Intro A community can be viewed as a people that share common languages. Attributes and many other cultural similarities. Strong communities usually signify a unity or bond. This bond forms a sense of sense of self and "brotherhood". However‚ this does not appear to exist in the Black community. Slavery has nearly destroyed the existence of any unity. When the Africans were taken from African‚ different tribes were mixed together on the ships and stripped of their identities. The differences between
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observe my community‚ I tend to notice the disregard for mental health‚ in particular‚ in the Black community. Those in the Black community are just as likely to have any form of a mental-illness as their racial counterparts‚ however due to ambiguous reasons they are led astray from seeking help. Such as the stigma of being told “you’re crazy” or “just deal with”. Based on the history of African- Americans or Blacks‚ we have been told to be strong and not weak. In the eyes of the Black community‚ mental
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English Composition 9 January 2014 Battles Already Won: I was born into what would be considered a large family by today’s standards; my family consists of a mom‚ dad‚ three older sisters and me the baby of the family. I know my parents had every intent on treaty their children all the same‚ no favorites‚ but that is not how it worked out. I have a lot to be thankful to my older sisters about‚ but the most important thing they did for me was to wear out my mom and dad. They fought all the
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I am the problem in the black community: I am unplanned pregnancy‚ educational malpractice‚ welfare - shared and borrowed EBT‚ stolen uniforms in exchange for street opium‚ the overdose and the uncomfortable pain of going cold turkey. I am ghetto life‚ extreme poverty‚ gun violence and genocide in the streets. A piece of me lie motionless in a yellow square reading crime scene on a square block that inherits the plight of failed urban development and public policy. A St.Michael’s prayer card is
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People make promises that they fail to keep. Loved ones know that words alone are insufficient to keep and achieve our promises. Words are convincing‚ powerful‚ and provide essential explanations. However‚ they do not guarrantee that what has been said will be fulfilled. As the saying goes‚ "It’s easier said than done." A man can say he will get a better paying job‚ buy a new house for his family‚ and pay off the mortgage‚ but chances of those events happening are slim without having determination
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blessed with a talented basketball player. (That would be me.) Growing up‚ I didn’t really have reasons to like basketball. My family did not play or have interest in any kind of sport‚ besides for my father turning on the Lakers game once in a while. So my influence had to come about from a mishap. A mishap I am very thankful for. The television was playing the Lakers game in my living room one night when my attention was caught by an astonishing performance by a player wearing the number 8. Shot
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“The government‚ both state and federal‚ could at any time confiscate not only the whole field‚ but every ounce of gold the man had mined with so much labor and pain. While the three miners were at work they would be well guarded. Only when on their way back with their hard earned loads would they be waylaid or hijacked by a party of fake bandits acting under orders from someone who was paid by the people to protect the country from bandits. Things like that have happened even in the country to
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The game of basketball is not a game of skill anymore‚ it is a game of fouls. This is not enjoyable to watch‚ no one who plays the game knows any of the rules. “When little kids watch basketball on tv it inspires them to play like that in their Youth League‚ and they take it to a whole other level.” (Bythe‚pg.9). Basketball is a team sport. No one wants to play with you if a you’re a hog ball‚ if you’re selfish‚ or if you try to show off. Basketball‚ like all sports can be explained by science
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Community policing has a huge impact on police-community relations. Community policing is the philosophy of a police-community‚ strategic partnership to proactively address crime and disorder within the community to reduce crimes and improve quality of life. Due to community policing‚ police officers have a variety of services available to them such as community residents‚ social service organizations and other government organizations (Gaines‚ 2014) which can help them to effectively maintain law
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History of Basketball - Essay Sample Basketball originated in 1891 in Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ by a Canadian PE teacher named James Naismith. Naismith was teaching at the YMCA training school (now Springfield College) at the time‚ and under the supervision of PE expert Luther Halsey Gulick‚ came up with a spirited and strenuous indoor activity‚ basketball. Initially‚ teams had 9 players‚ and the objective of the game was to throw the leather ball into fruit baskets that hung from a balcony
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