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    Freedom of Speech Originally rap music has been around since 1926 and was not as popular back then as it is now. Teenagers to adults listen to an average of two point five (2.5) maybe three (3) hours of music per day. Study shown in 1 of 3 of the songs played contains explicit language and reference to drugs alcohol or women. Ice Cube’s album entitled ‘Death Certificate’ sends messages that bluntly and descriptively threatens violence against homosexuals‚ women‚ whites who exploit blacks‚ whites

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    itself on diversity‚ freedom and religious expression. Culturally‚ Americans have a common trend; the celebration of holidays. In most recent days‚ holidays have been condensed to a festival of bargains‚ retail finds and materialistic trinkets. We have reduced some of our most sacred holidays into giving and receiving gifts. Christmas‚ Valentine’s Day‚ Halloween‚ and Thanksgiving are just a few examples of how today’s society has skewed the true religious‚ diverse meaning of the holiday. The

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    Albert Camus had his own personal meaning of life‚ a revelation of his own‚ “I think my life is of great importance‚ but I also think it is meaningless.” The meaning of life‚ in the world’s eyes‚ is a fleeting thing‚ ever evolving and changing like the days in a year. Many authors have broached this elusive topic but none have been as inventive or done so with quite as much success as Albert Camus in his book The Stranger. Camus‚ the man who brought notoriety to the absurd‚ used this book to explore

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    In the last few years‚ America has undergone a significant cultural change. Previously‚ almost no criticism of the media reached the public‚ except for some of the complaints of business interests and conservatives. The media controlled the "means of communication" and it used that power to censor virtually all discussion of its own role in shaping events But now -- at last -- we are starting to get some public debate over the way the media manipulates public opinion and routinely creates fictions

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    Every year on February 1rst we celebrate Freedom Day. This day promotes equality throughout America‚ and it reminds America not to take equality and freedom for granted. However this day wouldn’t be signed and granted if it wasn’t for all the slaves and people that fought for their rights‚ not only the African-Americans but everyone else who helped throughout the journey to acquire freedom and equality. The first attempt in freedom for the slaves was in the 1600’s when slaves had organized in groups

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    Freedom Writers‚ a film directed by Richard LaGravenese‚ is about a middle class woman‚ Erin Gruwell‚ who takes a job teaching in Long Beach‚ CA. She receives a class of very different people‚ with different nationalities‚ who share the same fight. She achieved helping with disadvantaged students‚ when no one else thought that they would amount up to anything. As the film progresses you see how the student’s lives change and how they turned into well thought of adults‚ thanks to the impact of their

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    Freedom Writers Diaries – Their Story‚ Their Words‚ Their Future One of the main concerns that Erin Gruwell would face was teaching a group of kids that the school system process having an integrated school was a good thing in front of board members that had issues at that certain time in history. The school system did not look at how this integration with mixed cultures would affect everyone involved. This system would suddenly take them out of their own element and put them with mixed cultures

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    The Meaning of Motivation in the Workplace Name: University Course Tutor Date The Meaning of Motivation in the Workplace 1. Introduction The work of the manager at the workplace is to make operations to happen as they ought to. For this to happen he or she has to motivate the staff. Motivation practice and theory is a complicated process that is based on a number of sections in the workplace. The motivation of employees has been a core issue for leaders and managers

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    The main events depicted take place between 1994–1996‚ beginning with scenes from the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Swank plays the role of Erin Gruwell‚ a new‚ excited school teacher who leaves the safety of her hometown‚ Newport Beach‚ to teach at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach‚ a formerly high achieving school which has recently put an integration plan in place. Her enthusiasm is rapidly challenged when she realizes that her class are all "at-risk" high school students‚ also known as "unteachables"

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    like a particular object. Instead‚ abstract art is made up of designs‚ shapes and colors. (http://www.harley.com/art/abstract-art/ ) The meaning of abstract art is‚ in its most simplified form‚ art that relies on the emotions of the artist and the elements of design rather than exact representation. This broad definition allows artists almost unlimited freedom of expression. Some abstract artists create compositions that have no precedent in nature. Other abstract artists work from nature and

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