“No task is more urgent for racial justice advocates today than ensuring that America’s current racial caste system is its last.” – Michelle Alexander‚ The New Jim Crow In The New Jim Crow‚ Michelle Alexander (2010) describes an American paradigm that encourages pervasive racial injustices that are beyond average comprehension. In particular‚ the “New Jim Crow” is a system that predicates current racial differences on past social constructs that relate and date back to slavery and
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their education is not necessary to achieve economic stability; however‚ is it all about how economically stable a person is? Michelle Obama certainly knows the answer. At “Bowie State University Commencement Speech” Obama reminded all her audience the importance of getting an education to help build a brighter future for our communities as well as next generations. Michelle Obama‚ the Dean of Chicago University Student’s services and creator of a movement called “Reach Higher” which promotes continuing
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African-American in the highest office in the world‚ The White House. For some reason this has led to the belief that African- Americans are no longer struggling. For some reason when one succeeds that means we all have but that is so far from the truth. As Michelle Alexander puts it‚ “The fact that some African Americans have experienced great success in recent years does not mean that something akin to a racial caste system no longer exists. No caste system in the United
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Susan Keith and Michelle Martin’s essay‚ Cyber-Bullying: Creating a Culture of Respect in a Cyber World‚ describes the cyber-bullying in today’s youth and convinces people to address it as a significant form of child violence and harassment. The introduction describes modern concerns regarding youth violence and goes on to include cyber-bullying as a new form of social harassment that has risen with the popularity of the internet. Susan and Michelle then go on to define cyber-bullying and provide
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Michelle Alexander writes in the preface that her intended audiences for the book “The New Jim Crow” are the people who care about racial equality‚ and this immediately struck me. This is because racial equality is very important in today’s society‚ and Alexander expresses that. It does not seem normal‚ in my opinion‚ for a person to think otherwise. This is where Alexander’s “new” Jim Crow laws become very interesting to me. Michelle Alexander’s style of writing was specifically noticeable‚ as well
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victims‚ Michelle Knight. The author does an excellent job retelling her eleven years in captivity and her escape as well. Even though this book includes many distressing events that occurred during those eleven years‚ Knight always had hope‚ which helped her overcome her many struggles. The author provides a voice for the individuals out there who cannot share theirs. People love tragedy‚ bringing this book to the spotlight‚ and even the bestsellers list. The harrowing experience Michelle Knight
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Turpin child abuse story fits a widespread and disturbing homeschooling pattern.” These ladies show evidence of their bias by making it clear that these regulations have to change. In the second article‚ titled “Home Schooling Is Not a Crime” by Michelle Malkin‚ a political commentator on CRTV‚ the bias that homeschooling has nothing to do with the extreme abuse seen by the Turpin’s family. The story about the Turpin children and abuse seen on their children rocked the world of
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2009 Hillary Clinton‚ Sarah Palin‚ and Michelle Obama: Performing Gender‚ Race‚ and Class on the Campaign Trail Ann C. McGinley University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law Follow this and additional works at: http://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub Part of the Law and Society Commons‚ Politics Commons‚ Sexuality and the Law Commons‚ and the Women Commons Recommended Citation McGinley‚ Ann C.‚ "Hillary Clinton‚ Sarah Palin‚ and Michelle Obama: Performing Gender‚ Race‚ and Class
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In Michelle Chen’s article‚ “Five Myths About Fast-Food Work” she talks about misconceptions associated with people who work at a fast food restaurant. The first issue Chen addresses is the idea that only teenagers work fast food for little to nothing. However‚ Chen explains that the majority of workers are around twenty years old and some are single parents that are trying to provide for their families. The Next misconception associated with fast-food is the idea that workers can eventually work
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Not everyone can say they are a big sister. I on the other hand got blessed with not only being a big sister‚ but being one to Michelle. Michelle is my now 13 year old sister. We never really got to live with each other long because I was always moving‚ but there is no one that I love more. She can be the meanest person in the world‚ but she can also be my best friend. Because she is my sister‚ I have many jobs: making sure she is happy‚ making sure no one but me tortures her‚ and making sure our
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