negative feeling whites feel towards blacks was a concept that was started because of a power shift‚ not because of physical differences between them. Similar ideas are expressed in the article Theories and Constructs of Race by Linda Holtzman and Leon Sharpe. One of the main ideas expressed in the article is that “racism is based on the concept of whiteness- an identity concept invented and enforced by power.” The article goes on to state that “the historical mutability of race is significant because
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"How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife" by Manuel Arguilla At first I thought there were only twenty or so short stories from the American Era n the Philippines online but I have now found 100s of them. These stories represent a literary and cultural treasure and a body of work that anyone interested in colonial studies could profit from. But most important‚ if the four stories I have read so far are any guide‚ the stories are a lot of fun to read‚ feel like they were written from the
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The Three Sisters‚ painted by the Belgian artist Leon Frederic in 1896‚ depicts three sisters all wearing red‚ peeling potatoes. At first glance‚ the painting seems to be nothing more than three girls just sharing a household chore‚ but Frederic’s choices of detail reveal themes of responsibility and guidance in a sibling relationship. One detail that demonstrates the theme of responsibility is the way in which the potato peels are arranged on each of the girls’ laps. The sister on the left
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Emily Nichols Psych 220‚ Dr. Bikmen 4/28/2016 Lives in Social Psychology: Leon Festinger Leon Festinger was an extremely influential social psychologist‚ known for his studies about cognitive dissonance and social comparison theory. Festinger was born May 8th‚ 1919 in Brooklyn‚ New York‚ to parents Sara and Alex Festinger. His father was an embroidery manufacturer. Festinger attended Boys High School‚ a public school in Brooklyn. After graduating‚ he moved on to City College of New York for undergraduate
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The setting of Leon Rooke’s "A Bolt of White Cloth" is imperative to better interpreting the story. Although the story could have been situated merely anywhere and still had the same effect; it is easier to relate to with it being located where it is. With the wife listing off parts surrounding the couples house‚ as well as clues of the setting being on a farm; I believe it is much easier to interpret where the story takes place. When the wife lists off the many surrounding objects such as her husband
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Sources The question of this investigation is: “To what extent was Leon trotsky more valuable to the Bolsheviks and the Russian Revolution‚ rather than Vladimir Lenin‚ his superior?” The Russian Revolution was a key turning point in Russian history and in many ways is responsible for shaping the country into what it stands as now. At the helm of the revolutionary group‚ the Bolsheviks‚ was Vladimir Lenin and directly beneath him stood Leon Trotsky. It is important to make the distinction between the
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Summarizing Summarizing is how we take larger selections of text and reduce them to their bare essentials: the gist‚ the key ideas‚ the main points that are worth noting and remembering. Webster’s calls a summary the "general idea in brief form"; it’s the distillation‚ condensation‚ or reduction of a larger work into its primary notions. Paraphrasing is a restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words. Direct quotation A direct quotation is one in which you copy an author’s
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Response to Leon Botstein All people have a horror story‚ a story that they don’t want to have retold and sometimes never want to think or hear about again. Most of these stories deal with a time period in a school setting and most of those are about something that happened to them in high school. These stories are why most students are not suited for a high school environment the way it is situated now but they have to deal with it until something is done to change things. Leon Botstein explained
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Notable Businessman Entrepreneur in Philippines Ms. Lyn Parugrug Donald Trump I. Biography * Donald Trump received much of his business sense from his father‚ Fred Trump‚ who was forced by his father’s death to help support a large family. * His father succeeded in producing affordable housing. * Donald Trump was brought up assisting his father with his business ventures. * Donald set a goal to be involved in real estate in a larger scale than his father
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------------------------------------------------- Phloem In vascular plants‚ phloem is the living tissue that carries organic nutrients (known as photosynthate)‚ in particular‚ sucrose‚ a sugar‚ to all parts of the plant where needed. In trees‚ the phloem is the innermost layer of the bark‚ hence the name‚ derived from the Greek word φλόος (phloos) "bark". The phloem is concerned mainly with the transport of soluble organic material made during photosynthesis. This is called translocation.
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