Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question (text 7 in the preparation material) is written by Diane Burns and published in 1981 in the book of poems “Riding the One-Eyed Ford”. Diane Burns (1957-2006) was a Native American poet (Ferguson‚ 2007). The poem presents a conversation between a Native American and another person. Only parts of the conversation are presented in the poem‚ but given the answers and the questions‚ it is possible to guess what type of question the Native American is answering to
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How it Feels to be Colored Me “How it Feels to be Colored Me” is an essay based off of personal life stories of Zora Neale Hurston. Zora reflects on her life’s experiences with her colored identity. I believe that Zora does not ever feel out of place with who she is. Even though segregation is a huge part of her ancestry as well as her generation‚ she seems to rather blend in well with white people. It seems as though she almost feels obligated to feel discriminated because of her ethnic background
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10 ways you can stop global warming 10 ways you can stop global warming‚ reduce energy consumption and make a difference 1.Get informed and get involved. Read books and newspapers and watch films and DVDs about global warming.Then talk to your neighbours‚ co-workers‚ friends‚ family and community groups about ways to reduce global warming. 2.Fly less. Business travelers can take advantage of great new technologies such as video conferencing and webcasting.And explore new areas close to home for
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Ones that Bring You Home” The film “Namesake” that we viewed in class depicts the story of two young newlywed Indian immigrants who moved from Calcutta‚ India to settle in the United States of Cambridge‚ Massachusetts. Initially‚ the story begins to pick up pace when their son Gogol & his little sister Sonia is born during the first couple of years of their parents marriage where you notice the cultural differences
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How It Feels To Be Colored Me “How It Feels To Be Colored Me” is an original writing from Zora Neale Hurston. The writing describes Zora Hurston’s own perception of her life and being colored. Zora begins by describing her life in the small all colored town of Eatonville‚ Florida. The town had no whites except for those that passed through. Most people didn’t acknowledge the whites that passed through but she was fond of them and enjoyed talking and preforming for them. She did not see the whites
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You Can’t Control your Reputation! Epictetus‚ a slave turned philosopher‚ was interested in the idea of inner peace from a young age. After being freed‚ he wrote a book detailing the journey to inner happiness‚ “The Manual”. In this text‚ he states that the only things that you can control are the things within your mind. In order to reach inner peace‚ you must accept that some things are out of your control and you cannot change. The only thing you can do is respond to what others do unto you
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5 Skills You Can Develop by Majoring in Philosophy 1. How to think logically As a subject‚ philosophy is based on arguing and it prompts people to think about everything logically. Most courses in philosophy include chapters on symbolic logic and critical thinking. This is one of the major reasons why students of philosophy are proficient in detecting defective lines of reasoning like the ones which you would come across in suspicious contracts. Such a program includes a perfect mix of logical
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Come one come all and get the model t ford you can travel faster and it’s easy to use just turn over the conveyer belt with the ignition key. It makes travel faster and you don’t have the hassle of stopping in the heat to water horses because it comes with heat/ac and you’ll never be too cold or too hot again.The Model T is offered in several body styles‚ including a five-seat touring car‚ a two-seat runabout‚ and a seven-seat town car. All bodies were mounted on a uniform 100-inch-wheelbase chassis
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“Can You Tell the Truth in a Small Town?” by Kathleen Norris describes the lack of acceptance of the truth in her small town. The African - Americans in Maya Angelou’s “Reclaiming Our Home Place” deal with similar pain felt from the persecution they receive from white citizens who fantasize about the good old “Gone With the Wind” days (Angelou 135). They do not want to face the truth they need to stand up and fight for their civil liberties instead they go north to escape. Written history becomes
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How it Feels to be Colored Me" was written in 1928. Zora‚ growing up in an all-black town‚ began noticing the differences between blacks and whites at about the age of thirteen. The only white people she had contact with were those that passed through her town of Eatonville‚ Florida‚ many times on their way to or coming from Orlando. The main focus of "How it Feels to be Colored Me" is the relationship and differences between blacks and whites. When she was young. However‚ Zora cared very little
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