Beyond bringing back our girls: Is Nigeria sleeping on the rights of our women? ABSTRACT: This article examines the human rights of women in Nigeria in the light of the recent abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok Community in Borno State of Nigeria. It argues that the abduction of the Chibok girls is part of a series of violations of women’s rights in Nigeria. In reality‚ there are thousands of Nigerian women whose rights are being violated on a
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By: Brittany Turnbull I. The Reviews a. Amy Winter [Women Race and Class] Off Our Backs‚ January-February Issue (2005) pp48-49 b. Ann Russo [Book Review]Women Studies International Forum‚ Volume 6‚ Number 2 (1983) pp249 II. Summary of Reviews a. Winter‚ Off Our Backs The reviewer focused on the different parts of history of the African American woman as well as the history of all women as a whole. She broke up the review
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The article by J. Osorio entitled Gazing Back: Communing with our Ancestors‚ began with a tribute to David Hanlon who was an inspirational and important teacher and figure in Osorio’s life. For me‚ reading this article was so moving‚ inspiring and a microcosm of an entire semesters’ accumulation of knowledge and insight into a culture which I have lived along side my entire life but never fully understood. I do not know if comparing my appreciation for professor Osorio to his of David Hanlon is a
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What is it like to lose your most memorable moments in a flash? Richard Rodriguez managed to answer the question in his memoir‚ “Aria”. The memoir was published in “Hunger of Memory”‚1982. Rodriguez‚ a Mexican American writer‚ believes the importance of family value and the objection of bilingual education and affirmative action. “Aria” elucidates the criticism that society impacted towards the character and also the fact that the character isn’t able to speak or understand own native language.
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Families grows apart ‚bonds are weakened ‚ love is extinguished.Then all that’s left is a worthless need for materialistic things. Rodriguez’ relationship with his family is described as exactly that‚ a relationship with none of that warmth that is associated with the word‚ it has none of the love. Instead of a loving family Rodriguez’ family is the consumerist type of family. The type of family that does not give significance to the word family. Christmas a day of giving and recieving
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make not only affect us today but those in our lives tomorrow. My parents mad choices that have affected my life. I have chosen to push further and higher to be even greater then they were‚ allowing their mistakes to be a stepping stone rather than an obstacle. As a young girl growing up in Haiti‚ I experienced first hand that the path my parents chose for themselves was not the life that I wanted for myself. I was able to relate closely to Richard Rodriguez in “The Achievement Desire” because he
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unbelievable order is on Jan. 25‚ when President Trump signed an executive order to construct a wall along the United States’ southern border is inflaming relations between the United States and Mexico‚ strongly affects to American politics and economy‚ and damage to the environment; and so‚ in my opinion‚ his decision is just ignorant and wasted. Firstly‚ building a border wall not only affects to relations between the United States and Mexico but also American economy.
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Modern day competition caused many people experience bilingual education. Richard Rodriguez‚ the writer of “Aria‚” is one of them. Rodriguez refers “private language” as his native language and “public language” as what he will use at school. His “private language” is Spanish and his “public language” is English. He argues that it is unnecessary for student to be taught in two different languages. He said‚ the foreign language that will be taught diminishes the value of the native language; lower
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In Richard Rodriguez’s story "Complexion‚" he solves the conflict between his brown skin color and his own identity. Rodriguez had accepted who he is and was no longer concerned about his brown skin color and facial features that identify him as a working class Mexican. He stated that his skin color means nothing to his identity because Rodriguez realizes his skin color does not label him "disadvantaged" in life (148). Rodriguez’s real identity separates himself from the Mexican workers. He tells
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An autobiography about gang days in LA. Rodriguez explains his horrible life as a gangmember in the latino slums of Los Angeles. The first chapter deals with his uprigning. His brother Hosé‚ later known as Joe‚ does not speak english and is thought by the teachers not to admid to anything. Chapter 2 - Luis grows up always running from police or gangs. His best friend Tino dies after he and Luis are chased at night by the police for trespassing on the school to play basketball. He joins a club‚ the
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