Although my current school is fantastic‚ I hope that Catlin Gabel will offer a superior curriculum. At my current school‚ I treasure the dedicated teachers who make learning fun and rewarding. Even though my friends will be hard to leave‚ I will be glad to make new ones. Catlin Gabel feels close to nature because of the forested environment and I appreciated the sense of community at Catlin Gabel. I wait eagerly for the math‚ science‚ and computer science classes because I love these subjects and
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Ernst Luly ART 1012 FMWA Agitprop! Assignment LABEL TEXT: Julius Block (American‚ born Germany‚ 1888-1966) The Lynching‚ 1932 Oil on Canvas Whitney Museum of American Art‚ New York According to the Brooklyn Museum’s website‚ Agitprop! is a combination of the terms agitate and propaganda. Based on my own observations‚ I was able to deduce the overall theme of Agitprop! as art that was used as a means of protest against various social and cultural issues. A wide range of issues is addressed
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The Mexican American community endured a lot of hardship in the United States. They had to face equality amongst communities and racism. The communities that surrounded the different backgrounds and ethnicities were segregated and the funds would depend on the background of the community. Many of these communities were not enforced to live in segregated communities‚ but the opportunities that were offered did not give enough choose for then to choose otherwise. The resources available in the community
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The Street: 1. Morgan Avenue has construction going on when this data was collected. It has fitness centers‚ residential buildings‚ and graffiti on the walls. There were no law enforcement officers located on Morgan Avenue. The sidewalks and alleys were kept clean. 2. Wilson Avenue consisted of organic store‚ diner‚ bar‚ pizza shop‚ sushi restaurant‚ traditional American restaurants‚ hookah shop‚ barber shop‚ salon‚ liquor store‚ traditional New York City bodega. There were old residential
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and diverse cultures. Therefore‚ it comes as no surprise that the city of New York is among one of the most populated states and tourist areas in America. New York City‚ also known as‚ “The Big Apple” is divided up into five boroughs; Manhattan‚ Brooklyn‚ Queens‚ The Bronx‚ and Staten Island. Particularly‚ within the borough of Manhattan lies a neighborhood often referred to as “Hell’s Kitchen” which will be the focus of this study. The neighborhood streches a little over 0.8 square miles‚ starting
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heritage. Puerto Rican immigration after the First World War established the first foothold of Latinos in what was a mostly Italian inhabited Harlem back then. The area grew slowly and increasingly the Italians moved out to the surrounding areas like Brooklyn‚ Bronx‚ New Jersey‚ and upstate New York. This allowed Hispanics more room to move in on top of another wave of immigration during and after World War II in 1940s and 1950s. By this time a strong presence of Latinos dominated the area primarily populated
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Gunnar Almgren (2012)‚ provides an in depth analysis of social justice theories‚ Libertarianism‚ Utilitarianism‚ Marxism‚ and the Capabilities Approach. Utilitarianism is the belief of maximizing good for the greatest amount of people (Almgren‚ 2012‚ p. 8). An example of this is taxes that are levied in order to build community infrastructures. This theory is extremely useful as it focuses on the happiness and benefits of citizens. However‚ after reading Madison Powers and Ruth Faden’s Essential
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as development continues and property values rise‚ gentrification will become an issue for community residents. This has been an area where they have found a home and space of cultural and political empowerment‚ at the same time as being subject to very high levels of poverty‚ ill-health and unemployment. It is thus no surprise that the gentrification of Harlem over the last couple of decades has been highly contentious and contested. Gentrification is never a neutral process. Much of the academic
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I really enjoyed the documentary East of Liberty. It is very important to talk about issues surrounding gentrification‚ especially when it is clearly happening in the neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh has a very strong identity‚ and pushing people out of these neighborhoods takes away from the identity of our city because they are Pittsburgh. It is very easy for people who live outside of the city‚ such as myself‚ to say they are from Pittsburgh‚ but that simply is not the case. The people
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TASK 2Create a powerpoint presentation‚ a prezi‚ a music video‚ a slide show‚ or a written essay with pictures that shows and explains the reasons for the fires that displaced people during the 1970’s in New York City and the effect these fires had on people and the neighborhoods. In this task the readings include: 1. An introduction 2. A reflection about the South Bronx written by a writer for The Post 3. An interview with a journalist who covered the fires in Bushwick 4. An oral history from someone
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