There Are Black BY JIMMY SANTIAGO BACA There are black guards slamming cell gates on black men‚ And brown guards saying hello to brown men with numbers on their backs‚ And white guards laughing with white cons‚ and red guards‚ few‚ say nothing to red inmate as they walk by to chow and cells There you have it‚ the little antpile‚ convicts marching in straight lines‚ guards flying on badged wings‚ permits to sting‚ to glut themselves at the cost of secluding themselves from their
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TO: Me FROM: Robin Hood DATE: January 29‚ 2010 RE: Business Our analysis of Merry Men Incorporated’s (MMI) campaign status led to the following recommendations. The principal strategic issue MMI faces is the senior managers’ need for management skills consistent with the responsibilities for their respective positions. The first recommendation is to hire an executive coach to train each of the senior managers and to assist them with making policies and operational decisions. The second strategic
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In his book‚ Freedom Bound‚ Robert Weisbrot argues that the civil rights movement is interwoven with American political reform of the time‚ and furthermore‚ that "the black quest for justice and the national crusade for a ’Great Society’ are best understood in relation to each other" (Weisbrot xiv). He traces the Great Society from its beginnings as Lyndon Johnson’s liberal social reform program‚ through the Reagan years‚ claiming it was not entirely successful in breaking down racial barriers between
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The word freedom can have different interpretations depending on‚ which century one has lived in. In early 1600‚’s to the late 1800’s in American history the word freedom was something worth striving for. It kept people moving forward no matter the circumstances. In the textbook Give Me Liberty! by Eric Foner‚ there are excerpts throughout each chapter written in different times in history describing their voice of freedom. I have chosen three from the early 1600’s to the late 1800’s to see whether
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Christine McEntire J. Abbott English 110 Assignment #3- Final Draft Rhetorical Analysis Fight for Freedom On August 28th‚ 1963‚ at the Lincoln Memorial approximately 200‚000 people gathered after the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” This is where Dr. Martin Luther King delivered one of the most rhetorically‚ inspiring speeches ever delivered. It was titled “I Have a Dream.” As a civil rights activist he gave speech not only to African-Americans but to all Americans so he could
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History 141 Freedom and Slavery The United States promotes that freedom is a right deserved by all humanity. Throughout the history of America the government has found ways to deprive selected people this right by race‚ gender‚ class and in other ways as well for its own benefit. This is a boundary of freedom. Boundaries of freedom outline who is able to enjoy their freedom and who isn’t. These people alter with time and as history unfolds. Slavery and the journey of their freedom was a big part
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Freedom is something that everyone wants.. According to the Macmillan dictionary freedom is "the independence of thought‚ choice‚ or action". But that is very vague; freedom is different to everyone. In his book‚ Huckleberry Finn‚ it is obvious that Mark Twain had an opinion on freedom and what it is. Jim‚ a black slave‚ and Huck‚ the white child who helps free Jim‚ have pretty much the same views of freedom. The difference is that Huck has gotten it‚ and Jim is trying to find it. To Jim‚ freedom
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Segregated by Race‚ Equal by Education The movie Freedom Writers directed by Richard LaGravenese is a story full of different themes‚ from segregation to sacrifice‚ and respect to equality. The movie shows multiple themes from different angles. There is a constant subliminal background to the whole story. The Freedom Writers was made after the famous trial of Rodney King in 1992. This trial brought out the injustices experienced by people of different ethnic origins. The Rodney King’s trial provided
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Cry Freedom Steve Bantu Biko was born December 18th 1946 and died September 12th 1977. He was an apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s till 1970s. He did founded the Black Consciousness Movement‚ which would empower much of the urban black population. And he became famous for his slogan "black is beautiful"‚ the meaning of it was that you should be happy as you are and begin to look upon yourself as a human being. Steve Biko wanted to be a doctor and ergo is the reason why he studied
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As a particularly judgmental reader‚ I depend on narrator reliability a lot. Novels‚ for the most part‚ are tales of the human struggle and experience and all of the mistakes and successes they come along with. If I am reading about every dirty little secret in a family‚ I need at least an accurate portrayal of their motivations in order to come to a conclusion on their characters. From personal experience‚ I can say that one of the hardest parts of coming from a unhappy or divorced couple family
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