Jena‚ a small town in central Louisiana‚ is 85% white and the black population says that racism always has been an issue. In September 2006‚ a black boy sat down next to a tree in Jena High School where usually only white boys sit and the next day three nooses were found hanging in the tree‚ a symbol from when the KKK used to hang black people. No parents were given any information on what happened and the white boys were allowed back to school after only three days. Another example is‚ in October
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September 20‚ 2007 4th Block Jena Six Essay On September 2006 in Jena‚ Louisiana a black student asked for permission from a school teacher to sit under the shade of a tree but only white students sat under that tree I was called the white tree. School officials told the black students that they could sit wherever they wanted to sit and they did. The next day three nooses‚ in the school colors‚ were seen hanging from the white tree. The school principal found out that three white students
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The positive aspects of death in this film is that Jackie soon realizes that she has to come to grips with her inevitable death. This allows her to live her remaining months in peace with her children and even become happy with Luke and Jena Malone getting married. In the circumstance on Jackie Harrison‚ death is not presented as a natural part of the life cycle. Cancer‚ is a modern problem with no modern cure as of yet. It endangers and ends many young lives throughout the
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22) Why did the Jena 6 draw such attention? Why does Alexander think civil rights organizations have not devoted enough attention or resources to resisting mass incarceration and the drug war? The Jena 6 case follows the history of six black kids that beat a white classmate‚ they were charged with attempted murder. Nevertheless‚ people stood up for them‚ according to Alexander people only did this because the topic around their sentencing was controversial due to the practice of hanging nooses from
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In the book‚Oedipus Rex‚ part of the Sophocles series‚ Oedipus‚ the powerful king of Thebes‚ is a very ego full ruler. He believes that one must prove himself in order to be a leader. “I am aware that no king can expect his subject’s complete loyalty without proving himself first.” Oedipus demonstrated to his peoples that he was qualified to govern them after saving the province of Thebes. “You saved us from the Sphinx‚ that flinty singer‚ and the tribute we paid her so long; yet you were never
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Salvation Langston Hughes After reading the excerpt from Langston Hughes’s autobiography‚ "Salvation"‚ I pondered the many factors of religion and what makes a person believe in god or not believe in god. I believe that religion is a form of individual expression‚ and that each person should have the freedom to conform his or her identity to whatever religion feels right to that person‚ or even to conform to no religion at all. I think that if I had been in Langston’s position sitting on a mourner’s
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The French Revolution of 1789 brought an upset of the social order in France: monarchy and religion‚ the two institutions that had retained order and promoted the growth of a great society for decades‚ were rejected. It is not difficult to see Chateaubriand’s René as an allegory describing post-Revolutionary France and the predicaments that the Revolution brought to French citizens. Chateaubriand’s short interlude draws a parallel between René and France- both have been cut off from previous social
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Local Thug Found Dead in Slum Ruins A young guy slept in the slum ruin but he held a smile on his face forever A boy was founded under the crashed wall on his back in a slum ruin near the city and looked like it hit the boy really hard with a certain speed. But one thing could be sure was that accident caused the boy’s death. When the reporters arrived the scene‚ the crashed the walls and the ruins were cleaned by police without the boy’s dead body lying on the empty ground and left it under
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The first statement is an irony because young Langston said he was saved when in actual fact he was not saved .He only pretended to be saved so that he could save more trouble. The purpose of writing “Salvation” is to show the difference in the way of thinking between the young and old generation. Also to clarify the misconception of the older generation that the younger generation can easily comprehend and read in depth meaning to what they are told. This is shown when Hughes and his aunt
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Women in combat In the article‚ “Military women in Combat: Why making it official matters” composed by Jena McGregor‚ the author clearly makes a strong stance regarding women in the military. One point being‚ that at least 14‚00 new jobs were made unrestricted‚ while 250‚00 jobs in the military still remain restricted to men only. The main point in the article is difficult to point out at first ‚ because the author seems to be in favor for women’s advancement in the military without combat and
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