American Apparel is an American clothing manufacturer and retailer based in Los Angeles‚ California. Created in 1989‚ the company is known well for its controversial and provocative advertising campaigns. The sexually influenced advertisements are often criticized‚ but also praised for their lack of airbrushing the models. In fact‚ the company is known for accentuating the “flaws” on their models. Their advertisements usually depict a model with noticeable blemishes or asymmetrical features and then
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The Almighty Latin King Nation is a American street gang founded in Chicago in 1940‚ and active mostly in Chicago. Latin King documents reveal a man by the name "Gino Gustavo Colon" (a.k.a. Lord Gino) is considered the "SUN" of the Almighty Latin King Nation in Chicago and has been for a long time. Latin King headquarters is located on Beach and Spaulding in Northwest Chicago. Luis Felipe created the manifesto for the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN) based on teachings he had picked up
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story “In the American society” by Gish Jen‚ especially appealing. The plot of the story focuses on a narration by a daughter about her first generation immigrant father struggling to keep the balance between his own cultural beliefs and American culture. The narration cleverly portrays the father‚ Ralph Cheng’s behavior within his own society and the American society. Based on this story‚ I believe that first generation Asian Americans faced a substantial challenge adapting to American culture and
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Out of all the horrible things that the colonists brought to the Native Americans‚ alcohol and guns were two of the worst. While alcohol destroyed their livers and killed their people‚ guns killed their people and their culture. The World Turned Upside Down gives several accounts of the Native Americans’ lives and the destruction of them as well. I believe that guns had a bigger impact on Native Americans. Not only could they defend themselves against the colonists‚ but they could hunt better as
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Benjamin Franklin’s Influence on American Society Benjamin Franklin was born in the 18th century‚ and he was one of the most intelligent astounding American national history has recorded. He increased his already genius rank brightness all through his life. With only three years of education‚ he took the initiative to learn various arts and sciences including learning French‚ German‚ Spanish‚ and Italian. Additionally‚ he learned to play the guitar‚ harp‚ and violin (Powell‚ 1997). Therefore‚ it
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Black‚ White and Latino‚ teachers included. But this accusation I had to take seriously. Growing up‚ my mother encouraged me to educate myself on African American
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Geography’s effect on the English colonies is indisputable‚ but was it the primary factor for shaping the colonies? I think it is‚ whether it was good or bad the geography always played an important part in the lives of the English colonist. From the swampy terrain of Jamestown to the bays of the Northern colonies‚ each played an integral part in the development of the colonies. I’ll start with Jamestown‚ one of the first colonies to make it. The beginning of Jamestown was almost it’s end‚ the
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ROLE OF SLAVE LABOR IN COLONIAL AMERICAN SOCIETY Differences in classes began to form due to the high demand for slave labor in Colonial American Society. Slave labor also helped to cause racial tension even in the cities. The population also increased in Colonial America due to the high demand for slave labor therefore many African slaves were imported from Africa. The beginning of slaves in the Americas was through the Columbian Exchange. Indians also became slaves for the English because
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In Thomas Paine’s portrayal of the American Society he characterizes it as a country that upholds its principles‚ has uncompromising morals‚ and the rights of its citizens‚ but Paine neglects to mention that diversity can conjure chaos when two or more conflicting views confront each other. Thomas Paine accurately depicts the American Society as striving to achieve equality for all of its citizens‚ however‚ the American Society being in ‘cardinal unison’ is a stretch at best‚ America being a largely
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of US-Mexican relations represent a unique process of historical formation of political‚ economic and cultural ties between the two North American countries. The relations between these countries represent the model that demonstrates the complex bilateral relations and often conflicting situations between neighbors united by a long state border and the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Some researchers have defined the U.S. Mexican relations as a close collaboration but bilateral relations
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