In Gloria Anzaldua’s book Borderlands La Frontera‚ The New Mestiza‚ she shares her experience in a post-colonial world as a Chicana‚ a lesbian and a woman who grew up in a cross-cultured area trying to understand her identity but also to make us rethink about what a border is and what are the consequences which come with it. Anzaldua creates a “mestiza consciousness” as a dynamic capable of breaking down dualistic ascendant archetypes. This concept is related to “hybridity”‚ a mixed race‚ which will
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most of them do not realize that the nice guy doesn’t always win. Even though there are vast amounts of movies which specifically address police corruption we will use three main movies for our argument today‚ mostly LA Confidential‚ however‚ also Training Day. Two main characters in LA Confidential‚ Bud White and Jack Vincennes‚ portray officers who have lost sight of why they initially entered law enforcement and work along with unwritten book of practiced ignorance within the department‚ which only
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La Sagrada Familia by Antonio Gaudí has made a momentous historical and cultural imprint on the city of Barcelona in Spain. After working on his ultimate masterpiece for 43 years‚ Gaudí died in 1926‚ leaving his unfinished monument to be fulfilled by future architects. Though the Basilica began its lengthy constructional history in 1882‚ it is to this day still in process of being completed. The Sagrada Familia Church was initially funded by the Spiritual Association of the Devotees of Saint Joseph
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Short Paper Assignment: Raphael‚ La Belle Jardinière La Belle Jardinière by the painter Raphael in 1507 it is an oil on canvas painting that is approximately 5 ft by 3 ft with rounded upper corners bordered by a wooden frame. Immediately you see three figures a mother and two children. Then you realize they are divine and wearing halos and that it is the Virgin Mary‚ Jesus as a child‚ and Saint John the Baptist as a child because of his attributes his cross and also his animal fur clothing. While
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The LA Riots of 1992 The United States has faced many obstacles when it comes to growing and prospering as a nation‚ especially in regards to the issues of racism and police brutality. These issues led to one of the most historical events to ever take place in the USA. In April of 1992‚ after four white Los Angeles Police Department officers were acquitted of all charges they faced for beating an unarmed‚ black motorist named Rodney King in March of 1991. The people of South Central Los
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A. For my news report‚ the intended audience was meant to be the new freshmen attending UW-La Crosse. Freshmen students are new to campus life and they want to feel like they belong here‚ so I decided to write an article about how to handle midterms. This audience was very important to me‚ because when I was a freshman I had many questions about midterms and finals but I didn’t get any information about them except from the professors. B. One of the biggest limitations for this report was
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The story begins abruptly‚ as we find our mock heroes out in the desert en route to the savvy resort of Las Vegas. The author uses a tense hitchhiker as a mode‚ or an excuse‚ for a flashback that exposes the plot. An uncertain character picked up in the middle of the desert who Raoul Duke‚ the main character‚ feels the need to explain things to‚ to help him rest easy. They had two bags of grass‚ seventy-five pellets of mescaline‚ five sheets of high-powered blotter acid‚ a salt shaker half-full of
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La Quinceañera a Rite of passage. A quinceañera is a tradition in Mexico‚ it is the most awaited birthday‚ and the rite of passage for teenage girls turning 15‚ and a very important presentation to society. It will be a fairy tale celebration‚ probably the largest birthday gathering a woman has throughout her life‚ that day the teenager will feel like a princess‚ she will also look like one. It is the time where she no longer will be seen as child‚ on that day she becomes a woman. Traditionally
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La Haine is a story about three guys who have a friend ling in coma after being shot in a riot. Vinz‚ Hubert‚ and Saïd live at the suburbs of Paris and suffer with the violence committed by the police. Vinz finds a cop’s gun and decides to kill one if his friend dies. Hubert is boxer and had his gymnasium burned in the riots. However‚ he does not agree with Vinz. Saïd is the youngest one and does not have a definite opinion. This movie illustrates the effects of brutality‚ discrimination and repression
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