I told her the schools and for some reason one school stuck out in her head the most. She claimed that this school was in a “racist place”. I‚ myself was not aware of this but for a brief moment I thought “does it matter?” And then the more I thought about it the more I understood‚ it does matter. I am not white‚ never have been and never will be. She was genuinely afraid of the
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“I am not racist” and “Stop stereotyping people” are two examples of statements we are used to hearing these days in both our daily life and in the media. Racism‚ in general stereotypes‚ is a widespread phenomenon that exists within every group and subgroup. We tend to say that stereotypes are bad as they aren’t based on facts so they can cause discrimination. However‚ in everyday life stereotypes make it easier to understand and react to a new situation. What are stereotypes? Does it have advantages
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and was able to interview my principal. I interviewed Principal Tom Ryan‚ who’s the main campus principal The interview was held face to face in his office on September 28‚ 2012. This interview was very helpful in learning an administrator’s views and thoughts of important issues associated with CTE teachers and CTE programs. Mr. Ryan was very detailed and honest during the interview. I started the interview by asking Mr. Ryan what strengths and weakness he has seen in new CTE instructors. He thought
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There is a major argument among literary critics whether Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn is or is not a racist novel. The question boils down to the depiction of Jim‚ the black slave‚ and to the way he is treated by Huck and others. In the 1950s the effort to banish The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from required classroom reading lists came publicly to the floor again‚ not chiefly on the grounds that its depiction of black characters and the use of the word “nigger” were demeaning to African-American
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Do you think that Cops should be the only one with guns? There are many reasons they should and shouldn’t have a gun but there is one main reason why cops should and shouldn’t have a gun. Do you believe that some people should have a gun? There are many reasons why people should have a gun and there are many reasons why they shouldn’t have a gun. Do you really believe there should be more gun laws in the United States? I believe that cops should have a gun because they use it for protection when
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people have no choice but to follow. Good leaders understand the mission. For Captain Miller in Saving Private Ryan‚ the vision was to "get home." Home is a symbol of safety and security. Ninety-five men under his command had died‚ and he felt the pain of every death. Yet‚ he never abandoned the
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American fiction often portrays real-life experiences of a given period in history. Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan was based of the true story about the Niland brothers‚ who fought in the second world war in the Pacific theatre and the European theatre. Three of the four were presumed dead and after finding out that the last brother dropped in with the 101st Airborne in Normandy on D-day‚ captain Miller had orders to assembled a team and set of to find him. Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge‚ being
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Analysis of Crash (option 4) I believe that the film Crash challenges stereotypes of African Americans‚Hispanics‚ Middle Easterners‚ and Whites. One of the stereotypes that it challenged was about hispanics being thugs‚ liars‚ cheaters and scammers. This occurred in the scene when Jesan said‚ “Now I am telling you‚ your amigo in there is gonna sell our key to one of his homies.” We later find out that the locksmith‚ Daniel‚ is just as hardworking as any other person and had good intentions for the
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In the movie Saving Private Ryan‚ American soldier private James Ryan losses all three of his brothers during World War Two. The Marshall‚ not wanting to allow a mother to lose all four of her sons gives orders to send a unit to find and rescue private Ryan‚ despite the possibility of letting many men die to save one mans life. In order to gain his staff’s support for this decision the Marshall reads them a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to a mother who lost five sons during the civil war which
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The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan takes us to the world of Neftali Reyes‚ an extraordinary boy who had bigger dreams and a stronger determination than what people around him is telling otherwise. Set in the town of Temuco‚ Chile‚ Neftali was a frail and shy boy‚ and was unlike the other children who would go outside and play. He would often‚ instead‚ spend his time alone: collecting different kinds of trinkets he would consider as treasures‚ reading all kinds of books‚ even those with words which he
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