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    hood) the literal (or more commonly) figurative understanding of inner-city black‚ brown‚ and poor ghettoes as a separate political body‚ economic market‚ and social realm 3) The Dub and the Black Arts Movement (Kingston‚ Jamaica) “Dub” Music and Influence – late 1960s-early 1970s The Congos – Heart of the Congos 1/28/14 – Chapter on Malcolm X

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    Work Ethics Generation By Generation A Pakistani generation is defined by the common attitudes‚ experiences and preferences that develop in the context of social and economic events of a defined period of time. Generations typically are associated with birth year ranges. Generational commonalities transcend cultural and gender differences. The social and economic influences that create popular culture are experienced by all within a generation‚ even though culture and gender play a role in how the

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    We Beat The Streets Chapter 1: “You Don’t Have to Cut My Foot Off‚ Do You?” - In this chapter Sampson is trying to be like the older boys‚ he hangs with his older brother and his friends pretending to be tough. They go try to fix the benches in the park. Sampson ends up holding a brick which ends up falling on his foot. Sampson goes to the doctor and starts to gain interest in the doctor’s job. Reflect: After reading this chapter it reminded me when I was a kid playing with the plug

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    The story We Beat the Streets by Sharon M. Draper is the remarkable true story of how three kids from bad neighborhoods that were just full of drugs‚ gangs‚ violence‚ and crime and how they banded together to overcome these disadvantages to become doctors. They made a pact to do well in school‚ get good grades‚ go to college‚ and become successful doctors. They did this by always being there for one another and supporting each other whenever they needed it the most. Without the support of one another

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    terms 6 Part III Main Discussion Drug Addiction 45 Drug Problems in the Philippines 46 Drug Withdrawal 52 Drug Rehabilitation 53 Role of affect dysregulation in Addiction 57 Addiction recovery groups‚ Alcoholics Anonymous‚ and Drug Rehabilitation Drug Abuse Addiction 69 Chemical Dependency 71 Chemical Addiction 71 Factors influencing Drug abuse and Dependence 74 Genetic Factors 75 Drugs Effect and Mechanisms of Action 76

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    Lost Generation The Lost Generation is a group of American writers who witnessed the daunting event of World War One (Jaracz). Ernest Hemingway‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Ezra Pound‚ John Dos Passos‚ Gertrude Stein‚ Sherwood Anderson‚ Waldo Peirce‚ Sinclair Lewis‚ Zelda Fitzgerald and T. S. Eliot are among the writers which compromised the group ( "The Lost Generation."). The term “Lost Generation” was conceived by Gertrude Stein who utilized the term emblematically to refer to the young generation of

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    Internet age and being somewhat limited in ability‚ today the influence it has on society is even greater‚ alongside the increased associated risks and problems (Coyle‚ C. L. & Vaughn‚ H. 2008) that often follow. Differences in ones self or a community occur when there is change. The biggest change in the last thirty years has been social change‚ which has evidently been responsible for generational differences‚ and therefore the generation gap. Advances in technology (in particular the making of

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    their novels. Ernest Hemingway corresponds to the “Lost Generation” of 1920’s and Jack Kerouac corresponds to the “Beat Generation” of 1950’s. Both of these generations were after wars. It is not coincidence‚ wars make people devastated and lost. People tried to overcome problems and pain through literature and music. Writers put all their emotions on the paper‚ musicians wrote songs‚ which described the hard time they had. These two generations produced the most talented writers of our days. For us

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    matter what the generation will find a way to have their own deviance and be different than the previous. So this generation of adolescents is obviously different‚ but in what way? I think that adolescents today are more conservative than the previous yet we are more open and less private. I feel like with our generation of adolescents‚ it seems like we are worse and more deviant than a previous generation but I think that is because we put our business out there. Our parent’s generations or any other

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    PAPER #3 In Beyond Beats and Rhymes‚ filmmaker Byron Hurt challenges hip-hop musicians and fans to start thinking "outside the box." The box that Byron is speaking of is that they write songs about bitches‚ hoes‚ drugs and killing others‚ in other words objectifying women and masculinity. In order to support his thesis that hip-hop has changed dramatically from its original roots‚ he went to Florida for an event being held by a popular hip hop network. While at this event he greatly proves his

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