In the article “ Taking Freedom: Yes, Black America Fears The Police . Here’s Why ? “ It talks about the key points on the significant role of policing and increasing racial inequality and how its led to AA’s fear of police. It also talk about how police brutality isn’t any worse than it was […]
Albuquerque was a distant outpost of the Spanish Empire, so its residents were mostly Hispanic or of mixed Hispanic-Native American Ancestry up until the late nineteenth century. Due to increased influences of Protestant settlers, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the predominantly Roman Catholic Hispanic population reduced to a minorities. During the twenty-first century, more […]
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Get startedTeen pregnancies are a big problem now a days, along with STD’s and many other sex-related problems. Many teenage pregnancies are unplanned. What I believe is if your still a baby yourself how could you take care of a baby of your own. Teen pregnancy has been considered a “social ill” for centuries in the […]
Social justice warrior (SJW). Advocate. Organizer. Protester. Legal Aid Lawyer. Bleeding hearts. These are all terms I’ve heard applied to those who work in the access to justice (A2J) field, whether because that is their actual role, or they are the focus of ridicule. If someone does adopt one of these labels, it is safe […]
Harriet Tubman was born into American slavery, a world that had been created by social, cultural, legal, and psychological effects for nearly 200 years. The revolutionary war opened new opportunities for African Americans, with growing support by the Quakers and others who were against slavery. Although slavery was becoming extinct in the North, the elite […]
Author Catherine Clinton has an astounding way of giving a brief history of Harriet Tubman, the woman we call Moses in her book called The Road To Freedom. In reviewing the two book reviews written by History Professors John W. Quist and Oscar Cole-Arnal, I will be discussing the similarities about their views regarding this […]
After the end of WWII, documents of the Comfort Women were destroyed by Japanese officials and the women who had been forced into sexual slavery became societal outcasts. In the 1980s, some women began to share their stories. After the Republic of South Korea became a democracy in 1987, women started discussing their issues to […]
People, quite often, assume that there is no “other side” to the story. That only women are attacked by sexism. But, actually, men are just as affected by it. In fact, 9% of rape victims are men. No, that is not that high, but it is still way too much. Men are included in sexism […]
Playing video games is a fun way to interact with friends or even make new ones. Often men and women will not get along because of the common stereotypes in our society. Today many men like to claim that they are at a higher power than women, these things are not true and can be […]
Sexism was a big deal long ago. Am I saying sexism does not exist? Of course not. It always will in some way. I am not to argue the cause of accepting it, but in the current situation people are just willing to argue for what they are biased for, people need to realize sexism […]
“Girl power” has been a popular phrase for Americans to describe the success of women, but could the reality be that women are faced with gender inequalities behind make-believe fabrications of the media? In the article “Everyday Sexism In A ‘Post-Feminist’ World”, written by Hayley Krischer, it seems that the media supports the idea of […]
Sexism is a term best defined by Webster’s as being prejudice, stereotyping and or discrimination against the opposite gender typically women. To me sexism is pointless and isn’t the reason why women are discriminated against, my thought is that if women think that they are being treated unfairly is because of their ability to do […]
Becoming a registered nurse would definitely be an interest of mine. I’ve always wanted to help those who are sick and in need of medical attention. Through my professional pathways and the Glass Castle I have learned more about success, goals, and how other people overcome obstacles and are able to accomplish their dreams. It’s […]
Imagine someone physically abusing your pet. What would you do? Who could do such a cruel act and what are their motives? Animals are being abused and neglected daily and it’s common in both urban and rural areas. The difference in violent crimes against humans and those of animals, are they are not reported. The […]
Animal abuse has been around as long as animals have been around. It started out as not a big deal but as time goes on animal abuse has been growing at an alarming rate and it isn’t slowing down. It is often associated with the need to feel superior or better than something. It is […]
The definition of animal cruelty is the infliction by omission or by commission by humans of suffering or harm upon any non-human. A car like any other is driving down the street, rain pounding on the windshield. The girl in the passenger seat sees a dark blur on the side of the road. She focuses […]
How would you feel if you were born and taken away from your mother just to be treated poorly and abused? What if no one knew that type of stuff was going on and you were left defenseless with nobody to lean on? Most people have pets at home that they love and carful and […]
While society considers cock fights, bullfighting, ect. as forms of animal abuse. Circuses, zoos, and aquariums are all swept under the rug as forms of animal abuse. What they all have in common is they all keep animals in captivity against their will for the sake of human entertainment. Society shows sympathy for part of […]
When did animals become things and not living beings.Animals,all animals are living breathing things that should be respected.Take dogs for example,mans best friends but not all people treat these amazing animals or any animals with the respect that they deserve and thats why so many are in shelters or pounds,all helpless.Animals deserve rights,they shouldn’t be […]
Everyone has crazy neighbors. Esperanza Cordero, the protagonist of House on Mango Street knows that all too well. Esperanza is a young girl who lives in a barrio in Chicago with her family in a small, beat up house where the whole family shares one bedroom. This house is one of many in which she […]
Throughout our life, there are always times when we have to make some decision . This is part of our nature as humans. But we have to be aware that each thing we choose has consequences (having several options, choosing one implies leaving the others on the table). This is what economists call ‘opportunity cost […]
12 Years a Slave is a film adaptation based on the slave narrative written by Solomon Northup. Steve McQueen directed the acclaimed film that was released in 2013. A myriad of people credited for the production include Brad Pitt, Steve McQueen, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Anthony Katagas, and Arnon Milchan. Notable stars in […]
Based on a true story, 12 Years a Slave follows a free black man from New York, Solomon Northup, who gets deceived, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the South. The story then continues through the cruelty and pain he endured during the 12 years he spent as a slave. The movie was directed by […]
Good films are not only a source of positive emotions, but are also a critical analysis of events that have occurred. ‘Twelve Years a Slave directed by Steve McQueen’ is a great movie based on a true story. This films context make the audience think during and after the movie is over. McQueen depicts slavery […]
Whites have for years have argued that slavery was great for African Americans to be slaves because it civilized them, and they would be content within bondage. This was not the case, at least according to those who were held in bondage. The accounts of slavery are importantly known because of those who were emancipated […]
In 1853 Solomon Northup, an African-American born a free man, wrote his biography about how at the age of 33 he got kidnapped and separated from his wife and 3 children by two men he met who offered him lucrative work with a circus. Believing both men’s words Northup followed them to Washington D.C. where […]
The term “feminism” may be described as the advocacy of women’s rights. Throughout history, there has been four different waves of feminism. However, the most influential wave of feminism was the third wave. The third wave contradicts the conservative and modest ideologies of the former waves. “According to third wave feminists, post feminism can be […]
Throughout the poem of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, Sir Gawain is approached by the hosts’ wife, as she challenges the value he has placed on his courtesy and chastity. The Lady imposes her sexual desires with Sir Gawain in the three bedroom scenes throughout the play. The Lady challenges Sir Gawain’s politeness as […]
Andrew Jackson had first earned his fame from the war of 1812 as a general with his great leadership and known has a military hero. After the war this is when he became a very known political figure ,which used new techniques than others and he that was our seventh president on 1829. This is […]
In the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, women symbolize “pretty illusions” and the European civilization’s capability to hide its bigotry and racism behind “pretty” ideals. In many areas in the book, women are described to be “out of touch” with the truth, and oblivious to the horrific events happening around them. This depiction […]
