The television show “Roots”‚ a miniseries airing in the late Seventies‚ provided gripping and emotional insight into the lives of a fictional family victimized by slavery. This controversial project attempted to depict some semblance of the horrific history of the American black community in a way that the primarily white population would willingly consume. Unfortunately‚ this depicted the African-American involuntary “immigration” experience as one that was terrible yet palatable‚ tying it up nicely
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1 School Uniform Debate Proposition 25% of students in public elementary schools have a mandatory school uniform policy. This is a 500% increase since mid-1990. There wouldn’t be that much of an increase without some good reason behind it. Uniforms take the envy away from peers. So there would be less conflict and jealousy going on in your school. There would no longer be that poor person who has Wal-Mart clothes being compared to that rich kid who is wearing Hollister clothes. The
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A Dialogue Son : Father‚ what do you mean by Epic Theatre? Father : It is the new type of theatre‚ introduced by Bertolt Brecht‚ a German dramatist in the 1940s. It is also called the Dialectical Theatre. Son : Dialectical? What does that mean? Father : You don’t know what Dialectic means? It is an art of investigating truth by discussion and logical argument. Socrates started it in the fifth century Before Christ‚ in Athens. Here again it has
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Salvation Debate The Salvation debate has been one of the most controversial debates in the Christian church known to date. When it comes to the issue of salvation‚ the majority of Evangelicals agree that‚ “personal conversion experience is necessary for salvation. Evangelicals unanimously affirm that we are saved by grace through faith and not ourselves” (pg. 145 Across the Spectrum). So as we can see Evangelicals stand unanimously together on salvation but it is when we get more in depth with
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Motion: Service companies should adopt a Resource based view (RBV) Strategy process P1 Members of the Jury‚ honorable Chairman‚ thank you for the opportunity to speak. We are here to discuss whether the resource-based view is the best approach that Service Companies can adopt as a strategy formulation process. Firstly we would like to define the mentioned terms; Service companies and Strategy Service companies / The service industry is defined according to the Business Dictionary
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Part 1 of 5: Analyzing the story 1) Consider the script for the movie‚ or its writing. What was the story‚ plot‚ and dialogue? Did it keep you interested? Was it believable? Were you provided with all of the information you needed to follow along? Is the dialogue believable? Do the characters have arcs? Is the story interesting and believable? 2) Analyze the backstory. Was it a low budget or high budget film? What sort of work have the actors‚ producers‚ and directors done in the past? Part 2 of
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Prejudices and Disrimination Found in "Roots" Prejudices and Discrimination Found In the Story of Roots Shamika Crain June 14‚ 2012 Abstract Prejudice and discrimination occur in everyday life. People use these tools of dominance when choosing what one likes or does not like to eat. In serious cases‚ prejudice and discrimination between the races‚ the superior and inferior is witnessed throughout history. Many movies and books attempt to inform
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______________________________________________________________________. (write down the motion) First‚ let me introduce my team. I am ________________________ and am the first speaker. I will define the key terms of the motion and set the boundaries for my team’s debate. My second‚ third and fourth speakers will strengthen our arguments by presenting various points supporting our arguments. My last speaker will summarise our team’s arguments and firmly state that _______________________________________ ________
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DEBATE: New Strains of Drug-Resistant Bacteria In 1969 when Dr. William H. Stewart claimed that the war against pestilence was won‚ he had no idea how wrong his statement was. Were he able to see what the future of antibiotics held‚ he would never have said‚ “It is time to close the book on infectious diseases‚ and declare the war against pestilence won”. He was completely oblivious to important aspects of antibiotics including their ineffectiveness on viruses and the potential harm that
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Debate Speech Firstly I would like to put forward a question‚ can you imagine a world without privacy. A world where everyone has access to your personal information. How many people here would feel uncomfortable or embarrassed with others viewing their private photos‚ videos or messages? Good morning 10 Morse and Ms. Falconer‚ today I will be addressing the second point for the negative side‚ that personal privacy is a necessity and should be relied upon in the online world of today. As
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