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    The White Tiger

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    The White Tiger Robert Frost once said‚ “Freedom lies in being bold.” Boldness involves being driven‚ risky‚ and even unethical at times. This notion is especially evident in Aravind Adiga’s novel‚ The White Tiger‚ in which Balram Halwaii becomes a successful‚ high-class businessman. According to the novel‚ in order to move up in social class and gain freedom‚ one must take risks‚ be motivated‚ and have a sense of immorality. In the beginning of the novel‚ Balram pleads with his grandmother to

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    chose not to care about. White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh explores how it is to be a white woman in society can fall back onto this invisible tent

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    Evan Allen 1/16/13 White Women While white woman have been on this world born just as man was‚ people still disrespect them in many ways. Racism and discrimination still exists to this day “In my opinion‚ had I been African-American‚ they would not have fired me‚"(Shira Hedgepeth‚ former director of academic technology at Winston-Salem State University)‚ According to Shira Hedgepeth she worked at an all black college for three years (August 2008 to July 2011) she got fired one day due to the University

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    Coloured white‚ not coloured October-07-13 10:40 PM Author: Richard Dyer NOTES: the following notes on this article contains sections of the paper the author deems to be important. It is not intended to infringe upon any copyright laws. It is simply meant to highlight the important sections of the paper. The capter considers the implicatons of a particular group of people being categorized by means of the colour white -to apply the colour white to white people is to ascribe a visible

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    Peggy McIntosh’s "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" one of the first appeals to text I see is logos. We see such techniques in the first few paragraphs were she goes on to use logic to explain that because male privilege obviously exists and because men‚ while admitting women do have a disadvantage in society‚ can’t see their advantage in being male‚ then‚ because of interlocking hierarchies in our society‚ the same must go for whites when it comes to white privilege. Meanwhile for

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    Shaun White

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    Names: Annalisa‚ Joginder‚ Kiara‚ William‚ and Moises. Shaun White Over the years there have been several new athletes ready to give a shot at the X-Games competition. Sure these are great athletes but what everyone wants to see is a new style. Who knew that Shaun White would be perfect for the job? Shaun White was born in San Diego‚ California in 1986. As a small child‚ he went through surgery due to a heart defect before he was a year old. This obviously was a very‚ terrifying situation

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    white lies

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    White shelter Maggie March 11st. 2014 English Writing 201108 “Build a safe haven from their what and whys‚ we shelter their minds with ivory lies‚ so innocent and sweet‚ that’s what I adore” just like what Lovehatehero‚ a band‚ sings in the song‚ ivory lies build up a safe place for beautiful things‚ even if they are lies‚ ultimately. However‚ white lies‚ just like the pure color‚ are good things. In a family‚ parents tell little white lies to encourage their kids to behave nicely

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    The Color White: Tainted? The color white is oftentimes unanimously associated with purity‚ hope‚ and innocence. However‚ in the Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the color has the deeper meaning of false purity over goodness. With the taboo characteristics that Fitzgerald’s white carries‚ the reader is led to a false sense of security throughout the course of the novel; just how far was this rebel of a writer willing to go to break down borders? It is later found out that the symbol of

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    Sand in my feet and White Herons croaking‚ and making nasal squeals by the ocean line‚ and the smell of sancocho a liquid light brown colored soup with meat and corn filled my nose from a nearby restaurant overlooking the beach. It Felt like home. I noticed bright blue‚red‚ and white parachutes laying on the white beach sand waiting to be floating above the tourist from all over the world and hotels. The tall‚skinny‚ dark skin owner with a bald head had big white signs with bright pink coloring

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    White Fang Sparknotes

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    In White Fang‚ the novel starts out with two men‚ Bill and Henry‚ crossing Alaska to head south with sled dogs. They where on this journey because they find themselves needing to burry the body of Lord Albert. During this journey‚ they crossed paths with a famished pack of wolves whose only objective was to eat. Day-by-day‚ one of Bill and Henry’s sled dogs was killed by being attracted by the she-wolf. The she-wolf would catch eyes with one of the sled dogs and as the dog would run out of camp to

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