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    continued presence of riot police against strikers affects Billy into cultivating his pursuit of passion to become a ballet dancer. Audience Not intended for a young audience regardless of an eleven year old protagonist Contains themes of identity‚ homophobia and family relationships Purpose Present viewers with the realities of being different Changing pre-conceptions towards themes of gender and sexuality through a story of a young boy dealing with these issues Encourages acceptance and breaking

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    Paris Is Burning Analysis

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    The film showed fascination with feminism‚ it also showed how society exposes sex‚ gender‚ and racism. Butler’s argument that the ball participants fantasy to escape poverty‚ homophobia‚ and racism is just that a fantasy. The film also identifies that the ball exposes that the desires of the contestants falsely idealize womanhood. In the quote “Paris is Burning documents neither an efficacious insurrection nor a painful resubordination

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    Christianity makes up a whopping 83% of United States citizens‚ while only a small 13% are not religious. Religion is a great thing‚ it gives people something to believe in and a set of rules to make life a littler easier to live by‚ but where does the boundary exist between belief and fact? No religion is the fastest growing “religion” in American because studies have shown that the amount of atheists have doubled in the last several years. I actually have conducted my own study concerning religion

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    The “Eyes on the Prize” civil rights film covers major events of the Civil Rights movement from 1954-1962. The film thoroughly explained how America’s environment was segregated socially and physically. Most black people before World War II were tenant farmers‚ laborers‚ domestics or servants. The war allowed black people to see their own power because they were able to exercise authority. The film does a good job explaining the major events and how these issues have been fought for. In class‚ we

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    Diversities In Schools

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    Over the last decade‚ the issues around sexual diversities in the school community have increased. Although there has been raised awareness around the topic‚ pre-service teachers and current school educators continue to be inactive in their approaches to addressing sexual diversities in the classroom and broader school population. This shows that educators and pre-service teachers are not being provided with enough support and knowledge in this controversial area and therefore‚ it is critical to

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    There is health crisis among young African Americans‚ and prudishness‚ politics‚ and lack of focused resources is damaging our ability to respond. The salient facts are these: one in four new HIV infections in the United States occur in people under the age of 22. AIDS is already the sixth leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year olds in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 1996) and the leading cause of death among 25 to 44 year olds. In the 12 month period preceding

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    GAC027 Assessment Event 3: Secondary Research Project Why The World Needs Equality for Homosexuals (Draft) Student Name: Do Hoang Giang Student ID: KKPS19238 Teacher: Johnny Wilson Due Date: 7/3/2014 Table of Contents Abstract Purpose: To investigate prejudices associated with homosexuality. In addition‚ methods on how to stop and prevent these prejudices will also be investigated. Thesis Statement: Society shows a high amount of prejudice against homosexuals

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    Religion Makes People Bad

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    faith’s greatest enemy is reason. Without reason there could never be peace amongst humans‚ lest we descend further into an animalistic society. Religion teaches of class systems amongst humans. It also instills nationalism‚ racism‚ sexism‚ homophobia‚ and it encourages the intervention and judgment of society on the private individual. Though there are verses‚ passages‚ and teachings in religion that discourage violence‚ and encourage peace‚ these are to counter the hundreds of other passages

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    Throughout London’s history members and activists in the women‚ racial‚ and LGBT communities fought for the rights of these communities. They fought to change laws so that others would not have to endure the same hardships. These people changed the lives of others in these communities forever. Women have always been thought of as second-class citizens. This is why the rights of women have always been less than men. Once women married they did not have the right to own their own property‚ keep their

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    Justice and fairness is for everyone. No one should ever have to face discrimination because of the religion they subscribe to‚ the race or gender they were born into. While this is the general consensus now‚ it was a rare opinion in the 1600’s. The hostility with which black people were treated in Nelson Mandela’s time was apparent. Everything from the way other races treated them‚ and the way they spoke to and about them. Even their meager portrayal in the media was a caricature‚ they were misrepresented

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