Djanet Sears’ 2002 play‚ Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God uses diasporic aesthetics in its exploration of themes including the search for a home‚ and the reclamation of land. Before detailing the play and its uses of themes and mechanics‚ its context of creation must first be examined. Born Janet Sears‚ at the age of 15‚ she changed her name Djanet after visiting an African town of the same name (Brown-Guillory). Thus‚ Sears says that through her name she signals a connection to Africa
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The documentary‚ ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America‚ focused on the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic amongst the black community in the United States. Historically‚ AIDS was first stereotyped as a disease of gay white men. Many blacks ignored it and felt they were omitted to contracting the virus based off what was portrayed in the press as a white epidemic. In the late 80s and early 90s‚ the widespread of poverty in black communities exacerbated everything about the AIDS crisis. Approximately‚ 40 percent
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is believed that girls like pink color and boys prefer blue color over others. But if one closely examines this concept (or misconception!)‚ one realizes that it is not true. It is not that girls are genetically programmed to like pink. Then why this mass belief that girls like pink? Actually all this is a market gimmick which has been so strongly reinforced on our mindsets through aggressive marketing of products that we have begun to belief that girls like pink and boys like blue. Think of the
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What makes America‚ America? Since America has been created‚ tons of people have been travelling here and starting new lives striving for the success they deserve. Different aspects can add up to the identity of America. America has been widely shaped by citizen’s uniqueness‚ their ethnicity‚ and chances they have to become successful. Though there is a lot that molds American Identity‚ America has been shaped due to different lifestyles‚ which is illustrated through people’s individuality‚ religions
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Will Smith Willard (Will) Christopher Smith‚ born and raised in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania is well known for his early rapping/hip hop career and later as a comedic actor. The sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air which aired in 1990 helped launch Will Smith’s acting career. After The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ended in 1996‚ Smith began a successful solo music career while simultaneously starring in a series of films. The first two films were hugely successful summer blockbusters: Independence Day
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In James Fallows’s “Throwing Like a Girl”‚ social and developmental issues surrounding the negative aspects of feminine behavior are analyzed1. Specifically‚ Fallows investigates athletic similarities and differences in men and women‚ referring to the common phrase‚ “you throw like a girl”. The phrase is a culturally derived expression‚ where common gender attributes are clearly differentiated between males and females‚ especially in childhood/adolescence. Feminists may challenge this phrase due
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Done by Iris Pene She was everything any teenage girl dreamt of being; tall‚ blond and beautiful. The kind of girl you would see posing for a cover of a magazine. Captain of the high school cheerleading squad and sat with the popular kids in the cafeteria. She was portrayed exactly how the first daughter should be and this was how she was to be seen through the eyes of the public. Sitting slumped in the corner of the couch with her shiny hair tied into a messy bun and the glossed pages of a magazine
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his family by working as a sharecropper until he left home at age 16 to work in factories. On March 17‚ 1917 he married Clara evans and like many blacks at the time migrated for the jim crow south to Hamtramack Michigan for better job opportunities. While living in Michigan Poole and his wife had 8 children. In 1931 Poole attended his first speech on Islam and black empowerment by Wallace D Fard. Afterwards Poole became a follower of Fard and adopted the Muslim name Muhammad. After Fard was arrested
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What is it like to be an inmate? Many people have pondered on that question‚ especially those who are getting ready to be incarcerated. Thanks to the new resources created that question can now be answered by actually inmates. Many inmates say that it is boring. They claim that most of their day is spent in their cell with little to do. Most are allowed to read books‚ but those books are purchased off of a cart that is occasionally brought around. The inmates have to have the money available on their
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mix feelings of depression‚ motivation‚ Hope‚ fear‚ and the hope for better future. Writing of this thesis could never have been possible without the continuous support and the motivation of my parents and siblings. By taking this opportunity I would like to thank my tutors who always guided me in the right direction and because of them I have finished this thesis. At the end‚ I just want to thank all of my friends who always motivated me whenever I was depressed and felt low‚ just because of them
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