Hands Up Don’t Shoot The Hands Up Don’t Shoot painting is a 48x48 inch piece of art located in the Portland Art Museum and was painted by Arvie Smith‚ recently in 2015. This abstract work is one of the many oil paintings by Smith that depicts his emotions of the way African Americans are treated in modern society. This vibrant piece is full of detail and many unified subjects that it’s difficult to learn its depth by just viewing it for a few seconds. While looking through the museum for the first
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usually wear? Lawyers wear suits while scientists wear lab coats. So why is this particular musician sporting a nurse’s scrub uniform and what does this have to do with Frank Ocean’s new album? Because the guy wearing the nurse’s outfit is Frank Ocean. According to Hip Hollywood‚ there are fears that suggest that he may be turning back from music for good. Ocean has not dropped his sophomore album and fans can only wonder why he is running around wearing a medical scrub suit instead of working on
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Finally‚ they drove up the igneous road to see the very top of the volcano above them‚ the glow of the molten lava shining above and around the rim‚ the gleam even more notable against the dimmed sky. Caroline parked where the path ended and unlocked the doors. She turned to Rachel‚ who was about to open the door but turned to her when she felt her gaze. “Good luck‚” Caroline wished her‚ and she nearly missed Rachel’s quick twitch of a smile. “Thanks‚” she responded with a curt nod before opening
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not any more” (Page 16). Robert used to love the ocean and everything about it. Now that he has met Gloria‚ she has influenced him and and he no longer enjoys the beauty of it. Robert is now in this dance competition where he is struggling and only gets very few minutes to see the sunlight which he
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I have been talking to my Mom about Hip Hop songs she has listened to‚ and after listening to some‚ I heard one that was quite interesting. This song‚ Don’t Fight the Feeling‚ by Too $hort. The song follows Too $hort‚ and his efforts to seduce Barbie‚ a women from the rap group The Danger Zone‚ whom is just not down to be his toy. This song is very explicit‚ but has its own charm to it‚ in very weird way. In the intro of the song‚ Too $hort right away calls this women a ho‚ and tells her that all
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One month ago‚ Mack Beggs‚ a high school senior‚ earned the Texas girls’ state championship and completed a perfect season. Mack Beggs is a transgender boy. The state of Texas refused to allow Breggs to wrestle with the boys because their laws state that high school athletes must compete by the gender listed on their birth certificate. Wrestling fans called Beggs derogatory terms like “faggot” and “it.” Negative Facebook and Twitter comments questioned Beggs and made him seem like a lesser being
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them. In “Warriors Don’t Cry” by Melba Patillo‚ they hated them for a long time but some were kind. In “Remember The Titans” the football players were hated for being on the team but more people liked them as the season went on. In both the book and movie they are hated then liked. In the book Elizabeth walks through the mob to get to school. In the movie the black kids are surrounded by a mob that they have to get through. In both the movie and book there is a mob outside telling the to “go home”
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stress upon staying positive‚ believing in one’s ability and trusting and nurturing the teachers to be their best. The book has a very simplistic approach and identifies that some of the concepts and ideas are repetitive‚ which stresses upon the fact that “repetition is the best teacher”. I believe that this can be vapid for some of the readers‚ but the clever use of acronyms; insights from other administrators‚ etc has made up for the minor lull in the reading. Examples from real situations would have
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trying to squeeze all that lard down the aisle and his fat arse is always blocking out my view…” (pg214) or just does something out of the ordinary. Bill also gets his case of bullying from none other than Barry Bagsley himself. Bill deals with this by not showing his emotions or not having the courage to stand up to Barry‚ “Look‚ Bagsley will get sick of it after a while. Forget it-I’m fine.”(pg238) One of James Scobie’s problems is that he expresses his thoughts too much. He had a tumour
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Brandon Teena does his best to keep his identity a secret. Unfortunately‚ Brandon Teena has had some problems with the law‚ meanwhile he is trying to form an intimate relationship with one of the girls in the group named Lana. Lana seems to know that there is something different about Brandon‚ but she is enchanted by this
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