however what ensued at Cronulla in 2005 is a smear upon our egalitarian ideals. It is in this light that the documentary sets out to explicitly highlight how fragile race relations remain in Australia’s multicultural hotpots. Though The Cronulla Riots: Day that Shocked the Nation (2013)‚ may appear to directly appeal to a narrow target audience of Sydney-siders‚ it also effectively touches the broader Australian community and provokes our perception of Australian identity. Directed by Jaya Balendra
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Document 22-5 page 138‚ “An African American Responds to the Chicago Race Riot.” This document describes how race riots exploded in the summer of 1919 in almost two dozen American cities. White mobs were attacking African Americans by beating‚ shooting‚ and lynching them. After a gory riot in Chicago‚ Stanley B. Norvell‚ an African American man from Chicago wrote to the editor of the Chicago Daily News‚ Victor F. Lawson. In the letter Norvell described the whites’ ignorance of blacks‚ pointing
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special viewing of the documentary Soundtrack for a Revolution followed up by a questions and answers segment. Before the showing‚ there was nice musical performance presented by two individuals. The performance itself gave an overview of the Tulsa Race Riot. Shortly afterwards‚ the film started. Prior to this event‚ I have the opportunity to do research on this tragedy about a year ago‚ but never had been as deeply concerned about the incident just by reading about it. The film was well put together and
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freedom‚ hopes‚ and desires. Shooting an Elephant is an essay written and published in the autumn of 1936. The essay mainly illustrates how a white British imperial police officer in Burma reacted and responded when he ought to encounter a ravaging elephant while he was on duty. The story is set in the British-conquered Burma. The setting of this story provides images and portrayal of imperialism of Britain during their imperial era. The narrator describes the way he feels toward the natives and how the
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Heineken out of Burma The action groups ’A Seed Europe’ and the Dutch action group ’XminY’ started a campaign in February 1996‚ called "Heineken out of Burma!". The investment plans of the Dutch brewer Heineken Inc. in Burma (Myanmar)‚ were said to provide material support and legitimacy to the violent dictatory rulers of the country. Heineken sees Burma as an emerging market‚ that must be entered without delay. Western beer markets are becoming saturated and the potentials for growth in Asia
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CONCEPT NOTE Development of road from Gulbarga - Kazi Kotnoor – Hebbal - Kalagi - Sulepet - Chincholli - Konchavaram to Andhra Pradesh Border leading to Zahirabad in Andra Pradesh. Chincholi is one of the most backward taluka’s of Gulbarga district despite the fact that it has rich mineral‚ forest and agricultural resources. At present Gulbarga is connected to Hyderabad through Wagdari-Gulbarga-Sedam-Rebbanpalli road. However‚ Chincholi taluka which is closer to Hyderabad does not have any
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Research (Genre) ‘The Road’ is categorized as a post-apocalyptic fiction style novel. As stated in an article written from a student at Princeton University; Post-apocalyptic fiction is a sub genre of science fiction that is set in a world or civilization after either a nuclear war‚ plaque‚ comet/rogue planet strike‚ or some other general disaster. Usually post-apocalyptic fiction novels take place immediately after the catastrophe; the author focuses on the travails or psychology of survivors.
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The Road written by Cormac McCarthy is a novel based on a post-apocalyptic setting. The story focuses on a father and a son. No names are given to either. But‚ the son does address his father as Papa. The father and the son are trying to survive not only by undertaking the constant struggle of getting the necessary means to live (water‚ food‚ etc.) but by surviving from the cannibals. The father and the son are traveling throughout the entirety of the novel. Before the wife had abandoned her husband
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Writers provide glimpses of other worlds‚ giving readers opportunities to reflect on their own world To what extent do you agree with this view? The Road written by Cormac McCarthy is a post-apocalyptic novel about a man and a boy travelling down across what seems to be a bleak and dull land. In this book‚ we see a world that seems to have a bleak and dark future without a lot of hope. Land is somehow destroyed‚ perhaps by a natural cause. The cycle of seasons has been completely altered and
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conciliate the problem among the Buddhist community; instead Diem and his brother perpetrated a series of actions they imposed curfew. Even though the U.S was a big supporter of Diem anti-communist leadership style‚ they became upset about the Buddhist riots and didn’t want to be a part of such behaviors but assess whether a croup would be anticipated if Diem did not change his tactics towards the Buddha’s community. Washington sent Lodge to advise Diem “that because of the Buddhist crisis‚ American would
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