...made by the scholars Geneva Smitherman, who also define black language as “Eur- America speech with an Afro-America meaning, nuance tone, and gesture. Black English dates back to the times of slavery. When Africa, America were not allowed to learn how to read or write. But all slaves had to be able to communicate with the tier slave owner and others slaves. Thus the slaves had to learn at least some form of English. The slave had to incorporate some of the English language with their own native language. During slavery and the slave trade slave...
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...Jean Louise Finch, known as Scout, is the daughter of Atticus Finch, and as a native young girl, it is hard for her to understand the internal issues regarding Maycomb. As Scout progresses through school years and grows older, she is exposed to different views on blacks, most of which give blacks a negative connotation. Even though many of her peers and teachers believe the treatment of blacks is fair, Scout does not see color as a deciding factor to whether they should be treated nicely, instead she just sees everyone as people, with no regards to race. One discussion that Atticus and the children have is about the trial. While Scout and her brother, Jeremy Atticus Finch, both agree that it was unfair for Tom to have been convicted. Atticus tells the kids “As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men everyday of your life” (Lee 295). This begins to show Scout really how common discrimination of blacks really is. Even Atticus, the most moral person accepted that racial prejudice of blacks is going to continue to be an issue for many years. While Scout knows Tom was cheated out of a fair trial because of his skin color, she also knows that the injustice of Tom’s treatment was invisible to the jury. Outside of the court case Scout’s views on race get further divided in the classroom. During class one day Miss.Gates, Scout’s third grade teacher discusses her views on Hitler’s regime with the class. She begins with describing the differences of America and Germany...
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...Annotated Bibliography: How Women are portrayed in Movies McNeil, Jean. “Imagery of Women in TV Drama: Some Procedural and Interpretive Issues” Journal of Broadcasting 19.3 (1975): 238-288. Web. 15 Dec. 2011. In this scholarly article, Jean McNeil explains how women are being portrayed in movies by how attractive they are and how “well dressed” they are and talks about how there are basically used as sex toys for the audience. Also, she explains that women are being used to dress inappropriately on movies to draw people in to watch them on television. This article will be helpful to my project because it provides enough and helpful information on my topic. However, it provides important statistics, such as women are being well-dressed in movies. I will be able to use that information for my paper to prove that women are used to attract people to watch it. This will be beneficial to my audience because they will be more engaged to how women are basically being used as a sex toy in movies. University Press of Kentucky. “Women Movie Stars as Role Models.” From Mae to Madonna: Women Entertainers in Twentieth-century America. (1999): 77–106. Web. In this scholarly article, the University Press of Kentucky explains how people think that all women in movies are all whores and the girls that aren’t are all nice and are the ones that aren’t whores. However, they also explain that women in movies are completely different in what they are in their personal lives. Women movie...
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...Crash Kendra Koelsch SOC1101: Human Behavior Instructor Robyn Milliken-Setser August 17th, 2015 The movie Crash (2005) is intended to be a nature of life in America in regards to equality. It is set in Los Angeles, it is about social and cultural stereotypes, race, and the conflict that often ensues as a result. The movie is presented in the conflict perspective which according to Richard T. Schaefer (2009) "assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of tension between groups over power including housing, money, access to services and political representation". Crash uses tension to the story line of each character forcing them into positions of conflict as well as dependence, and emphasizes the status of equality in America. In order to progress to a more equal society it is essential like Americans presented in the movie Crash, especially those most often seen in modern society such as stereotyping, hate crimes, etc… Schaefer defines stereotypes as "unreliable generalizations about all members of a group shows a car crash involving two police detectives and an Asian woman. You can see from the beginning of the movie that the stereotyping begins immediately when the Asian woman tells the police officer that is writing the traffic report that "Mexicans don’t know how to drive. She brakes too fast!" (Haggis, 2005) A verbal struggle ensues between the Latina police detective, who is driving and the Asian woman. RIA mocks the lady about her incorrect pronunciation...
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...Donald Morrison December 10, 2012 I choose to discuss True Religion Apparel, Inc. because they manufacture a brand of jeans that I like. I do not buy these jeans because they do not fit me well and they are out of my price range. At the present time I am more interested in investing in real estate than in jeans because I have found it to be more lucrative. However, True Religion is a healthy, thriving company whose stock appears to be a good investment. True Religion Apparel, Inc. is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: TRLG) in the clothing industry. True Religion Apparel, Inc designs, markets, distributes and sells apparel under the brand name 'True Religion Brand Jeans' to fashion-conscious consumers on six continents, including North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and South America. True Religion Apparel sells its pricey products through upscale retailers, like Bloomingdales, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and some 700 high-end US boutiques. Their upscale denim wear includes jeans, skirts, jackets, and tops. Their top three competitors are: V.F. Corporation - a leader in branded lifestyle apparel including jeanswear, outdoor products, image apparel, sportswear and contemporary apparel brands. Levi Strauss & Company - also known as LS&CO or simply Levi's, is a clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans. Diesel S.p.A. - an Italian design company. It is best known for luxury, pret-a-porter clothing aimed at the young adult...
