though this isn’t actually Billy Withers himself I think the song does him some justice. The song “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Billy and covered by Octavius Womack is easily one of my favorite songs. I listened to the cover version since it was one of the most popular versions of the song on youtube I could find when searching and I liked it a bit more than the version that made me search for it on the radio. What originally got me into blues music was the fact that I had just started driving and
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To begin with‚ Journalism teachers should be looking for students who are dedicated. Students need to be willing to commit to a task they are assigned‚ even if it’s not what they hope they could work on. Secondly‚ he or she should look for someone who is non-biased. It is important to not have any preconceived opinions when reporting something. Otherwise‚ viewers would only see things from a certain perspective‚ which is the opposite of what a story should be. Finally‚ Journalism teachers should
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This is the album’s first track and it discusses killing Jay-Z’s ego. This track was written by Shawn Carter known as Jay-Z‚ Producer No I.D.‚ Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. No I.D. was also a producer in this single. This single samples Alan Parsons Project’s song "Don’t Let It Show". In this track‚ Jay-Z discusses important events that have affected his life and were highly publicized. The first occurrence was the shooting of his crack addicted brother when he was twelve years old. Although
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In David Zinczenko’s Don’t Blame the Eater article‚ he blames the fast-food industry for starting the rising obesity problem because of the failure of providing the facts and warnings labels about their high calorie junk food to the consumers. Zinczenko argues that kids are drawn by the cheap‚ high-calorie junk food that the fast-food chains like McDonald’s‚ Taco Bell‚ Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ or Pizza Hut are happy to supply because with lots of parents working all day‚ they do not have time to check
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Aside from the changes in pop-culture‚ and the adjustments to our political system‚ people do not believe that the world is changing. However‚ the biggest change of all is the continual advancements of technology and the culture that is being built around this revolution. As technology advances‚ the more one relies on it to aid them in society. The creation of these advancements is destroying the concept of intelligence and independence. In “Feed”‚ a novel written by M.T Anderson‚ it is depicted
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Love and hip-hop are a reality T.V. show‚ but it’s far from reality. This image that is shown has no positive effect on me‚ all I see are adults that act a certain way to attract a particular audience. The audiences that are usually entertained by this particular T.V. show are attracted to drama‚ can relate‚ have experienced this sort of behavior‚ or find it just eminently entertaining. This image depicts two women fighting over something that was said‚ both of them were offended and the end result
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