Kathy Nakagawa and Angela E. Arzubiaga are the professor in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. Nakagawa is teaching Asian Pacific American Studies. Angela E. Arzubiaga is teaching Justice and Social Inquiry. This article‚ named “The Use Of Social Media In Teaching Race”‚ is about Nakagawa’s and Arzubiaga’s study. In this study‚ they found out that how racism and racial literacy were promoted on the social media by the teenagers or college students. They used a survey
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A Lifetime of Influence Marguerite Johnson had a harsh childhood growing up in the South during the days of cotton picking and slavery. All of the adversity she encountered when she was young inspired her to write the book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In it‚ she depicts what life was like growing up in the small town of Stamps‚ Arkansas‚ and illustrates the daily hardships that were roadblocks throughout her life. Many people help her overcome these obstructions in her young life‚ but it was
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Ilana Anderson English 113 MWF 8:30AM Dr. Osborne Paper 2 May 8‚ 2013 The Meaning of Phenomenal: Phenomenal Woman I discovered that Maya Angelou mostly writes from experience‚ and this poem falls perfectly in that category. I have faced constant discrimination as a woman‚ particularly as an African American woman. Modern society highly values women’s beauty. Due to that pressure‚ and the speaker’s achievement of that standard‚ the other women who respond to the speaker
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As The Economist (September 28th 2013) says‚ Angela Merkel won a landslide victory and became the chancellor of Germany for the third time. The crisis gave us a hard time and most big European countries dumped their leaders during this period. However‚ Angela Merkel again proved to be a leader that most people follow and admire. Is it purely because she does things right for her people? Or does it rather spark from her personality‚ including her behavioral‚ communication skills or influential authority
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she lacks‚ but she also has to have something more to offer.A hero is someone who is admired or idealized for courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities. Maya Angelou and Beowulf both possessed the traits of a traditional hero. They both had endurance‚ strength‚ and patience when pursuing their victories. But‚ Maya Angelou was something more than traditional. This slight difference in her personality makes her the ideal hero.This trait would send her sky-rocketing in the hearts of people
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I thought that the Angela Shelton video involved a very interesting project. It was surprising to me how many of the women with the same name had experiences with abuse. The women seemed to have a variety of reactions to the abuse they suffered. One woman talked about her issues with alcohol‚ and feeling like the only time she could talk was when she was drunk. The Angela making the film seemed to be very sensitive to all of the experiences that the other women had. She was very kind‚ and helped
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The Life of Angela Moving cross country is very difficult to do‚ especially when you are 14 years old. Moving is intimidating‚ there will be new people‚ new houses‚ new schools‚ and even a completely different environment. Angela Burrow was 14 when she moved to Hot Springs‚ Arkansas from Fresno‚ California and she is determined on achieving the goals she has set for herself. Angela is a West Coast girl that has relaxing hobbies‚ a very large family‚ and she has set high goals for herself. To start
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and never sin or go against the Lord in any way; it taught her strong Christian values. One day she was coming back from Mrs. Bertha Flower’s house when she came into Momma’s store and said‚ “By the way‚ Bailey‚ Mrs. Flowers sent you some cookies”(Angelou 101). Momma got so mad and punished Maya because she thinks God is the way. Momma’s strict religious values made Maya into a strong‚ religious‚ honest‚ and respectful person and it showed Maya that life will be rough but God will be there for her
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free and act as herself. The speaker of the poem is self-confident when walking into a room full of men‚ “I walk into a room just as cool as you please‚ and to a man‚ the fellows stand or fall down to their knees” (322). At the end of each stanza‚ Angelou repeats the same lines‚ “I’m a woman‚ phenomenally. Phenomenal woman‚ that’s me” (322)‚ as a cry out to the world that she is who she is and does not care what people say. The two poems‚ written over 30 years ago are a testament to that time and our
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Background: Maya Angelou was born on April 4‚ 1928‚ in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ in her early days her parents split they got A divorce. Angelou experienced firsthand racial prejudices and discrimination in Arkansas. She also was raped at the age of seven‚ by her mother’s boyfriend Angelou moved to San Francisco‚ California‚ where she won a scholarship to study dance and acting at the California Labor School. Also during this time‚ Angelou became the first black female cable car conductor a job she kept
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