The documentary “Race and Terror”‚ by VICE news documents the events that happened during the Charlottesville rallies‚ and the protestors’ views on the results of the protest. Throughout the film‚ Vice news portrayed obedience‚ violence‚ and authority shown by white nationalist‚ alt-righters‚ and neo-nazis in order to explore human identities. The documentary relates to the first two units that we have learned in our psychology course‚ more specifically prejudice‚ empathy gap‚ morality‚ and cognitive
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“It has been estimated between 600‚000 and 3 million people died at the hands of the Soviet government during the Purge.” This is the estimated number of people that died during Stalin’s Great Terror The “Great Terror” or “Great Purge as it was called was a time of as the name states terror. Stalin’s secret police the NKVD and the Soviet government killed hundreds of thousands to millions of Russian peasants. Those who weren’t killed were detained in Gulags. How the Cold War could’ve escalated into
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Motives of the Great Terror * The political events that led to the Great Terror began in February of 1934 at the Seventeenth Party Congress. * Dissatisfaction between party members about Stalin‚ and this was the first time he knew his position was threatened * Events of this congress are not completely known‚ but it is said that conspirators met at this congress to discuss replacing Stalin with Kirov * Kirov was told about this and instead of wanting it‚ he decided to inform Stalin
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Literary genre that takes its beginning in the early nineteenth century. The genre is named after the goths‚ which were a Germanic tribe that sacked Rome and ushered in the Dark Ages. The literary genre itself appears a long tine after the Dark Ages‚ but the genre evokes the Dark Ages in style and content. Stylistically‚ it often deals with gargoyles. Old mansions. Great‚ vast wilderness. Exotic locations. A lot of references. The monsters: Mad scientists ( Dr. Frankenstein)‚ vampires (Dracula)
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The Holocaust The Holocaust was a tragic event that changed the perspective of many people. “The Holocaust‚ or the Shoah‚ destroyed about 6 million Jews” ( O’Donnell 115). One term used during the Holocaust was anti-semitism which is defined as hostility and prejudice against Jews. Other groups that were targeted were gypsies‚ the disabled‚ Slavic people‚ Communists‚ Socialists‚ Jehovah’s Witnesses‚ and homosexuals. The rise of Hitler during the 1933 fueled anti-semitism that caused many dreadful
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Emily Whittaker Cause & Affect Rough Draft Word Count: 1‚081 (Essay itself) Ballerinas: Behind the Tutus and Glamor When people attend the exquisite performances of ballet recitals most are captivated by their form‚ how they maneuver ever so gracefully like a leaf falling from a tree in the autumn months‚ their beauty and how on stage they can appear to be anything they desire. However‚ behind the glamor‚ the slippers‚ the makeup‚ lies an eminent issue affecting these performers. Ballerinas
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Take a step up on the platform‚ and breathe in one of your last breaths. Your eyes involuntarily start tearing up‚ though you don’t mean to look weak. You didn’t do anything wrong; you know that. The color of your skin is something you can’t help. At this point‚ the noose is placed over your head. The platform drops out from under you‚ and everything goes black. This scenario was all too common for African Americans all throughout the United States in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. More specifically
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This summer I went to camp with my friends. It was one day and night trip. There were about 12 children. We put up our tent near the river to hear river flows and swim. To me beginning was extremely nice. But suddenly it rained so heavily. Because of the rain we all got wet and cold. Although we knew there were no branches that didn’t wet‚ we decided to collect branches to make a fire. Also it was getting darker. So I climbed the forest with my 5 male friends. The one of them was climbing more higher
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To all the man-made machinations‚ war is the most mischievous and dangerous. It is said‚ “Man proposes‚ God disposes.” But in case of war‚ God proposes‚ man disposes. War is not a natural calamity. Hence the entire responsibility for war falls on man. Sometimes‚ one is apt to doubt that if man is in any way different from wild animals. Ever since two men appeared on the earth‚ they have been quarrelling with each other. According to WEB Yeats‚ men fight with each other like weasels in a ditch
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2/15/2012 To: World Peace Archive I believe that World War II could have been prevented by the US being more involved in other countries problems. The US could’ve stepped in when Hitler asked to take over those territories. Also I think World War II could’ve have been prevented by keeping peace between each country and stopping Hitler before he got to powerful. If the Allied powers
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