was written by Bell Hooks. Bell hooks whose original name was Gloria Watkins was born in 1952. Hooks is one of the top leading cultural and educational theorists in America. In education she Hooks has received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Ph.D. from Stanford University. In this essay hooks talk about her journey to educate herself and not losing her sense of where she came from as African-American woman from a working class background (Bell Hooks‚ Keeping close to home)
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Growing up in two cultures Three religions have influenced Korean culture over the centuries: spirit worship‚ Buddhism and Confucianism. Christianity is growing strongly in South Korea where around 30 per cent of people now follow it. In the communist state of North Korea‚ all religion is banned (Guile‚ 2003‚ p. 7). Buddhism is an ancient religion that originally came from India. It spread through china and Korea and eventually came to Japan in the 6th century. Japanese people believe in the ancestors
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Growing up in the United States I’ve learned that some Western cultures identify gender by sexual appendages. This is now known to no longer be true. Sexual orientation on a global scale has different outlooks. In Western Civilization when a person is confused about their sexual orientation‚ they switch to the other gender. For example‚ in the intersex video a child named MC was given the gender of female after being born intersex. While growing up MC was physically a girl‚ but showed characteristics
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Rhetorical Analysis on Two Selected Articles: ‘’The Culture of Shut-Up’’ and ‘’the Struggle Over Media Literacy’’ 1.0 Article Introduction 1.1 The Culture of Shut-up A recent article by Jon Lovett on The Atlantic ’s site‚ "The Culture of Shut Up"—contends effectively that ensuring opportunity of discourse is presently up to each of us in this Internet age. As institutional watchmen lose their energy to control data‚ which ends up less demanding toward oneself designated individual guards
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needs to be stopped. bell hooks also suggests that both males and females have to acknowledge that the problem is patriarchy and work to end patriarchy. hooks’ starts off her article with the definition of patriarchy‚ which is a single most life-threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit in our nation. In other words‚ patriarchy is a political system that insists that males inherently dominating‚ superior to everything and everyone deemed weak‚
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Hurston Lorde and hooks all believe in social and economical equality. They believe that everyone is or should be equal. People in today’s society fight many different battles of discrimination‚ due to markers of difference. These three intellectuals give advice on how to raise future generations to become egocentric. In order to do this parents must raise their children with high self esteem. As they grow they will begin to explore differences with confidence and use their past to educate themselves
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Pin-Up or Pin-Down? Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism‚ Sexuality‚ Popular Culture is a book written by Maria Elena Buszek that explains how third-wave feminists are taking back pin-up culture. This new pin-up culture is shown developing through a 150 year time span. Buszek examines old and new female sex symbols as well as the beginnings of this new revival of the pin-up genre. This book illustrates how women are often publicly depicted and the representation of our sexualities since the early 1860’s. Buszek
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Dalaney Renz Ms. Mendoza English 10 3/7/13 Sandy Hook Shooting Mainstream media claims that Sandy Hook shooting was a massacre and an intruder at the school took many children’s lives that day. But there has been strange behavior and evidence that the shooting was a hoax‚ planned and acted by the government so people would be persuaded to believe that guns are the problem. Therefore‚ the government would try and take away our second amendment rights. Friday December 14th‚ 2012 mainstream
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at Sandy Hook The Sandy Hook massacre in Newton‚ Connecticut caught the attention of many American families throughout the nation. The final death toll reached twenty-six‚ with a total of twenty students and six teachers. Although this infamous event will always remain a tragedy‚ it will be remembered as the most significant event of 2012 because it influenced the controversy of gun laws‚ illuminated the health care system‚ and made school safety an issue. After the shooting at Sandy Hook‚ the controversy
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Rhetorical Analysis on Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor In the essay‚ “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor” written by Hooks‚ the author addresses on how the society represents‚ and displays poverty through false assumptions made by the higher class popular culture‚ and media representations . Hooks uses her own personal experiences to connect with her readers‚ about the issue on poverty. Also adding to that‚ she references to a black philosopher‚ named Cornel West
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