recently researched during our library day. The painting was called “Desert Forms” created by an American artist Hughie Lee-Smith. My initial reaction to viewing the Desert Forms piece was how small the piece was. There are some very big paintings at the institute and the piece I picked was smaller than what I was expecting. I originally chose the “Desert Form” by Hughie Lee-Smith because the painting intrigued me from its unique shapes and feeling of isolation. Today‚ with the development of social
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In the book‚ 1984‚ George Orwell describes the life of Winston Smith‚ a resident of Oceania. In Oceania‚ all the citizens are ruled by fear‚ brainwashed by slogans‚ and constantly watched by telescreens that bark orders. Oceania’s citizens have no civil rights. Society is broken up into three different social classes: the Inner Party (the rich); the Party (the middle class); and the Proles (the poor). The Government controls everyone and everything. To even have a thought of questioning the principles
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Marvin and Morgan Smith devoted their lives to visuals. The twin photographers defined Harlem life to anti lynching photographs. Together the brothers created incisive‚ poignant images that resembled Harlem from the 1930s to the 1950s. The twin’s early works consisted of them making sketches on slates. Their first years were spent in the poor share cropping system. The sons of sharecroppers were born in Nicholasville‚ Kentucky in 1910. Their first photographs were taken with a simple box camera‚
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White privilege is a way conceptualizing racial inequalities that white people accrue from society. It can be defined as a privilege advantage over non- white people‚ and give special freedom or immunity which non-white groups are not exempt from. An underexposed part of racism in America is the White people have a privilege that other American like the black race doesn’t. "Defining "White Privilege"" Autoredirect to Main Site. Web. 13 Apr. 2012. .White Privileged involve low crime suburban neighborhood
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In the book‚ Just Kids‚ Patti Smith elaborates on the successes and struggles that she and Robert Maplethorpe experienced throughout their amateur life in New York City. These two icons lived in the city during the 60s‚ 70s‚ and parts of the 80s — an era of counter-culture where rebellious artists took up various drugs and acted out against the government. Ranging from music‚ art‚ photography‚ and filmmaking‚ they were molded into the individuals they turned out to be in the end. The duo lived in
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By most accounts‚ Bessie Smith was a rough‚ crude‚ violent woman. She was also one of the greatest Blues singers of the 1920s. The road that took her to the title “Empress of the Blues” was not an easy one. It was certainly not one of the romantic "rags to riches" tales that Horatio Alger made popular during her time. For a young black woman from the South the journey was anything but easy‚ and it would require a special kind of person‚ and Bessie Smith was definitely that. She was a woman who fought
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In “White Like Me‚” Thomas Wise discusses the many ways White privilege influences other race’s‚ from a White male’s perspective. Three of the most interesting point relate to the of “white supremacy” and how the common white citizens unknowingly uses their powers. He expresses the belief that Whites should “guard their white privilege” because the United States‚ as a capitalist society‚ honors the majority. Another point he makes is that Whites are able to escape the blame for their unjust actions
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Patient: Smith‚ Jane DOB: 06/ 13/ 1985 Date of Interview: 02/05/2010 Date of Report: 02/06/2010 IDENTIFYING INFORMATION: Ms. Smith is a 24 year old white woman currently residing in Vancouver‚ WA. She is employed as a hairstylist and currently lives in an apartment with two friends and their newborn son. Ms. Smith has been seen for mental health symptoms previously as a teenager‚ and was referred again on this visit by a colleague. The following report information is based on information collected
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James McCune Smith James McCune Smith was born on April 18‚ 1813 in New York to a mother who was a freed slave named Lavinia Smith and a father was Samuel Smith‚ a white merchant and his mother master. He went to African Free School in New York City. In 1824‚ at the age eleven he was chosen to give a speech to the Marquis de Lafayette out of his whole class. When graduating he was denied admission into many American colleges because of his color. Later he was able to raise enough money to go to
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selling more than 10 million copies turning Bessie Smith into the most successful blues singer of the era. She performed and sang her way out of poverty at a young age. In today’s world her career may seem short at just a decade‚ but the influence she had on music and the blues will last forever. Her music was about mistreatment from lovers‚ straight talk about drinking‚ mischief‚ sex and dealt with the black experience in America. Bessie Smith was an exceptional unforgettable blues singer of the
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