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    Color Blind

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    Destiny English PAS 115 T TH 9:30-10:45 10-8-12 Color Blind Over the summer I joined a nonprofit organization to help send kids that live in poor neighborhoods to camp. The age group was from the age of fourteen to seventeen years old. Each person was responsible for raising four hundred dollars. The camp is a few minutes away from Big Bear. We the volunteers had ten weeks of training on a college campus. I was excited to be a camp specialist helping with programs and watching over the kids

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    The Color of Water

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    Some children have difficulties accepting their race. In “The Color of Water” written by James McBride covers the story of a biracial man that is trying to find out more about his white mother. Throughout the book James McBride discusses how racism and acceptance from people can be difficult. In the text “The Color of Water”‚ racial tensions has had an effect on James mother Ruth’s along with James and other individuals who have dealt with being biracial while looking to being accepted in their

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    Discrimination Worksheet

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    sources you use. • What is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons (Schaefer‚ 2012‚ pg. 61). In addition‚ it is when a person treats others unequally based on that person’s differences‚ or group excluding them from their rights and privileges because of others views. Discrimination can hinder a person from advancing

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    Primary Colors

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    3/7/13 Film Review: Primary Colors The film I reviewed for this assignment was Primary Colors; the film is very closely related to Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign. The film stars John Travolta who plays a charismatic southern governor by the name of Jack Stanton. Jack is trying to win the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States. Henry Burton‚ an idealist is impressed by Jack’s warmth and likeability with the people so he joins Jack’s team as a political adviser

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    Sara Knigge The Color of Water Essay Racial Identity The Color of Water by James McBride was a story about a young boy trying to figure out his racial identity but his mother would not talk about her past or what race she was. All James knew was that she was white living in a black power neighborhood and that fact terrified him. He thought that to grow up he had to know his racial identity but through all the trouble and hard times he went through he learned that his race did not matter. It

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    Discrimination in Gattaca

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    Gattaca Discrimination I chose the photo of Vincent coming up on the substance test as an ’invalid’ because it is a good example of discrimination. In the world of Gattaca‚ the people who are ’invalid’ are seen as inferior and are considered lower-class people. They are given the lower class jobs as their genes show that they are not worthy of anything better. "I belonged to a new underclass‚ no longer determined by social status or the color of your skin. No‚ we now have discrimination down to

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    Color in Web Design

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    Chapter 2 – Color Psychology of Color * Color psychology – Field of study that’s devoted to analyzing the emotional and behavioral effects produced by colors and color combinations. * Color Associations * Red - Has the reputation for stimulating adrenaline and blood pressure. Known to increase human metabolism: its an exciting‚ dramatic‚ and rich color. * Orange - Very active and energetic color. Promotes happiness‚ and represents sunshine‚ enthusiasm‚ and creativity

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    The Purple Emperor lives in Europe and Britain they spend most of their time in tree tops where the moms store their eggs and protect their territory. The purple Emperor Eats Honeydew‚ urine‚ animal carcasses‚ and sap from oak trees. Some distinctive features of the Purple Emperor are long curled tongue and brightly colored wings. The conservation stratus is medium and their really threatened. Lastly their skin type is hair. There is some information of the Purple Emperor. Some fun facts about the

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    Color Psychology

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    Color is defined as “the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object‚ usually determined visually by measurement of hue‚ saturation‚ and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue” (Webster’s Dictionary). Color is an extremely powerful psychological tool used across the globe. Our world would be bland and boring without the use of color in our everyday lives. Using color psychology can encourage sales‚ calm a crowd‚ and even help a person send

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    Color Therapy

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    time that color plays a major role in setting up a particular mood or state of mind. Color does affect one’s feelings‚ moods‚ and emotions. Colors are certain wavelengths of electro-magnetic energy seen through our eyes. The color we see is the part of the visible spectrum that is reflected back by a certain object. We know that when all colors join the result is white light. Therefore working with White Light brings about completeness‚ oneness‚ union of all complementary parts. Colors affect us

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