In this paper‚ I will state my reaction on two videos‚ Eye of the Storm and A Class Divided. These videos are inspired from Jane Elliott‚ a third grade teacher‚ who tested a group of her students in teaching them about discrimination. I definitely agree with Elliott in her process of teaching people the importance of ethnicity and discrimination. From this class‚ I have gained knowledge in different aspects of multicultural. Racism is described as the primary determinant of humans traits and capacities
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ability to obtain blue eyes. “It had occurred to Pecola some time ago that if her eyes‚ those eyes that held the pictures‚ and knew the sights—if those eyes of hers were different‚ that is to say‚ beautiful‚ she herself would be different” (Morrison pg. 46). To explain her fondness of blue eyes‚ Pecola
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST OF TWO TALES Joyce Carol Oates “The Girl With the Blackened Eye” was a narrative depicting a story about a teenage girl who had experienced tragedy at the age fifteen. The narrator‚ the character had endured what is believed to be eight days of physical and mental abuse from her abductor. She was violated and ripped of all her value. Oates displayed graphic and realistic detail so that the reader would have a clear understanding and visual of what had occurred. In William Faulkner’s
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from generation to generation. For example‚ a child with colored eyes could have inherited that trait from a past generation or from the child’s parents. A gene is the basic physical and functional unit of hereditary. Every person has two copies of each genes‚ one inherited from each parent. For instance‚ blue colored eyes are considered a recessive gene. The most common question asked about eyes is‚ "What color will my baby’s eyes be?" Genes come in pairs‚ and each gene in a pair may differ slightly
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The main characters in The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison were Pecola Breedlove‚ Cholly Breedlove‚ Claudia MacTeer‚ and Frieda MacTeer (Morrison‚ 2007). Pecola Breedlove is an eleven-year-old black girl around whom the story revolves. Her innermost desire is to have the "bluest" (Morrison‚ 2007) eyes so that others will view her as pretty because that is what the white people have. In the end that desire is what finishes her‚ she believes that God gave her blue eyes causing her to become insane. She
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happens in the end. What is fascinating is how individuals react to unexpected kindness. I spend a great amount of time in the downtown area‚ where I do not witness much kindness happening. Everyone seems to be in such a hurry that they barely make eye contact with others. I decided I would not only be kind to my family and friends‚ I decided I would also spend some time downtown and on the buses. I would be extra kind to everyone I came in contact with while downtown‚ and on the buses that I rode
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wrong because of false eye witness testimonies. Eye witness testimonies are the accounts given in the courtroom during a grand jury or trial by a witness at the event of a crime. False eye witness testimonies convict innocent people into prison. Out of the 80‚000 prosecutions a year that rely on eye witnesses‚ about half get convicted. Of those half‚ we are still sending 5‚000 innocent people to prison each year. There are many reasons why eye witness testimonies are unreliable. Eye witness testimonies
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The film Through Deaf Eyes demonstrated a great understanding of the death community. I found this short film extremely educational as well as informative of the Deaf culture and its people. This film opened my eyes and broaden my education in the Deaf culture. Growing up I never came into the situation of interacting with someone who was Deaf‚ before my ASL class I had absolutely no idea that there was such a rich and interesting history in the Deaf community. I found this movie to be extremely
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Walking into the exhibition Ravenous Eye by Andrea Carlson at the TCNJ one is greeted by a stark but aesthetically pleasing wall of seemingly abstract illustrations. Upon closer inspection‚ these illustrations morph into highly detailed images of bones‚ deserts‚ monsters‚ and animals mixed extruding quotes such as “O CURSED LUST OF GOLD” and “The European Space Agency has unveiled its most advanced satellite ever. The one point three billion pound”. Fused together‚ these objects allude to a cultural
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Their Eyes Were Watching God LAP Tyre Jackson Mr. Amoroso A.P. Literature Topic 3- Explore how Hurston uses elements of nature as a metaphor for Janie’s life. When you think of nature‚ you tend to see it as God’s own form of art. From the blossoming of flowers to the misty cast of rain‚ its can all be seen as a symbolic view of God’s creation. Much like how people are seen. Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God” gives off the beauty of nature within Janie as
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