forced 13‚000 people from their homes. As a result‚ over 11‚000 firefighters have been deployed to combat the statewide infernos. Before I begin my reflections‚ I would like to make something very clear: I don’t identify with any particular political ideology. Like Howard Zinn‚ I find value in various schools of thought: anarchist‚ libertarian‚ liberal‚ communist‚ socialist‚ deep green ecology‚
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Pruitt-Igoe: The Making and Unmaking of Architecture’s Greatest Myth The Making In 1949‚ the United States Housing Act was passed‚ allowing the US government to introduce several urban rejuvenation projects‚ one of which was the Pruitt-Igoe public housing‚ largely created to restrict the growth of slums that were economically degrading the value of real estate in downtown St. Louis‚ Missouri. A 57 acre site was cleared for the construction of 5800 housing units that would house nearly 15000 residents
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Contradicting Ideologies in The Searchers While The Searchers can be viewed from a critical standpoint as a ‘revisionist’ Western in terms of its portrayal of Native Americans‚ certain aspects of the film contradict this overall message. One such aspect is the character Look‚ who serves a role both as comic relief and as commentary on racist depictions of Native Americans. The Searchers does a superb job of highlighting the contorted representation of Indians in the Western genre‚ but Director
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Naturalises/foregrounds/promotes Value systems Gender in society - female value Racism (animalisation) Value on appearance and reputation Emphasis on language Heaven vs hell (religious imagery) Exotic/supernatural imagery Thinking Gender. Feminine and masculine ideology Femininity weakened by affectations of beauty Contrast between slap from Othello to shock of Lodovico civil society’s opinion is one of shock but normally women are “owned” and have to have “duty” to someone - so is this punishment of “divided
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Chapter 9 Question 2 Trace the origin of the law of blasphemy and explain the relevance or otherwise of this law Introduction Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing open disrespect of God through display of inappropriate behavior towards holy personages‚ religious artifacts‚ customs and beliefs. The word "blasphemy" came via Middle English blasfemen‚ from which the English term "blame" came into existence (Wikipedia.com n.d). Blasphemy is regarded as an offense against the community
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McNeal‚ Amber Political Ideology Paper Many people have different opinions on political subjects. The ways a person may feel about these subjects determine what they are in the political world. I personally do not follow politics like other people older than me do‚ but I do consider myself to be a moderate democrat. Both of my parents are democrats‚ and they choose to be of this political spectrum because they feel like the Democratic Party represents them. They feel as they stand for
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Introduction RACISM In this assignment we are looking at racism as the believe that a particular race is superior or inferior to another that a person’s social and moral traits are pre-determined his or her in born biological characteristics. Racism‚ in its most basic sense‚ refers to the characterization of people (based on race) with certain distinct traits. It is a belief that you can categorize people into groups based on genetics. It has been proven time and time again that traits occur in
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Christopher Columbus is portrayed as a daring explorer who aided in founding and discovering most of the New World. Hispaniola had been inhabited for many years before Columbus finally arrived in 1492. In fact‚ an entire ethnicity and culture had formed on the island long before his trek to the New World. In venturing to the aforementioned New World‚ Christopher Columbus systematically killed and enslaved hundreds of innocent indigenous peoples. Columbus braved the seas in 1492 to the New World
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Max Weber Max Weber was allied to the Neo-Kantian tradition in German thought rather than the Hegelian which were philosophers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who followed the teachings of Immanuel Kant. Kant saw that human beings as existing partly in the world of natural casualty and partly in realm freedom‚ governed by moral rules rather than causes. Weber also believed than physical nature is a realm of rigid‚ mechanical determination‚ while mental life is
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Straight Edge‚ the lifestyle‚ the commitment‚ the honor‚ these are the basic followings of the new movement called Straight Edge. The beliefs of Straight Edge seem impossible for the youth today with all the struggles of peer pressure. It seems “typical” for a teenager in high school to experiment with drinking and smoking. With Straight Edge‚ it is a commitment that you will not drink or smoke of any kind. Straight Edge is a subculture of hardcore punk. (Sutherland 1) It was originated by
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