While I was reading “QUEERS READ THIS”‚ I noticed a lot of the things mentioned in the reading can also be applied to other oppressed groups and it’s interesting how many of the concepts that was mention in the reading is still so relevant in today’s society. The readings defining straightness as normality‚ was interesting because before this my understanding of the word straight was that it meant heterosexual. However‚ after giving the word and meaning more thought‚ the definition of normality seems
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When the teacher turn off the light‚ the projection went on‚ a gloomy announcement of the Hutu radio station haunts in the classroom. Hotel Rwanda is starting. It was this movie totally changed my opinion on the International Law and International Criminal Court (ICC). I used not to be very passionate about International Law. Instead‚ the flag of human rights protection‚ from my previous perspective‚ was only a proliferation of western ideals and it’s terribly hard to impartially apply them everywhere
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The book 1984 depicts a utopia built on a world of fear and corrupted power. While the book seems like a false thing‚ 2016-17 has shown that objects of this book are in the world today. When it comes to power and people‚ 1984 is slowly becoming a reality. This is shown in today’s technology‚ in Trump’s Immigrant ban‚ and in the ‘sin taxes’. While 1984 seems like a weird book that most every highschooler reads‚ this fictional story is slowly becoming America’s reality. Everyday‚ little by little
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The world today needs the return of chivalry. Chivalry has become just a thing of the past. Manners‚ respect‚ romance‚ and protection of the weak are just a few examples of what are now gone. Even the most basic manners could play a major role in improving today’s society. These are examples of what the world needs today. People in the world have lost even the most general manners. An example of this is that someone could run into another person and not even apologize. People only think about
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It’s better late than never‚ is a saying people usually say when people take too long in doing something for them. They say it’s better for things to be done one day‚ than for things never to be done at all; but what if civilians are seeking justice and equality from the government. If civilians are being treated inhumanly and what they are asking for‚ justice‚ is put to the side as if they did not exist. Justice cannot wait for later because it will only spark up the fire to treat civilians unfairly
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There are many people in society today that think the same way that Atticus Finch does about Tom Robinson‚ a black male accused of raping a white woman‚ in Harper Lee’s book “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Atticus believed that although Robinson was African American‚ he deserved a fair trial and not to be killed‚ despite what the other white people were saying in the town. Atticus thought that Tom had just as many rights as the Caucasian people. The towns’ people felt as though Tom was beneath them and
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Are Diamonds Still a Girl’s Best Friend? Buying jewellery in India has been restricted for ages for specific occassions. Birth‚ birthdays‚ festivals‚ marriage etc. Buying jewellery in India is mostly done by the woman‚ for the woman and from the woman! Buying jewellery India has been a ’Gifting exercise’ - from parents to daughters‚ sister to sister‚ In-laws to daugher-in-law or son-in-law‚ friend to friend et al. Buying jewellery in India is an emotional experience‚ for emotional
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The novel A Separate Peace takes place at an all-boys Private school called Devon during World War II and a conflict appears between two best friends; Gene and Finny. This conflict happens because when jumping out of a tree into the Devon River Finny suggested that he and gene should jump at the same time. Gene got in his head that Finny was trying to distract him from his studying so that Finny would be better at more things than him “then a second realization broke as clearly and bleakly as
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except where women are concerned. Women are still fighting for equality in the world‚ but one of their biggest fights is with the world of sports. In 2012 it was the first time ever that Olympic had female athletes participated in every sports event. Female athletes struggle with being treated equally as the male athletes. They face a lot of inequality in the world of sports‚ because they have to fight against criticism of their bodies‚ wage gap‚ and unequal representation in the media. Female athletes
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Is it still relevant to discuss social class? Social class is a division of a society based on social and economic status. It could be argued that it is clear that social class is relevant in our society‚ this is because there are a multitude of social establishments that are currently affected by differences in class‚ such as the education and health system. Social class is a system of social stratification‚ a system which creates different types of social inequalities. Social inequality is defined
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