American society still touch base with the minority community today and have a tremendous impact on our lives both individually and collectively. According to Pratt‚ race undermines equality. On one side‚ emphasizing individuality distinguishes one person from the other‚ but having to recognize race then leaves out the individuality part. Pratt believes that recognition of race runs the risk of becoming identified with racism. When thinking of race‚ many attribute the idea with racism‚ prejudice‚ violence
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identity‚ nationally and internationally. A nation or land is where people have established their life‚ their culture and their heart; sadly it has happened where people have been forced out of their homeland. Great opening sentences. Mary Louise Pratt‚ Kenji Yoshino and Edward Said all present very good methods of maintaining one’s national identity in their essays. In Mary Louise Pratt’s essay Arts of the Contact Zone she gives examples of people who are in a contact zone. Contact zones are where
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Baker is saying that those who attempted to write of their experiences as a slave faced the daunting task of not offending the white culture or risk not being heard. This was the basic conclusion that I came to when I first read this text‚ but it was not until later that I came to understand this societal pressure to write in a certain way is still just another form of oppression. To define this type of oppression‚ I reference this section from Mary Louise Pratt’s "Art’s of the Contact Zone": "
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Addicted to Incarceration is a research book that was written by Travis C. Pratt‚ a professor at Washington State University. The main purpose of writing this book was to point out that the USA imprisons more of our population than any other nation. Pratt says‚ "On the one hand‚ we have constructed the biggest prison system on the planet… On the other hand‚ the United States has also been‚ and continues to be‚ the most violent industrialized nation in the world…. It is apparent‚ therefore‚ that our
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A person who has had a significant influence on me in my life would have to be my former foster mother‚ Miss Barbara Pratt. Ms. Pratt was a foster mother to many children before myself and she had had wonderful success with most of them. I had been in an extremely abusive relatives home before I had been placed in Ms. Pratt’s home. When it was discovered that I was in an abusive home I was first placed in a group home in Cincinnati. Social Services worked very hard to find me a home that would
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poem‚ "The Shark"‚ by E.J. Pratt seems to be about the simple subject of a shark. However‚ considering Pratt ’s childhood and times he lived in‚ the poem represents far deeper meanings. Edwin John Pratt‚ born on the fourth of February 1882 in Newfoundland ‚ Canada‚ and wrote this peom 5 years after the end of WWI. E.J. Pratt received his education from St. John ’s Methodist College‚ Victoria College‚ University of Toronto‚ Victoria University‚ University of Toronto. E.J. Pratt worked many jobs‚ some
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4 Bredahl Harlie Cheyenne Bredahl Professor Peter Epps Composition II 08 September 2014 I"The Importance of the Act of Reading" by Paulo Freire‚ describes the importance of the act of reading beyond numerous experiences in his life as a child‚ a teenager‚ and an adult. Freire begins his article by taking readers back to where he was born‚ in his home city Recife‚ Brazil. He uses very itemized imagery to describe the trees‚ the house and the atmosphere of where he grew up and how the text‚ words
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Unless‚ the author of a text is physically in front of the reader explaining her intentions at the moment of writing‚ the reader is the only one who is able to give meaning to the text. Rosenblatt (1993) rejects this dualism by explaining that the writer exhibits an aesthetic stance while writing her piece trying to bring as many clues as possible for the reader‚ however‚ the text could be interpreted from aesthetic or an efferent stance. The reader could enjoy reading complex mathematical theorems
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Literature Review on Problem-Posing Pedagogy by Paulo Freire (Frank Tourlas) (Institutional Affiliation) Abstract A current literature review helps people to be up to date with what is current in a given field (Smith‚ 2010). Therefore‚ a current literature review on Problem-Posing Pedagogy by Paulo Freire will help in knowing the current findings on the topic. Introduction A literature review is an article reviewing the current crucial aspects of knowledge
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The Ten Commandments of Cross-examination† Timothy A. Pratt I. Introduction Much has been written about the “art” of cross-examination. Not all of it‚ though‚ involves art. Some of it involves natural talent‚ but most of it involves hard work. In truth‚ three factors combine to create this “artistic” success -- personality‚ presence and persuasion. These traits are often manifest in the ability to think and react quickly. But something else is involved as well -- something that trial
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