Citizen: An American Lyric‚ written by Claudia Rankine‚ is a hybrid book. The book consists of seven chapters‚ each chapter detailing different microaggressions‚ interspersed with images of various paintings‚ drawings‚ sculptures‚ and screen grabs. Chapter III starts off with another with another short interaction‚ similarity to the conversations in Chapter I. As you rush to meet a friend in a distant neighborhood‚ the friend says you are late “you nappy-headed ho” (41). Rankine continues by explaining
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"The Responsibility of a Catholic Citizen in a Free Society” Our first and foremost responsibility is to Christ. We really should go to Mass at least weekly. We should also confess our sins‚ do our penance‚ and take Holy Communion‚ as well as spread the word of God to everyone. Our second responsibility as good Catholic citizens in a free society is to protect the dignity of the human being at all levels. This comes in different forms. First‚ we are to protect the dignity of human life by opposing
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The Holocaust Research Paper The Nuremberg Laws In 1933‚ Hitler and other members of his team‚ the Nazis‚ came up with over 400 statements against Jews and how they live. These statements became known as the Nuremburg Laws. These laws took away everything from the Jews daily lives just because they were thought to be “unhuman.” The Jewish population made up around one percent of the population of Germany. Jews were not counted as people to Hitler‚ so he wanted them gone. On September 14‚ 1935
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The poem the unknown citizen written by w.h Auden portrays from the point of view of the government what or how an ideal citizen should look like. This piece is written in third person omniscient to project a non-bias perspective and that way transmit the “truth” without being affected by feelings or personal point of views. Moreover at the end of the poem the author makes a relevant turn which effect is making the reader question himself if what was depicted before is the right thing‚ if that ideal
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What is the greatest gift American citizens have? Freedom is the greatest gift we have. Our freedom is established in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. According to these documents‚ we citizens have the right to talk freely‚ to believe in any religion we want‚ to publish any story‚ and assemble any meeting. In my opinion these documents‚ the Bill of Rights and the Constitution‚ are the most valuable forms we have because within these documents it gives us the option to an education‚ to
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I argue that Claudia Rankine in her book Citizen is attempting to expose the injustices African Americans suffer due to the prejudices placed on them because of their fictive kinship. Fictive kinship as defined by Melissa V. Harris-Perry in her book Sister Citizen is‚ “African Americans’ sense of connection to other black people” (116). She goes on to say that this connection among blacks can lead to one person’s bad actions “shaming the race” (Harris-Perry 116). This concept is most thoroughly illustrated
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Should The Average Citizen Resist Globalization? Name: Professor: Course: Date: Introduction The world economy has realized major changes in terms of growth and structure towards trade in goods as well as assets‚ with trading nations becoming increasingly interdependent upon each other. In the last thirty five years‚ this process has developed at an accelerated speed and is now a major factor‚ in controlling the aspect of life today. This occurrence is accredited to globalization. There is much
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Abstract This paper will show that gun control laws in the United States have had no significant effects on reducing crime. Although the anti-gun lobby supposes that passing more stringent laws will reduce the level of crime it will be shown that this just places additional hardships on the law abiding citizens of the United States. The work of various studies and reports from the United States government and private foundations will be the mainstay supporting concepts of this paper.
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CHAPTER 2 Methodology The Research Design The descriptive method of research was used for this study. To define the descriptive type of research‚ Creswell (1994) stated that the descriptive method of research is to gather information about the present existing condition. The emphasis is on describing rather than on judging or interpreting. The aim of descriptive research is to verify formulated hypotheses that refer to the present situation in order to elucidate it. The descriptive
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Name Professor Subject Date Airport Security: Essential to Guard Citizens Airport security measures are essential to guard citizens against the significant potential for disaster. Airport security is the process of protecting public transport by aircraft‚ as well as the terminals from which passengers of these aircraft arrive and depart. The growing attempts of terrorist attacks on aircraft from the mid-1970s through 2001 have provided the need for greater security. The terrorist attacks
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