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    He wrote an article called "Still Separate‚ Still Unequal" about poverty schools compared to wealthy schools. This article also included a story about a student teacher wanted to bring in a pumpkin for her students because it was around Halloween. The only way that the teacher would be able

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    many different reasons why we read the play today. One reason why we still read this play is so that we can remember the tragedies and hardships of the Jew’s that experienced. The main hardship shown in the play for the Frank’s was being stuck in The Secret Annex for two years with another family and a small amount of food. The main tragedies that millions of jews went through during the holocaust was death and torture in the concentration camps. Another reason we still read this play is to make

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    issues today. Many people are unaware of how much racism still exists in schools and anywhere else where social lives are occurring. It’s obvious that racism is not a good thing as many decades ago‚ but it is still occurring in society‚ and especially in schools‚ even though the government abolished it several decades ago. Two articles—“Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” by Beverly Tatum and “From Still Separate‚ Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid” by Jonathan

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    We still face racism in today’s society. William Du Bois mentions “color-coding‚” which means if you are not white‚ then you face discrimination and harassment. Constant protests for “Black Lives Matter” are occurring. The media exploit and over exaggerate the constant race problem in society. Frantz Fanon speaks of the stigmas for people of color; how “otherness” is being “less than human.” America is the land of free and yet inequality still exists. Despite what the media says‚ race discrimination

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    1. Single Parenting http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14653813‚ Singer Jamelia: Why do we still vilify single mothers?‚ people look down upon single mothers‚ but they are really strong enough to raise children by themselves. People who are single‚ are susually widowed‚ divorced‚ or never married. The kids raisied by single mothers always wish they had a father but end up being perfectly well off since they were raised by a single mother. pg. 185 “ When I was a child I had a set of paper dolls. THey

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    Summary In the article‚ “Why Do We Still Have an Embargo of Cuba?” Patrick Haney explores the history of the embargo and the different factors which have maintained and tightened its restrictions over the past fifty years. The embargo consists of a ban on trade and commercial activity‚ a ban on travel‚ a policy on how Cuban exiles can enter the U.S.‚ and media broadcasting to the island. These once-executive orders now codified into law by the Helms-Burton Act‚ have become a politically charged

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    English essay: Analyse how the writers of the two poems you have studied have developed an important theme? POEM 1: Still I Rise By: Maya Angelou You may write me down in history With your bitter‚ twisted lies‚ You may trod me in the very dirt But still‚ like dust‚ I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I’ve

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    The History of FESTIVAL CITY Festival City is a territory which holds a very significant place in Guyana’s history. Festival City was built specifically to house the delegates of the first ever Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) in 1972. Visiting guests and artists were accommodated at Festival City. A total of 250 houses were constructed out of Guyana’s world renowned Greenheart timber‚ in North Ruimveldt‚ Georgetown. The houses were furnished with Nibbee living room suites woven by Guyana’s

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    A New Form of Segregation In the article “Still Separate‚ Still Unequal” written by Jonathan Kozol‚ Kozol expose and expresses his concern of unequal treatment in the schools according to whether they are in an urban or suburban area. Using a series of reasoning and logic techniques‚ he then proves his argument that because of the segregation in schools‚ minorities are not receiving the same education and opportunities as predominantly white schools. Kozol uses statistic‚ one on one interviews

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    article from “Still Separate‚ Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid” and illustrates a stern reality of the unequal attention given to urban and suburban schools. The legendary Supreme Court case Brown v Board of Education ended segregation in public schools in America because the Court determined that separate but equal is inherently unequal. Furthermore‚ over a half a century after that case‚ Kozol shows everyone involved in the education system that public schools are still separate and

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