Highway‚ Chavez ravine was the home for many Mexican-Americans and some Chinese who worked in Los Angeles City. This ideological battle raged for a complete decade that is‚ from 1951 to 1961 (Hines‚ 1982). The first stage in this battle was the land acquirement by the government to build a viable public housing in the area after the establishment of the Public Housing Act in 1949. As the growth rate of Los Angeles was fast‚ the area of Chavez ravine was ideal for this project in the area. However‚ as
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Rhetorical Analysis: Freedom Writers The movie “Freedom Writers” is based on a true story. Hilary Swank as Erin Gruwell plays an inspirational teacher at Wilson High School. She is ready to take on the teaching world as she steps inside Wilson High School for her first day. Her class‚ varied with teenagers of different ethnic backgrounds‚ wants nothing more than to just get through the day. African Americans‚ Latinos‚ Asians‚ gang members‚ and much more are from poor neighborhoods‚ that all share
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Ms Edwina‚ my co-worker‚ who is an accounting clerk at San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center‚ is the most influential person in my life because she has always supported me and given me hope. In fact‚ accepted to work as a payroll clerk with no accounting background and with my terrible English‚ I felt very stressful in learning a lot of new things at the same time‚ and I had no confidence in communicating with other people. Things did not improve‚ and I totally fell apart and wanted
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INTRODUCTION The movie I chose to do my movie analysis on was Sin Nombre. I chose this movie because it stood out to me the most‚ mainly because of the title in Spanish. I used four concepts while analyzing this epic movie. First I applied the power elite theory to see who had the power in this power city and how they used their power. Then I used the social conflict theory to see what caused the people to get into the gangs and how the gangs acted to the people. The socialization theory is shown
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Jocelyn Berrios Arroyo Prof. Cardalda Sanchez Writing in Psychology 02-Jan-2011 The West’s and their house of horror: Fredrick Walter Stephen West and his wife‚ Rosemary (Rose) Letts‚ are well known throughout Europe and most parts of the world as two of the most gruesome and sadistic serial killers of the century. Though it is not clear how many people they had murdered
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GANG LEADER FOR A DAY The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world’s attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh managed to gain entrance into the gang‚ what he learned‚ and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment. When Venkatesh walked into an abandoned building in one of Chicago’s most notorious housing projects‚ he was looking
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School Uniforms Is it better to let things continue in their horrible condition or change them for the better? The issue of school uniforms has been argued for decades with many different ideas and no final conclusion. However‚ school uniforms would reduce some major problems such as the school district’s budget problem‚ school bullying‚ and gang-related violence. The addition of school uniforms would benefit the school of San Jacinto High School. California’s bad economy affects the school district
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* Cidade De Deus‚ more commonly known as the City of God‚ was directed by Fernando Meirelles. This is a Brazilian film that represents and portrays the violence and horrors of living within the Brazilian Slums‚ known as favelas. * With over 500 slums‚ the favelas existed within the regions of Rio de Janeiro‚ containing more than a third of the city’s population. The word favela refers to a community of people who neither own nor have formal permission to occupy land. Rio De Janerio’s favelas
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The film ‘Stand by Me’ shows how characters unearth self-shaping thing about themselves. Intro: The film ‘Stand by Me’‚ produced in 1986 by director Rob Reiner‚ set in the town of Castle rock in 1959 demonstrates how a group of four young boys undertake an incredible and self-discovering journey‚ which in turn‚ allows them to uncover untouched things about themselves. Para 1: An illustration of how self-discovery is supplied in the film can be shown through the lead character‚ Gordie. At the beginning
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The Bloods and the Crips The United States has had problems with gangs dated back as early as the 1800s. In today’s society when people hear about gangs the first two gangs that they think of are the Bloods and the Crips. Both of these gangs originated about forty years ago but are still going strong today. Although‚ at first these gangs were formed as a sort of territorial war the activities of the gang members has grown increasingly more dangerous. The Bloods and the Crips are mortal enemies
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