The Klan”‚ Studs Terkel‚ a renown historian‚ sits down with C.P Ellis‚ a former KKK member to discuss his experience in the organization. Ellis grew up with a prejudice against black people and
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make himself feel valid. This helped him gain back his self esteem. In his lifetime‚ he blamed all of his problems on black individuals and became racist. Studs Terkel in his essay‚ “C.P. Ellis‚” explains the way Ellis overcame his racist beliefs. Throughout his lifetime‚ Ellis has achieved many other accomplishments. According to Terkel‚ C.P. Ellis worked several years at a service station prior to getting married. When he started to have a family‚ he knew he would need to change his financial
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more to his employees in order to avoid taxes. However‚ most families had more discretionary income so they did not suffer. A point Lee Oremont made regarding increase in demand was: “you could sell anything you got‚ it just walked off the shelves” (Terkel 1997‚ 314). This says those at home were not experience the true horrors of war. With US businesses booming and the American civilians employed‚ they loved the
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(Terkel 79). An unfortunate consequence of Reagan ’s war was that it did not discriminate between medical marijuana and other drug usage‚ which showed a continued ignorance toward marijuana ’s possible benefits. In 1989‚ President Bush appointed a "drug czar" who suggested that if the war on drugs was stepped up‚ drug use could be cut in half. President Bush continued a full-fledged war on drugs that continues to this day. (Terkel 104). Now the major critics of marijuana
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American Dream. Take Roberto Acuna for example‚ in the essay written by Studs Terkel. Although “[his] mom had always wanted [him] to better [himself]” (Terkel-70)‚ he chose to become a man of his people instead of a “company man” (Terkel-70). Acuna worked hard to try to better the lives of those left behind‚ who lack the access of the American Dream. Acuna wants people to comprehend “how the fine salad got on their table” (Terkel-71) by choosing to “fail” in the sense of him not having a “successful job”
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culture‚ including social class and religion (Parrillo 516). This is a very interesting piece because C. P. Ellis describes that‚ "… we hated each other. Up to that point‚ we didn’t know each other. We didn’t know we had things in common" (qtd in Terkel). Here Ellis reveals Ann Atwater was sad because her daughter was being bullied at her school by teachers. Same thing was happening with Ellis son‚ he was rejected at his school by teachers because his father was working together with an African American
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about" (Didion‚ Joan). The purpose of her notebook is to preserve her memories. A similar connection related to memories comes from Division Street: America by Studs Terkel. He proposed the idea that his memories of urban life in and around Chicago result in thoughts concerning the past‚ present‚ and future. Similar to Didion‚ Terkels purpose behind Division Street: America was to preserve and interpret historical information based on personal experiences. Another reading with related themes is
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Persevering through Prejudice “Ahhhhhhhh!” I squealed and jumped for joy the moment I dropped the phone. I hurrily scurried over to my mom to share the news. “Mommy‚ I got my first job!” This was the stepping stone to me being an independent young woman. I was officially employed at Hollister Co. as a sales model. I was ecstatic and excited to make some money at the tender age of 15. My first week was definitely a learning experience; from learning how to maintain a cash registrar to
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Analysis of Emma Knight Author Stud Terkel was a writer‚ who represented class conflicts in a deceptive style‚ allowing the facts and people he interviewed to speak for themselves. Previously‚ he acted on stage and television‚ hosted a radio program and compiled several books. In Miss U.S.A‚ Terkel writes the story of Emma Knight using irony. If the modeling agency would not have convinced Emma to join the beauty pageant‚ then she would not have gained more confidence in herself. In
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Nowadays‚ job satisfaction has become an important issue for workers since it closely relates to physical and mental well-being. In order to find out what makes work satisfying‚ Studs Terkel interviewed three workers about their jobs in 1974 and Ethan Winning did a survey about job satisfaction in 2004. According to their results and my observation‚ there are three main factors that affect the job satisfaction: Salary and special incentives from jobs‚ personal and professional growth opportunities
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