embody a shared sense of humanity that we might come to understand through our interactions and acknowledgments of others around us. In the 21st century we have experienced an ever -increasing diverse population‚ the re-election of America’s first Black President‚ polarizing religion wars‚ and a more encompassing civil rights agenda that includes women’s and LGBTQ communities. So what if we asked ourselves “what does it mean to be diverse?” What are our investments in our diversity? What are our
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TUPACS’ SONG “CHANGES” Tupac Amaru Shakur (1971-1996) was a West Coast rapper. Rap and hip hop music was the music of the poor black. The theme within Tupacs’ music relates to tough Ghetto life experienced by the black community of America dominated by drugs murder and poverty . There was a strong hatred between West and East Coast rappers which resulted in numerous killings. Tupac was himself killed in 1996 by a shotgun wound. The song “Changes” recorded by Tupac in 1992 is about the
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Bernardine Dohrn‚ a former leader and cofounder of the Weathermen‚ said that “White youth must choose sides now. We must either fight on the side of the oppressed‚ or be the oppressor.” She believed that the Weathermen should join forces with the Black Panthers‚ but a prominent member said that he viewed the Weather Underground as a “kindergarten revolution‚” and didn’t take them seriously. In the same year‚ several hundred Weathermen moved into houses‚ which they called “collectives‚” in lower income
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her family is not important to her and not part of her anymore. This helps us to better understand her point of view during the story. 2.Examine James’ depiction of his mother. James depicts his mother as a “strange middle-aged white lady with black hair‚ dark eyes‚ a large nose‚ a sparkling smile‚ and a bowlegged walk you could see a mile off.” He and his siblings would call her walk “Mommy’s mad walk.” James describes her non awareness of what the world thought of her and how she would ignore
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American culture‚ in the beginning of the story mama shows envy and also resentment towards her daughter Dee’s candid but overall superficial ways. Dee is portrayed as a bright‚ intelligent and outspoken individual with all the eccentricities of the black power movement. Mama’s character shows love for her daughter but also hatred for her new found identity. Mama at one point in the story imagines her and Dee being reunited on a talk show and the scene playing out like most would‚ with lots of tears
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in their development and to eliminate the culture of criminalization that has become and overbearing part of their everyday lives‚” (Rios‚ 2011‚ page 23). This quote shows the main agenda as to why Victor Rios conducted his study on young deviant black and Latino men and how punishment and authority affected them. Through analyzing the first three chapters of Punished by Victor M. Rios‚ one can begin to understand how social punitive control negatively affects how these young men
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J Y V Ä S K Y L Ä S T U D I E S I N H U M A N I T I E S 194 Jari K. Kokkinen Racial Discourse in James Baldwin’s Blues for Mister Charlie (1964): Drama and the Hegemonic Struggle JYVÄSKYLÄ STUDIES IN HUMANITIES 194 Jari K. Kokkinen Racial Discourse in James Baldwin’s Blues for Mister Charlie (1964): drama and the hegemonic struggle Esitetään Jyväskylän yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan suostumuksella julkisesti tarkastettavaksi yliopiston vanhassa juhlasalissa S212
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across of having equal rights. Between the peaceful beliefs of Martin Luther King Jr. and the sometimes violent beliefs of both Stokely Carmichael and the Black Panther Party. Martin Luther King Jr. peacefully‚ but effectively made progress in getting equal rights for African Americans. However for Stokely Carmichael and the Black Panther Party that was not enough. They needed more than just a few laws that were made that the state governments would not follow. Both of these very influential men have
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Your name Course and section number Date Paper draft (for example‚ Paper #1 Draft A or In-class Essay #2) On subsequent pages‚ in the upper right corner write: The paper ’s title Your name Page number Character analysis of the story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker 1) Pay attention to the character’s ethics. Does the character make just or unjust choices? Consider Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
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Black Panther Party for Self Defense The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was founded in October 1966‚ in Oakland‚ California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Armed with sincerity‚ the words of revolutionaries such as Mao Tse-Tung and Malcolm X‚ law books‚ and rifles‚ the Black Panther Party fed the hungry‚ protected the weak from racist police‚ and presented a Ten Point Platform and Program of Black political and social activism. Its "survival programs"-such as food giveaways‚ free health
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