Why are the Oscars so white? Marialuisa Rincon After noticing that none of the 20 actors nominated for Oscars last year were of color‚ Maryland activist April Reign tweeted‚ “#oscarssowhite they asked to touch my hair.” The hashtag went viral within days and the memes and jokes that stemmed from it served to highlight the lack of diversity that has become a hallmark of academy nominations. It opened up a conversation—first‚ between Reign and her followers—and later‚ among the public‚ celebrities
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Why did America become involved in WWI? How did President Wilson justify his decision to enter the war in 1917? Was the war in the national interest? At the start of 1917‚ the United States and its president was not interested in fighting in the war. President Woodrow Wilson wanted to remain neutral. Even though 2 years earlier in 1915‚ a Germen u-boat destroyed the R.M.S Lusitania‚ in which 128 Americans were lost. The United States was interested in selling weapons and help with funding the allies
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The American Revolution Women’s lives began to change significantly with the American Revolution. Every war means more women taking charge during the absence and after the deaths of husbands and fathers‚ their active role in the war was very important. After the war‚ talk of rights raised issues of women’s rights education. Religions also play an important role for women in the American Revolution. Women’s roles were limited in the colonial times. Marriage and motherhood were the primary goals
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route to China. However‚ although hopes were high for this new settlement‚ 70 out of 110 settlers died within the first 6 months‚ and from 1607-1611‚ 80% of over 500 people died. One might ask‚ why did so many colonists die? The three reasons many colonists died in early Jamestown were due to water issues‚ disease‚ and starvation.
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In the early 1900’s the man was seen as the intellectual individual who takes care of their wife and family‚ who arrives home with the money and who was the supplier. However during the 1930’s this typical idea of the man’s role was extremely hard to keep ahold of due to The Great Depression. While the average woman worked on household dynamics and keeping the family afloat‚ the man was out looking for a job‚ or struggling to keep his current job. As a result‚ the average male came home at the end
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Finally‚ another explanation for why Sufism spread so widely in the Mamlūk period‚ is the consolidation of an institutionalised identity from the Sufi brotherhoods‚ most conspicuously the Shādhilīya order. Hoffer argues that the creation of an institutionalised Shādhilī identity was just as one of the many outcomes of the institutionalisation of Sufi philosophy and religious practice. It was these institutionalised creeds and religious activities which gave a sense of allurement to charismatic individuals
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In the beginning of the 1600s‚ the culture of the English colonies negatively reflected one of the largest forced migration that would significantly affect the society and history for centuries. During the early 1600s‚ European servants would work along the side of African servants. However by the end of the century‚ workers would be separated by skin color and millions of Africans would be taken away from their homeland and experience a nightmare of inhumanity‚ and this was known as the Terrible
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Today Racism is so common that it has finally been recognized as an issue‚ however it hasn’t always been like this. In the past there has been count less acts of racism. Racism can be defined as racial discrimination over skin color‚ ethnic background and race‚ or a belief that some races are by nature superior. History is like a giant mirror‚ it made up of thousands of pieces that creates the whole. It reflects what we do‚ When the European settlers came to North America‚ they came with a promise
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American Crime was easily the most ethnically complicated show I have ever watched. If you took all of today’s modern problems and threw them in a blender‚ American Crime would come out of it. American Crime takes its viewers on a rocky ride through an investigated high school male-on-male rape. It ends with the victim in jail for the long haul. What happens in between is what needs to be talked about. There are many different issues in American Crime that will be discussed. Each issue will be analyzed
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beliefs‚ worship practices and values in many ways. Some beliefs of Jehovah ’s Witnesses place this religion apart from other Christian denominations‚ such as limiting the number of people who will go to heaven to 144‚000‚ denying the Trinity doctrine‚ and rejecting the traditional Latin cross (Zavada‚ 2013). Jehovah Witnesses have different beliefs when it comes to communion‚ the Bible‚ Baptism‚
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