When I decided to take this course‚ I felt that it would help me to better understand the power of race in our society. Having attended high school in a small‚ primarily white town‚ I was not exposed to heavy race issues until I began my college career. Issues like slavery and segregation were taught in a passive way; making it known that these were bad things that happened while simultaneously engraving this notion that the past is the past‚ and that it’s not like that today. While I had never
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In the 1950s women were getting married incredibly young‚ having children‚ and becoming housewives. They woke up‚ fed and dressed their children‚ sent them to school‚ cleaned the house‚ went to club activities with their children‚ made dinner‚ then repeated it all the next day. Eventually‚ women started to feel that they were stuck in a glass cage. There was a whole world right outside their window‚ but they could not have any of it. They were told that being a housewife was everything they should
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of Staff that the US should be removed from Korea. By 1948‚ the opposing governments were established: The Republic of Korea (South) and the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (North). Tensions between the two quickly heightened. On June 25th‚ 1950‚ after multiple failed attempts to create uprisings in South Korea‚ communist North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel‚ invading South Korea. As Kim Il-Sung’s Soviet supported army overran South Korea‚ the US‚ interpreting the invasion as an act
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should we talk as if Race Matters? Unwittingly or quite knowingly people have built systems of inequalities around race but people have also built identity‚ friendships‚ and college mates around it. Nevertheless‚ several people I recently interviewed never appeared to be certain when race was a good thing or when it was a bad thing to talk about‚ which in my mind leaves us all struggling with a particularly intimidating question: When should we talk as if race matters? The culture
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This piece has awesome description! Some moments that I like were; "an arched entry to a kitchen decorated in 1960s linoleum the color of Hollywood sanitariums and brushed aluminum where the 1950s chrome would have been." and "the autumn walnut and chestnut fights we had when the trees in the yard dumped loads of nuts in the sleeping grass." They both let me envision these scenes as if I were there looking at them. I also really like the comparison you made of your childhood to an antique bureau
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In the 1950’s there was a massive change in culture and the start of communism was rising up. Communism during this time was everyone’s fear and because of this issue‚ everyone was starting to get all paranoia. Spies in the US atomic program were passing around secrets to the Soviet Union to set off a nationwide panic that communist spies may be invading many American institutions. In the 1950’s‚ allegations were made towards Hollywood that they were involved with the communists that was led by the
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Throughout the 1950s and 1960s‚ television quickly became a popular and greatly desired entertainment system in America. Although expensive‚ the television was still found in over fifty million American homes. Socially‚ the television not only embellished what the time period believed to be the the “ideal” family‚ but the new technology also helped pull African Americans closer to a world without racism‚ segregation‚ and prejudice. As well as social benefits‚ the television greatly impacted the
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the idea of “change” was most likely coming second to a lot of people. Many families just wanted their old lives back‚ the ones that were before the wars. That I believe held many people to be complacent at the end of the 1940’s and throughout the 1950’s. However‚ in the 1960’s and 1970’s a new generation had emerged. One
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upper-class background - has been challenged as a consequence of increasing gender equality and the emergence of more and more female athletes. This week‚ we look at the ways in which the changing ethnic composition of British society and changes on race relations have been reflected by changes in the sporting world. As first example: ==> Mohamed "Mo" Farah (born 23 March 1983) is a Somali-born British international track and field athlete. He is the current 10‚000 metres Olympic champion and 5000 metres
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More People Own Cars In 1918‚ only 1 in 13 families owned a car. By 1929‚ 4 out of 5 families had one. In the same time period‚ the number of cars on the road increased from 8 million to 23 million. In fact‚ the industry grew so fast; by 1925 over 10% of all people in the workforce had something to do with production‚ sales‚ service‚ or fueling of automobiles. Buying on Credit At first‚ a buyer had to have cash to purchase a car. Banks were unwilling to lend money for something that was difficult
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