The specter of ISIS and the oppressive Assad regime have ravaged Syria’s cities and forced millions of citizens to flee the country. Now‚ as masses of newly-minted refugees search for a new home‚ our country’s leaders are debating how to respond. The United States has historically been a refuge for the oppressed‚ a haven for Emma Lazarus’s “huddled masses” to turn to in times of trouble. These huddled masses‚ however‚ hail from a land so synonymous with terrorism that it has been dubbed a “factory
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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “benighted” as “existing in a state of intellectual‚ moral‚ or social darkness.” The word “darkness” really strikes me in this definition‚ just as the word “benighted” struck me when reading Phillis Wheatley’s “On Being Brought from Africa to America.” This use of “benighted” most certainly refers to her time in Africa‚ which she calls a “Pagan” land. This could refer to actual Paganism being practiced in Africa‚ or a lack of religion entirely. She says that
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The poem that I decided to write from Anne Bradstreet is called “To my Dear Loving Husband”. I love the thought of love; I love the meaning of love. Love to me is a feeling that each individual feels. I connected to this poem because after reading a few lines I understood with what the author was trying to portray. The first line grasped my attention‚ Anne said “If ever two were one‚ then surely we”. To me that’s what love is. Being able to meet someone and fall deeply in love to the point where
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Recently I attended The Broward college production of the play Season’s Greeting‚ the play takes place on Christmas Eve‚ Christmas Day‚ and Boxing Day. I was very skeptical going in because I was not sure if I would be walking in on a tacky Christmas play or an Alan Ayckbourn’s British comedy. They had a proscenium stage with‚ extended Apron which very disappointed me because it was extremely small‚ I sat in the center of the third row and the aesthetic distance between me and the performers were
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many African-Americans that had put so much hard work to make our society as good and developed as it is nowadays. There are lots of Blacks‚ who are very famous for their deeds and deserve to be remembered as honorable society members‚ such as Phyllis Wheatley‚ Benjamin Banneker‚ Sojourner Truth‚ Harriet Jacobs and others . The main objective of this paper will be the analyses of life and work of Paul Cuffee. Paul Cuffee was born on the 17th of January on Chuttyhunk Island in Southeastern Massachusetts
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The twentieth century was a transitional moment in history for African Americans and literary scholars and activists like W.E.B. Du Bois made sure of this. He succeeded in protesting and making aware the importance of an education. The treatment of slaves prior to the twentieth century ultimately shaped that era and what was to come of it. Despite the freedom that blacks were exposed to following the Emancipation proclamation‚ Du Bois felt that new the ideal and a new form of power came through education
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and the carbon-14 remaining in the organism starts to disintegrate at the half-life rate of 5‚568 years (Poole 1961:27). (Today‚ based on refined calculations/techniques the half-life rate of carbon-14 is generally considered to be 5‚730 years) (Wheatley 2004:98; DeYoung 2005:46). From the
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In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens The essay "In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens" by contemporary American novelist Alice Walker is one that‚ like a flashbulb‚ burns an afterimage in my mind. It is an essay primarily written to inform the reader about the history of African American women in America and how their vibrant‚ creative spirit managed to survive in a dismal world filled with many oppressive hardships. This piece can be read‚ understood‚ and manage to conjure up many emotions within
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of discrimination. For instance‚ the American Psychological Association (APA) continued to allow recruiters at the annual conventions to display job advertisements that stated‚ “men preferred.” In 1970‚ during an APA meeting during the convention‚ Phyllis Chesler and Nancy Henley prepared a statement on APA’s obligations to women and demanded one million dollars in reparation for the damage psychology had perpetuated against women’s minds and bodies. The statement stated‚ “psychology has been criminal
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http://www.fpaa.state.fl.us/IRM/CJNet.htm Florida Criminal Justice Network (CJ Net)‚ (n.d.)‚ Florida Department of Law Enforcement‚ retrieved September 8‚ 2006 from http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/publications/tech_success_stories/cjnet.htm Margaret Wheatley (n.d.)‚ The Quotations Page‚ retrieved September 10‚ 2006 from http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/38957.html
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