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    their own community. Iti Awosika joins the heated debate about how we can protect our children. There has been an alarming rate of deaths amongst teenage black boys. For the past decade Britain has had the largest rate of teenage deaths amongst teenagers both black and white‚ however this number has been much higher of amongst teens of Black decent‚ may have questioned the reason for this with statements like’ I blame the parents’‚ ‘I blame the education system’. But what are the main causes for

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    Black on Black Crime

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    Today I’m going to talk about How to stop black on black crime. Black on black violence is an enormous problem in the African-American community. Living in a neighborhood that is mostly minority‚ many may have witnessed a lot of black on black violence. The black on black violence has continued to arise in many communities and continues to be a problem around the world. Black on black violence is ignorant‚ and many black Americans should be coming together instead of killing one another. African-Americans

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    The Hermit's Song

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    tension. There is a worldly or natural blending in Irish Christianity. Kuno Meyer’s translation of the 9th century Celtic monk poem “The Hermit’s Song” offers a unique prospective of powerful Christian elements‚ subtle Pagan themes and how they fuse or mix together beautifully to create an unparalleled and ideal spiritual experience. In “The Hermit’s Song” Christian elements are everywhere. Within the first line on the first stanza the speaker calls

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    When I discovered the “Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows” by John Koenig I came across a term that struck me and changed my outlook on the world. The word is sonder. Sonder is the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. This means that there are 7 billion stories passing by everyday and the only story I used to focus on was my own. It made me curious about the inner thoughts‚ struggles‚ and ambitions of all the strangers around me. As an introvert‚ I

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    Songs: Analysis

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    Chapter 3 lie (rumor) Song: 2Chainz - No Lie (Explicit) ft. Drake I choose this song for this scene because the song is talking about how he never told no lie. It connect to the scene because when olive told a lie/rumor her friend thought it was true. it say about the charter is that even if she tells a lie people will believe her Chapter 9 Detention Song: Kanye West- Bad News I choose this song for this scene because it talk about how it bad news about something he heard. In the movie olive

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    Slave Songs Thesis

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    slave songs. I. Introduction A. Thesis: Most of the slave songs were often adapted to represent the experience of labor in the many plantations; these songs were divided into three different groups‚ the working songs‚ the recreational ones and the spiritual songs. II. Body Paragraph 1 – Work Songs A. Focus on Work songs B. The work songs differed according to the type of labor. C. The tempo of the songs reflected the amount of work done i. Slave owners encouraged the up-tempo songs ii.

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    Song Paper

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    Song dynasty and its significance in Chinese History In this article‚ I would like to introduce the "Culture History" of Song dynasty. I will mainly talk about "Literature"‚ which will be divided into 4 parts that are: 1)Poetry; 2)Prose; 3) Ci(詞); and 4)History. After introducing the Literature‚ I would like to explain Song dynasty ’s significance in Chinese History. In Zhen Zong period‚ Xi Kun Ti became popular among the high officials. The representative of the Xi Kun Ti were Yang

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    Soul Food flim analysis

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    English 102­61  13 February 2014         Critic Frank Ochieng mentioned‚ “Soul Food is an appetizing dish...an ethnic dramedy  served with spicy attitude” (Ochieng). It is a warm­hearted‚ stupendous‚ touching‚ and  sensational family film. ​ Soul Food ​ tells a story from the point of view of an eleven year old boy  named Ahmad acted by Brandon Hammond. The film is about an African­American family‚  which has eaten soul food dinner as a family every Sunday for over forty years. Throughout this 

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    Song Comparison

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    1 Ms. Spilberg ENG2D1 March 5‚ 2013 Song Comparison Essay The road of life can be a bumpy one. There will always be twists and turns that can alter a person’s life‚ changing the course of their destination. Even though life can be tough‚ you have to draw upon your inner strength in order to persevere. The songs‚ “Move Along” by The All-American Rejects and “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” by Greenday sing about this message. The lyrics in their songs have many literary devices such as personification

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    Hunting Song

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    Hunting Song This story‚ “Hunting Song”‚ helps us envision the deer hunting tactics of the Navajo people. Although the true moral of this story is terrifying‚ the author of this poem wrote it in a way that it sounds almost peaceful. He uses beautiful‚ environmental imagery such as the mountains and dewy flowers to help us picture this scene better in our minds. This story teaches us about the Navajo song writing tradition‚ their appreciation towards the deer‚ and their hunting tactics. A major

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