The House I Live In was an amazing documentary. I was saddened to hear Nannie’s story and the stories of others that I witnessed in the film. I was blown away by how much the war on drugs is really a war on blacks more than anything else. It disgusted me to see the stereotyping of blacks by police officers under the guise of "probable cause." The police aren’t about doing real police work‚ only placing cuffs on blacks and low-income civilians and sending them to jail. It’s mind blowing to me how
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Jaxon Petersen Sociology DJ Hall 10 April 2014 The House I Live In The war on drugs whether wrong‚ right‚ or indifferent‚ has yielded a plethora of life changing outcomes for many United States citizens. Both the plaintiff and the defendant have their own side of the dispute‚ and yet somehow the plaintiff in the non-stop ‘cash grab’ that’s so conveniently nicknamed the “War on Drugs” gets the benefit of zero-tolerance‚ or minimum sentencing. In most cases the defendants simply are doomed from
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Three things I learned this summer Summer is the time of year when you are supposed to relax and enjoy the heat of the sun. Summer is the time where you can go swimming‚ have BBQ’s‚ go camping‚ have bonfires‚ go tubing‚ go boating‚ go fishing‚ and do all sorts of thing. Summer is the time of the year where they have derbies‚ circuses‚ carnivals‚ and fairs. In the summer there is also rodeos and concerts. Summer is the time of year where you can go to bed whenever you want to. You can stay up late
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My three favorite things are Cooking‚ Cleaning‚ and Shopping because they revolve in my everyday life and my job without them i will not be able to function well. Cooking is one of my favorite things . I love cooking new dishes ; I also like having new techniques an ideas in the kitchen . I have always been a fanatic of cooking shows since i was small it has bought my attention. On Holidays i tend to cook alot of diffrent dishes . My baked Homemade pies i make off stratch and my famous
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In the time that it has been generating its own content‚ Netflix has experienced wild success. With original shows such as Orange Is the New Black‚ Stranger Things‚ and House of Cards‚ the streaming service has become semi self-sufficient while garnering support from the public and critics alike. However‚ while Netflix has enjoyed hit after hit with its in-house television shows‚ it has not experienced anything remotely similar on the movie front. While some of Netflix’s original films have received
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“We cannot do without mobile phones today”. We agree that people nowadays cannot live without their mobile phones. Mobile phones are hand-held phones with built-in antennas. Unlike home phones‚ mobile phones can be carried from place to place with a minimum of fuss. Mobile phones nowadays are the easiest way for us to communicate with our day to day activities‚ it is not only to make calls but you can use it to send short messages‚ even business proposal. They can also be used for games‚
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Man cannot line without society. When you live in society you have to take care of the other people‚ therefore‚ both human resource and the restriction of culture can be spoiled and lead to un-control‚ and it might cause a lot of harmful to the society‚ as a result of 2009 to 2011 of the revolution of the political dead lock of the president of Thailand. Moreover‚ sometime if one society is notorious about the un-peaceful of its own‚ the others will judge that area as a black dot which might not
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“The Things I Carry” Tim O’Brien states in his book‚ “They shared the weight of memory. They took up what others could no longer bear. Often‚ they carried each other‚ the wounded or weak.” When we think or discuss the weight we carry we oftentimes think of physical objects. However‚ sometimes the heaviest and most burdening objects are our memories. The Things I Carry by Tim O’brien discusses the weight the soldiers who fought in Vietnam and the emotional damage they all faced. Just like these soldiers
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The things I carry are an essential part of my life and who I am today. From when I was little to the present‚ I carry things that impact who I am as a person and who I will become as I grow older. They offer clarity and comfort. I carry the memories of when I was younger. These memories create moments of laughter‚ tears‚ smiles‚ and complete happiness. My memories stay with me and allow me to learn and grow as a person. As I learn each day and walk through the halls of BVNW‚ I carry the weight of
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The things I carry are the guns I will never fire. I’ll never receive training from extremely attractive girl instructors on operating AK47s‚ M4s‚ and M16s. I’ll never drive a tank to rescue hostage soldiers from the battleground or ever lead a special mission in the Gaza strip. I’ll never be able to pilot a plane‚ and I’ll never experience the abominable disgust from eating frozen‚ stale corn three times a day. The things I carry are inevitably overwhelming questions. Almost every day I receive
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