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    black literacy (Guerrero 147). Similar to Oscar Micheaux and many other black filmmakers‚ Spike Lee mesmerized audiences by giving them glimpses at social landscapes and material culture –dance‚ music‚ and sports – that is often unexplored in American cinema (Todd 15). By including these distinct choices of dance‚ music‚ and

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    A Spike Lee highly inflammable film‚ “Do The Right Thing”‚ is an example of a relatively cheap work of art which‚ however‚ is capable of conveying million-dollars-worth ideas. This movie is not just about the life in an African American neighborhood of New York‚ it is rather a complex analysis of false assumptions and wrong perception of the African Americans as a social group and as a source of problems only. The first important fact which the film is focused on is‚ logically‚ difficulty of life

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    Manuel Gamboa Debate and Speech Mrs. Douglass Period 6 Rough draft Do you like tattoos‚ Tattoos lots of people have them. But did you know tattoos are bad to have in the workplace. A book that says tattoos are bad is the Bible. The Bible says that “you must not put tattoo marking upon yourselves‚” because your body is a temple. I wrote this to show why tattoos are bad in the workplace. Tattoos create negative images‚ affect job opportunities First off is how tattoos create a negative image towards

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    Why Is Donald Trump Bad

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    Republican candidate running for President of the United States of America. He plans to make our country stronger as a unit and will help us rise from our trillions of dollars of debt that we owe. He may say stupid things at times‚ but politically and economically‚ Donald Trump knows what to do so our country can get out of the dumps and be an immortal force that is standing strong because at the end of the day we need a president that is different from the rest of the politicians‚ and a president that

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    the film‚ Do the Right Thing‚ Rosie Perez (Tina)‚ became a well-known figure in one of the greatest films of all time. She played Mookie’s (Spike Lee) ostentatious girlfriend. Tina’s character allowed viewers’ reactions to the issues of classism. Many were offended claiming that this is not a positive representation of who Latinos and African Americans. I would conclude that Spike Lee believed that any classist or racist response would only come from White people‚ but it didn’t. Do the Right

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    Although in both cases‚ the male characters are far from faultless‚ they at least demonstrate Lee’s intended three-dimensionality that affords them the agency to “act” rather than simply “react” to others. Hence‚ Nola has no choice but to passively resigns herself to being raped by Jamie (Tommy Redmond Hicks)‚ while Tina realises that there is little she can do to deny Mookie’s carnal urges‚ and therefore submits to him‚ aware that he possesses little interest in her

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    What do people managers do? Who are studying for the professional exams of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)‚ describe the general role of people management as comprising specific objectives under four headings: staffing‚ performance‚ change management‚ and administration. Staffing objectives are firstly concerned with ‘getting the right people in the right jobs at the right times’ – i.e. the recruitment and selection of staff‚ but increasingly these days also advising on

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    Is Wal-Mart bad for the Economy? Wal-Mart is the largest employer in the United States‚ and the largest public corporation by revenue. While the argument can be made that the United States’ largest employer cannot possibly be bad for the economy‚ Wal-Mart’s habit of dominating markets and use of less-than-honest labor and business practices has contributed to the steady decline of the traditional American small business. Wal-Mart’s conundrum with the economy is that it provides premium services

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    There are a lot of things to do in your spare time‚ however‚ the thing that I like to do most is to write. My passion for writing developed at a very young age. I have always had a thing for writing whatever comes to my mind and thing taking the time to read those silly things. So whenever you have reached the point of boredom and do not have anything else to do just pick up a pen and a piece of paper and write whatever comes to mind. When the time comes for you to develop something that you know

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    Do the Right Thing “When we open our eyes today and look around America‚ we see America not through the eyes of someone who has enjoyed the fruits of Americanism‚ we see America through the eyes of someone who has been the victim of Americanism. We don’t see any American dream; we’ve experienced only the American nightmare. We haven’t benefited from America’s democracy; we’ve only suffered from America’s hypocrisy.” Malcolm X Spoken in 1965‚ these words still ring true for people of color in

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