to portray his thoughts on the subject. Obviously in a speech about racism given by an African American man‚ there are going to be mixed responses portrayed by the audience‚ and I think those mixed reactions are exactly what was occurring in the audience. As being part of that audience‚ I think Obama did an exceptional job of showing how racism is still present today‚ not only towards African Americans‚ but every other race as well. In “A More Perfect Union”‚ Obama not only talks about the conventional
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Pertaining to Tracy Lai’s article titled‚ "Asian American Women"‚ Lai discusses how stereotypes dehumanize people while turning them into objects to be manipulated. Lai touches on the topic of how Asian people and cultures are stereotyped as being inferior and exotic. The problem that Lai brings to our attention is that it is a struggle to be an Asian in America due to the fact that Asians have been denied political‚ economic and social equality in America. Lai also brings to our attention
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The American Nightmare For better or for worse‚ many people have desperately sought after the treasured American Dream. It is a dream like no other; it has no specific guidelines for one to know whether or not they have achieved the dream‚ yet for millions‚ it is their sole reason for working. Although this may seem ludicrous to someone hearing of the Dream for the first time‚ most would agree that it is perfectly normal to have a desire for such an abstract goal‚ after all‚ who would not want economic
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Responsibility as an American Throughout the years‚ our founding fathers through much controversy and many hard fought battles has paved and made it possible for us as U.S. citizens to live in prosperity and freedom as a country. We as citizens should give back to them for all the hard work they put forth towards making our country great and that is by being responsible. I find that this is a huge problem in our country today‚ there is not a lot of respect and effort towards to right things to
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paleness of one’s skin determined success minorities‚ especially African-Americans‚ seldom have the opportunity to prosper in the industries of today‚ such as Hollywood. Hollywood has grown into a pivotal commodity of the human society that not only entertains us as audiences‚ but shapes our beliefs and views as well. Hollywood racism‚ despite the denial of its existence‚ presets itself through the underrepresentation of African-American talent as well as the repeated recognition of said figures solely
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Sociology of American Football Tauni Caldwell SOCL120-1302A-09 Dr. Jennifer Madsen American Football 1 Today a lot of people are watching this sport called football. A sport lasting a total of twenty-six weeks that are so intense you almost never want it to end! American football derived from the game of rugby whose rules were instituted by a Yale University player and coach; Walter Camp. One of Camp’s influences came from rugby player William Ebb Ellis in 1823; who was
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Irish Americans are a very interesting kind of people. Like with any other culture‚ they posses their own sets of beliefs‚ values‚ attitudes‚ behaviors‚ and practices. It is the combination of these things that makes up their beautiful culture. For values‚ Irish Americans really consider the family to be very important. They have a very traditional view of the household. The father is the breadwinner and works the most of the day. The mother stays home watching the kids and is in charge of the
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American Beauty American Beauty‚ directed by Sam Mendes‚ exploits the overwhelming misconception of beauty‚ and of how to achieve happiness. The tag line‚ “look closer”‚ prompts viewers to look deeper into the characters and thus into themselves; something that society should also be prompted to do. The characters in American Beauty are not what they appear‚ and throughout the course of the movie‚ reality hits and many realize the life they have been living is somewhat unsatisfactory. Through
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World War II and Mexican-Americans (1945) The document of WWII and Mexican-Americans of 1945 writen by LULAC which was found in 1929 stated that "some hald a million Mexican-Americans served in the armed forces during WWII"‚ but yet Latinos continued to face discrimination towards them. LULAC then demanded equal rights for minority groups after them experiencing the War and serving the Country. As many signs in many place clearly stated to the Mexicans-Americans that their "uniforms and service
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history African Americans have been discriminated‚ and to this day are treated horrible. It has gotten better over the years so much so that they can do the same things everyone else can. This wasn’t always the case especially in the 1800’s. Even though this was the case many were able to use art to feel free. Many of them used art to spread a message of their social division. This was so people would understand their social‚ economic and political inequality. Many African American were seen as
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