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    12/03/10 -KHALID JAMA Are We “Prisoners of The Progress”? Technology has caused us to be less direct and social then our predecessors. Back in the 90’s‚ when a 10-year old boy wanted to play video games with his friend‚ he’d go to his friend’s house to play or they’d go to his house to play. Now all children need to do is have a good internet connection and they’d play

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    Columbus‚ the man who discovered the new world‚ infact did not discover it‚ for it was inhabited by migrants from Asia‚ more than fifteen thousand years ago‚ almost one thousand years before Columbus landed in America. Christopher Columbus was‚ despite the arguments a Genoan man and infact Christian‚ and he had two brothers and a sister. He sailed a thirty-three day trip on his first voyage and ‘found’ America on October twelfth. But‚ before this‚ Columbus had to go through the queen in order to

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    History is a Weapon The textbook “History of a Free Nation” depicts Christopher Columbus as being a heroic voyager who leads his crew to destiny. The textbook offers an analysis of Columbus’ preparation for the voyage‚ which details his motives for wanting to sail to Asia. Columbus attempted to determine how far he would need to sail after reading a copy of Marco Polo’s “travels”. While Columbus was a geography enthusiast‚ his calculations of the Earth’s size were incredibly inaccurate‚ presuming

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    How much progress was made in civil rights between 1960-80? 1960 began positively for blacks as students carried out the lunch counter protests. On 1st February black students entered Woolworths and at the whites only lunch counter‚ the significance of the protest was not just the defiance of whites but also to reemphasise non violent protest was the way forward and the action blacks were taking. After this event a black founded student non-violent coordinating committee was started and became

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    Italian explorer Christopher Columbus set sail to try to find a faster route to India for the Spanish‚ but instead ended up in America. Along his voyage Columbus had many economical‚ social and religious influences. The question being asked was‚ Columbus a hero or villain? In my personal belief Columbus was a villain. The reason Columbus was a villain to me was is because‚ when he and his men first arrived the indians were curious about who he was‚ they treated Columbus great‚ they gave him gifts

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    Christopher Columbus Cristoforo Colombo‚ also known as Christopher Columbus was born in the city of Genoa‚ Italy in 1451. He was born into a family of Christians‚ which consisted of his father‚ Domenico Colombo‚ his mother Susanna Fontanarossa‚ and his younger brother Bartholomew Colombo. Christopher and his brother served in the Portuguese Merchant Marine‚ which is where he learned many of his skills necessary for sailing. He learned how to be a chart maker which assisted him in his later discoveries

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    Native Americans on the land we call home. In 1492‚ when Christopher Columbus first sailed across the Atlantic Ocean‚ he came into contact with the indigenous people of the New World. After returning to Hispaniola‚ he quickly implemented policies of slavery and mass extermination of the Taino population in the Caribbean. This became the first major impact on Native Americans and eventually led to further oppression of American Indians. The implication of the population as savages helped in the displacement

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    upon‚ as they are seen as savages. For example‚ in the  section Christopher Columbus‚ he writes a letter that goes into detail about his voyages. Due to the fact that the native people are not like him‚ he thinks of them as people who are lower status. In his letter he states "Among those other tribes who are excessively cowardly‚ these are ferocious; but I hold them as nothing more than the other" (546).  Cristopher Columbus also did not agree with the native people’s culture and beliefs

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    option‚ it is a necessity. Clearly‚ the next logical step for our race is to expand out into the stars‚ into the unknown. The Human race has to put more effort and resources into space exploration. It is in our deep underlying nature to explore‚ we are a curious animal that wants to discover all it can‚ we just need the tools to do so. We need the next Christopher Columbus‚ we need someone with the drive and will to explore the unknown. Resources on earth are dwindling and we need to do something

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    Race in America Racial Progress in America In 1961 the Kennedy Administration put into effect Executive Order 10925 which ultimately became what is now known as Affirmative Action. The premise of this doctrine authorizes the hiring of minorities in an effort to ensure race and gender equality across the board. This decree is not solely applicable to the workforce; it is also in effect in the admittance of minority students in colleges and universities as well. Although its initial objective

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