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    In chapter five of Michelle Alexander’s book entitled‚ “The New Jim Crow”‚ she tackles the topic that most of the Americans ignore. In the beginning of this chapter‚ she mentioned president Barack Obama’s speech on father’s day. In Obama’s he stated that many fathers are missing or MIA‚ and AWOL with their responsibilities. This scenarios can perfectly describe African Americans family‚ where many children does not have their fathers by their side. As Alexander argues‚ “a black child born today

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    On November 18‚ 1978‚ followers of Jim Jones shot and killed United States Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four others traveling with him on a fact finding trip to Guyana. Ryan was there to investigate complaints about the community called "Jonestown‚" which was largely inhabited by his former California constituents. After murdering a United States congressman Jones knew the end of his rule was near. He ordered his entire following‚ some 914 people‚ to commit what he called "revolutionary suicide

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    In Drumbeats and Bullets by Jim Murphy‚ the author explains how young boys serving in the Civil War were crucial to the soldiers‚ and played an important job. Their job is to drum‚ and give orders by drumming which was important to the soldiers. One way that they showed bravery was by not stopping‚ and showing bravery‚ as said in the paragraph‚ they still drummed when they were shot from all directions and wounded. A quote that supports this is “A ball hit my drum and bounced off and I fell over

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    people assuming they have known the plot brush it off immediately they hear just the name of the protagonist? Martin Guerre may be one of those names‚ but it figures prominently in the title of the book The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis. Banal though the title sounds‚ the historian never intended to regurgitate what the reader may have known but to engage in “a different way of telling about the past.” Her revisionist interpretation of the story of Guerre‚ however controversial‚

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    While reading Angela Davis’s Women‚ Race‚ and Class; The Approach Obsolescence of Housework: A Working-Class perception‚ it came to my knowledge that the term "housewives" came after everything started to become industrialized. After everything got industrialized and shifted the economic production from home to factories which impacted the women a lot‚ like women‚ were not able to make furniture‚ operated slaughterhouses‚ ran tobacco shops‚ and etc. Because of this women were left with nothing to

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    Tori Palfey 3/31/14 Eng.9H/Cummings/p.4 Essay #3 “You know if we were to look back and how we were in 1955 living in Jim Crow‚ living in segregation‚ living in segregated schools‚ it ’s hard to believe that it was America‚ but it really was.” -Anna Deavere Smith. This quote was referring to the ghastly Jim Crow laws. The Jim Crow laws arose in the south in 1890 and restricted the way African Americans could participate in society (cliffnotes.com p.1). These laws had a vast influence on the

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    Robert Con Davis-Undiano is the host of Current Conversations. He is Neustadt Professor of Comparative Literature and Presidential Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma‚ where he teaches Chicano and Latino Studies. He is executive director of World Literature Today‚ an organization that oversees two publications and is a humanities center for students. He is also the general editor of the Chicana & Chicano Visions of the Americas book series at the University of Oklahoma Press‚ and his

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    Only to Serve excerpt (part 1) by Debra Davis. She was a grocery clerk for ten years‚ and she was laid off by her employer. She couldn’t find a regular job‚ so she searched on the internet for an online job. She finally found a job that appealed to her. The job required her to give advice to people on the telephone. She thought the job was perfect for her because she enjoyed giving advice to her friends; wanted or not. Finally‚ she would be able to give advice to people that really wanted her

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    Some might ask what exactly are ethics? Ethics is a moral principle that governs a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity. Everyone has ethics but everyone’s ethics is different from person to person. The Ethics of Living Jim Crow is written by Richard Wright explaining his education in race relations in the south. Wright starts out talking about his childhood and all the racism that he encountered in the south. He writes this story to show us what racism is like on the receiving end

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    Jim Loftus Reflection Paper Jim Loftus is a veteran in the radio industry. Although I have no aspirations to pursue a career in radio‚ he provided several insights that are applicable in many aspects of life. Loftus’ story of how he became CEO of More FM resonated with me. Early on in his career he was told that he would not make it in the radio industry. Ironically‚ the same person that told him that‚ he would end up working with that individual several years later. I was able to relate with this

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