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    people view black women’s hair. It might seem like this is not an issue to talk about but it is. I have been a victim of people making fun of my hair what is even worst is when a teacher that you respect does it. Where I was born‚ hair was not a huge deal. Some of my classmates had long curly hair‚ nappy hair‚ short hair‚ or no hair at all‚ we were all happy. I had never had an issue with my hair I was always confident. Then‚ the chemical I started adding to my hair had damaged my hair. The first

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    Products For Black Hair The stakes are high when it comes to finding a quality styling product that lives up to your high but very necessary standards. It’s a game of chance‚ but once you’ve found that ever elusive product that unlocks the secret to your curls‚ it’s as if you’ve hit the jackpot‚ amiright?! Well‚ product junkies rejoice because we’ve rounded up the “Holy Grail” of styling products that are sure to give your kinky curls a run for their money. 1. WonderCurl Get Set Hair Jelly ($15):

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    Soto Onomatopoeia

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    Moreover‚ Soto uses onomatopoeia in his biographical narrative in order to show his audience that he was given many opportunities to realise that he’s making a great error in judgement but‚ by the time he realised it the deed was done. To elaborate‚ before Soto went to the German Market‚ he had been listening to the howling of the plumbing underneath his house but‚ he had completely forgot about it and because of that fact he ended up committing a sin. This is shown when in the text it states‚“Forgetting

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    Victoria Soto

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    Shady Brook Elementary School. He began to shoot students and staff. After killing 15 students and two teachers in the first classroom‚ he entered the classroom of 27 year old Victoria Soto. Soto‚ knowing that their life was in danger‚ had already hidden her sixteen students in a closet. When the gunman burst in‚ Soto lied and told him that her students were in the gymnasium. As a result‚ she lost her life to protect the lives of her kids. Vicki is the named that she was called by the many people who

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    Nikki Giovanni’s "Poem for Black Boys" is a poignant literary work that addresses several issues concerning the young black male in America and the conflicting views taken by members of the African-American community during the Civil Rights Movement with an inclination towards the peaceful movement perpetuated by the likes of Dr. Martin Luther king‚ Jr. and his non-violent contemporaries. Giovanni’s use of allusion‚ imagery and the sardonic humor of the speaker blend effortlessly to denounce all

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    individuals share different common viewpoints. In "Cry of the Kinky Haired Girl‚" de Burgos portrays her Black female pride by breaking down the societal perception that portrays her as an object. She says "...I cry and I laugh at the thrill of being a black statue...my white teeth flash like lightning" (Willis‚ 2003‚ p. 45). In these lines de Burgos

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    A Pie Soto Analysis

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    one’s life. In Gary Soto’s autobiographical narrative‚ he steals a pie from a German market‚ and then feels guilty about the whole incident. Gary Soto recreates the experience of his guilty six year-old self with the use of religious imagery and language‚ the description of his paranoia that everyone knows‚ and the use of the fact that he attempts to escape his guilt‚ but is haunted and unable to escape it. Soto uses religious imagery to relive the time when he stole the pie. Gary Soto “[knows] enough

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    Black Anzac Poem Theme

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    throughout the poems‚ they can range from happiness to sadness and anger‚ which help set the mood of the author and how he/she is telling it. Main themes that are present are Racism‚ War‚ and Death and how they can be paired hand in hand and help reinforce the message of the Poem. Racism is a major problem that is still being tackled today‚ with the discrimination of a certain race or religion‚ it has affected many lives including Cecil Fisher‚ who is the author of the poemBlack Anzac”. The poem focuses

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    account As For Poets by Gary Snyder‚ the poem embodies a slew of poetic devices. The central theme of the poem‚ I shall argue throughout this paper‚ construes the entity of environment reflected to the role of poets towards their literary works. In this paper‚ I would like to take a run at exploring the main messages which are brought along the poetry through looking into the symbols employed in the poem and how those symbols construe the meaning and message in the poem. The poem consists of six stanzas

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    the history of Black Hair Thesis Statement: Through history‚ African Americans have changed to fit the times and so their hair has developed a statement about those historical changes. Introduction: I. Attention-getter: My Hair Story II. Establishment of ethos: Through a bit of research and a book called Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America‚ I understand more about African American Hair. III. Thematic Statement: If sometimes you wondered about black hair (i.e. how can

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