Topic 1 What is race? We are all flesh in blood. We all bleed. Does this really make us different? After reading “Recipe” by Janice Mirikitani‚ “Puerto Rican Obituary” by Pedro Pietri‚ and “Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question” by Diane Burns‚ The answer is yes and no. All three of these poems show you that while we may all be human and experience the same emotions‚ we are not always treated that way. Race plays a major role in how we are treated and how we precieve ourselves. These poems illustrate
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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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Jean Kilbourne is an author‚ speaker‚ and filmmaker who is internationally recognized for her work on the image of women in advertising‚ specifically from her article‚ Beauty...and the Beast of Advertising (“Jean Kilbourne Full Biography”). As a researcher on the image of women she wrote this article which gives insight into the effects of how women are portrayed in advertisements and who benefits from it all. First‚ she begins the article by stating that “the average American is accustomed to blue-eyed
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You Have a Friend in Me Everyone has friends but every friend is different. You have your friends with families‚ the “let’s go out every night” friends‚ and last but not least‚ your long distant friends. Yes they are all friends but each one lives a different life style and has their own unique personality. They have a special place in your heart through thick and thin. Friends are loving‚ caring‚ loyal‚ and honest. Friend’s seal your deepest darkest secret with a “pinky swear” and a hug. Which
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Have you ever wondered; what would you do if someday you win the lottery? Well‚ I have always thought about it and the idea of having millions of dollars in my bank account just make me think about one thing; building my dream house. First‚ I have to pick the perfect place to build my masterpiece. It has to be a place with the perfect climate‚ perfect landscape‚ and perfect people. I was raised in Honduras‚ and one day I visited Roatan which is an island in the northern part of the country. I was
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According to the textbook‚ You May Ask Yourself‚ a denotative definition for the word discrimination is a harmful or negative acts‚ excluding thoughts‚ against people labeled inferior in comparison to their own racial category without regard to their individuality. Also‚ discrimination can be associated with segregation‚ the legal or social practice of separating people on the basis of their race or ethnicity; as a result‚ public services‚ businesses‚ government‚ amongst other industries is legally
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The setting for The Diary of Anne Frank is in a “Secret Annexe” in Amsterdam‚ Holland. Anne and her family are not the only people that are hiding in the “Secret Annexe‚” the Van Daans live with them also. Anne draws a map in the book to show you a layout of the “Secret Annexe.” It’s pretty large‚ although with eight people living there‚ it’s quite crowded. The plot for the story was for Anne and her family to hide from the Germans until the war was over. Hiding was hard for the Franks
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and to enjoy‚ not restrict. What most people fail to realize is that the video game industry‚ like the film industry‚ is heavily regulated with a strict code of parental guidelines already in place. Even the game consoles to play these violent games have parental controls. What I fail to understand is that some parents believe its okay to give their children 18+ rated games even though they are well under that age‚ and say that these games are the sources of violence between children. If parents would
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My junior year in high school I vividly remember rushing to my first class and almost being knocked over by another student. Immediately I looked up and was furious‚ she didn’t even say excuse me she just kept walking. My books flew everywhere and on top of that I was now late for class. Later‚ I learned that this young lady’s name was Lilly. Lilly was about 5’6”‚ African American‚ and had long black hair. After Lilly bumped into me‚ I began to notice her more and more around school. I noticed
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pass me by when I enter that world hereon in will be a challenge that I will accept‚ and an adventure that I am looking forward to. I have listed in my application that I want to enroll in either a political science or economics course‚ as I am both interested in those fields and they also serve as a stepping stone for my goal to become a lawyer someday. I have always been a consistent honor student in my previous years in school. I applied for and eventually passed the ESEP (Engineering and Science
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