Exercise 1.3 - Compare Two Essays I chose to compare “Freedom Is Intended As A Challenge” by Naomi Wolf from Give Me Liberty‚ and “Learning to Read” by MALCOLM X. When I started reading “Learning to Read” by MALCOLM X‚ I already had the assumption that “For instance‚ Wolf and X appear hugely different at first glance‚ but close reading may show some strong points of convergence in their attitudes and their arguments.” (Stephen) That being said‚ X’s learning journey triggered my interest right away
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After days of abuse and being held against her will‚ Cyntoia found the strength to fight back and kill her sex trafficker. Though she committed an unlawful act‚ Cyntoia was simply attempting to survive given the circumstances she was put through. Actions made by an individual in life-or-death situations should not be held against him or her‚ as the individual pursued these actions with the will to survive. Besides the fact that these acts are considered “against the law”‚ a person follows through these
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Crow became a term used by whites and blacks alike for the “complex system of laws and customs separating the races in the south” (par. 1). Therefore‚ Jim Crow Laws were radically racist and unconstitutional laws made in the confederate states who were still grieving their lost to the union and wanted
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WWII Minorities DBQ In the mist of the countries involvement in one of the most grueling wars in history new barriers were broken to make room for an equal America. Although true equality was not reached‚ these short four years would lead to the turning point in American acceptance toward diversity‚ both in and out of the work place. The movement of thousands of men overseas create a substantial gap in the work place‚ creating a never before seen chance for women‚ Blacks‚ and immigrants to flood
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This paper will be addressing the issue of racism and its health effects on targeted minorities. This essay will attempt to answer/prove my research question‚ which asked‚ if the unequal health status between whites and minorities is as a result of the effects of racism? . Racism has been proven to cause serious health disadvantages to minorities. It has become so advanced that it is imbedded in various institutions of the society like schools‚ health centers‚ prisons and the media and as such part
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Citing our textbook material‚ should we define minorities in terms of gender as well as race and ethnicity? Defend your response. The idea that most people have for the United States as a country is for everyone to be equal. I honestly have no idea how this would ever happen. When it comes to being able to vote‚ or our freedom of speech‚ or the second amendment‚ yes I believe that everyone should be equal in having these rights. Things such as the laws and bill of rights should be equal to every citizen
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breath. This is what is happening to minorities in America. America’s society holds down minorities and all they are trying to do is come up for air. Doesn’t everyone have the right to breathe? America’s jails are filled with minorities. Minorities that would have less likely been put in jail for the same crime if it was a caucasian person. Minorities are put in the system and are made to work and in a sense‚ treated as modern day slaves. It is not right that minorities are still treated as less than and
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Mandela made. Apartheid was a system of racial segregation in South Africa founded in 1948 to 1994. Under apartheid people were divided into groups of your race the biggest was black‚ white‚ colored and Asian. The majority of the black people were sent to their “native country” but in reality they never have seen that area. The purpose with the law was that black people there where living in a white area had no rights to vote or influence on the area they were living in. the only place where they had
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Racial Discrimination Hits Pennsylvania During the summer of June of 2009‚ 73 African –Americans children of Creative Steps in Northeast Philadelphia paid the Valley swim club in Huntington Valley for pool access for summer campers. After the first day of swimming‚ the campers were told not to return. Several campers claimed they heard pool members making racial comments while they were at the club. At the time valley swim club officials said race had nothing to do with it and that there were
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targeting people‚ it hits home. "A classic pretext stop is a traffic stop motivated not by any desire to enforce traffic laws‚ but instead motivated by a desire to hunt for drugs in the absence of any evidence of illegal drug activity" (67) Alexander talks about the traffic stops and I think about the situations with my father‚ my uncle and my stepfather; minor traffic violations were used as a means to stop them. The police are targeting vehicles with tinted windows‚ maybe load music‚ or just simply
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