Introduction Basketball is a athletic sport‚ usually played on an indoor court in which two competing teams of five layers each attempt to score by throwing an inflated ball so that it descends through one of two baskets suspended‚ at each end of the court‚ above their heads. The team scoring the most such throws‚ through field goals or foul shots‚ wins the game. Because of its continuous action and frequent scoring‚ basketball is one of the most popular spectator as well as participant sports in
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Context: This passage is occurs right in the middle of the first chapter of the book Black And White By Eric Walters. It is in first person point of view coming from Thomas’s point of view. There is no previous chapter however‚ the introduction to this novel simply Steven‚ the best friend of Thomas‚ convincing him to stay and watch. The chapter after‚ however‚ revolves around the ride back home following the basketball match. Significance: There a couple of significant points in this paragraph in relation
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Basketball is a team sport‚ the objective being to shoot a ball through a basket horizontally positioned to score points while following a set of rules. Usually‚ two teams of five players play on a marked rectangular court with a basket at each width end. Basketball is one of the world’s most popular and widely viewed sports.[1] A regulation basketball hoop consists of a rim 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet high mounted to a backboard. A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through
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I know what I should do or shouldn’t‚ but she would still ask me to sleep when it is 11p.m. only or tell me this vegetables and that vegetables are healthy but she never know I don’t like vegetables. I think she did a good job. She complained about Madge not because of the $650 gift certificate only‚ was because Madge offended her self-esteem. For example‚ she was humiliated by Madge since Madge asked her to take off the pants. I think she was a typical young adult because she had strong self-esteem
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The adrenaline pumped through my veins. My heart was beating so loud and fast. There was the ball‚ held in the referee’s hands‚ about to be thrown up into the air. I stood a few feet behind the boy on the opposite team‚ poised and ready to catch the ball when my teammate smacked it toward me. Oh‚ I was so nervous. Suddenly the basketball hit my stomach with incredible force. It bounced off and rolled away on the floor to be picked up by the opposite team. The game had begun‚ and I had already dropped
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"A black man in a white society." How important do you think this is as a factor in Othello’s tragedy? Plan What Othello’s tragedy is: essentially believing a dishonest man over his wife How Othello fits in: Christian and experienced military leader How he doesn’t: a black Moor‚ foreigner and subjected to overt racism Newman: believes in racism himself Leavis: Othello is ‘too stupid’ to be a tragic hero Iago is a ‘dramatist’ many critics AC Bradley: Othello is ‘blameless’ How far Iago is to blame:
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The Truth About White Supremacy: American History X As a Hispanic‚ I suppose I should expect or‚ be prepared‚ rather‚ for racism and discrimination. Thankfully‚ I have not experienced either.. yet. Our world is not perfect; things take place that we rather not know about‚ but ignoring the problem seems to only make matters worse. The movie American History X‚ is an admirable attempt to inform us about these types of malicious ignorance that plague our society. The impeccable acting‚ artistic
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and colonization‚ Black Skin‚ White Masks (1952). In Black Sin‚ White Masks‚ Frantz Fanon analyses the impact of colonialism and its deforming effects‚ had a major influence on civil rights‚ anti-colonial and black consciousness movements around the world. He uses psychoanalysis and psychoanalytical theories to explain the feelings of dependency and inadequacy that “The Man of the Colour” (black) experience in the White world. He speaks of the divided self-perception of the Black Subject who has lost
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Black Skin‚ White Masks www.plutobooks.com Revolution‚ Democracy‚ Socialism V.I. Lenin Edited by Paul Le Blanc 9780745327600 Selected Writings Black Skin‚ White Masks Frantz Fanon Forewords by Homi K. Bhabha and Ziauddin Sardar 9780745328485 Jewish History‚ Jewish Religion The Weight of Three Thousand Years Forewords by Pappe / Mezvinsky/ Said / Vidal 9780745328409 Israel Shahak The Communist Manifesto Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Introduction by David Harvey 9780745328461
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etc. A law professor at Harvard law school defends racial profiling as “statistically based” (Harris 74). The system is backed up by statistics. It accurately punishes the ones who deserve it. There is a reason why black are more often arrested. “Blacks are more likely than whites to live
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