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...to chase happiness some people must let go of their fundamental basics. Travelling to another country can be very hard especially the lack of friends, family and the fact that you need to learn an entirely new culture. The short story “Where the Gods fly”, written by a Chinese American writer, Jean Kwok. Jean Kwok tells the story about a family that emigrates from China to America, and how the Chinese mother struggles to give her daughter, Pearl the life she affords. She is bound to her old culture and protects her daughter through her religion and hers decisions. A first person narrator tells the story, from a mother’s perspective. Her, her husband and her daughter migrated from China when her daughter Pearl was a child. While reading the story we notice, that the narrator shifts in the grammatical tense, which is what structures the plot of the story. In the present narrative tense, we find the mother in some sort of religious state of mind, where she prays to specific gods and spirits, for example “Ah, Amitabha, Buddha of great compassion, I whisper…”(p 2 l. 24). While she finds herself in this state, she is reminded of her family’s, life since they moved from China to America, obviously these parts of the story is told in the past tense. The story begins in the present tense, as a sort of description, where she is reflecting about her daughter, how she wants her to quit dancing, where she afterwards explain the family’s journey to...
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...Nursing Theorist: Ida Jean Orlando University of Phoenix Nursing 403 Nursing Theorist: Ida Jean Orlando Ida Jean Orlando was born in 1926, the first of her Italian family born in America. She received multiple degrees while pursuing her education. Orlando started with her nursing diploma in 1947 and achieved even greater success in her educational endeavors by eventually receiving her B.S. in public health, and her M.A. in mental health nursing. Orlando became an associate professor at Yale University in 1954. While at Yale, she became the project investigator of a National Institute of Mental Health grant. Orlando’s participation and research in the grant study led her to the discovery of her theory that she first described as the Deliberative Nursing Process. The model was developed after feeling dissatisfied with the realization that nursing was motivated by doctor’s orders and institutional criteria, rather than patient-focused care. (Tyra, 2008). The premise of Orlando’s theory is based on the relationship between the nurse and patient and whether or not the nurse is giving “good” patient care or “bad” patient care. She discovered in her research that patients and nurses alike considered good patient care the ability of the nurse to focus on the patient’s behavior, both verbal and non-verbal (Alligood, 2010). Bad patient care occurred when the nurse’s focus was strictly task-oriented or had nothing to do with the patient’s behavior or needs. According to Orlando...
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...BASIC BUSINESS Mohd Zairiza Bin Mohd Hashim Yasser Abdul Khaliq Dharsyanee Sathies Haripreya Balamurali Vairavan Lidya Nair Vijaya Chandran INTRODUCTION Calvin Klein Inc. is an American fashion house .It is established in Midtown Manhattan New York City. It was endowed at 1968 by Calvin Richard Klein. Currently, it has more than 700 stores in 50 different countries .Calvin Klein has participated in 49 RUNWAY PROJECT. Calvin Klein is also well known for fragrances, accessories such as watches and bedding, hosiery, table tops and furniture. Calvin Klein Inc. is currently owned by Paul Thomas Murry III "Anything I wanted to do, I did. If there's something I want to do, nothing stops me."-Calvin Klein History of calvin klein… History of calvin klein… Calvin Richard Klein was born to Flow and Leo Stern on November 1942, at Bronx, New York, USA. Klein was the second of three children. The family was well doing, while the grandmother was running a very successful tailoring shop. Calvin Klein finished his high school at “High School of Arts & Design “. Klein spent his early age, busy studying and sketching fashion designs and sewing. Flow (Klein’s mother), mostly encouraged his passion and love towards arts and design. Later, he moved on to persuade his higher studies at “Fashion Institute of Technology “and graduated in the year of 1962. For the first five years after the graduation, he worked as an apprentice in suit and coat house on 7th...
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...Hip-Hop and Its Impact on America Erick Acosta U.S History II Honors Period 4 Mr. Pannone May 4, 2009 Hip Hop and Its Impact on America Hip-Hop is one of the genres most criticized by America. Many people thought that Hip-Hop would fade away soon after it was introduced in the late 70s. These people were wrong because over 25 years have passed and Hip-Hop is now very popular in American culture. Hip-Hop has grown a great deal since its beginnings in south Bronx. Now Hip-Hop and rap music can be found anywhere from CDs, television shows, advertisements, and the internet. This shows how big of an impact it has on America and American music. A brief history shows Hip-Hop’s achievements and milestones. Hip-Hop is divided into two: the DJ and the MC. The DJ: Hip Hop began in South Bronx during the late 1970s. It arose when block parties were common in New York City. Deejays would use a technique to isolate the percussion breaks in songs. They did this because they knew that these percussion breaks would be easier to dance to (Hip-Hop music, par 5). This technique was very much seen in Jamaica and was brought to New York by DJ Kool Herc. DJ Kool Herc from Jamaica was known as the father of Hip-Hop. There were other Deejays that contributed to the expansion of Hip-Hop. These Deejays were DJ Hollywood, who invented the term Hip-Hop, and Grand Wizard Theodore, who invented scratching. Scratching is a technique used by deejays to produce distinctive sounds by moving a vinyl...
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...Title of Assignment – Move Analysis Paper - CRASH Student’s Name – Emmanuel Rweyemamu Professor/Institute – Dr. Lisa McDonnell Course, Date – SOC 1101 Analysis of Movie, Crash Introduction and Thesis: Written and directed by Paul Haggis, “Crash” was released in 2004. The movie highlights the trials and tribulations experienced by a various racial ethnical groups from varied geographical locations. Acculturation is not easy for these several Racial Groups such as Hispanics, Asians, or Africans, as the incidents in the film covering a time span of 36 hours, reveal. The characters are portrayed in the context of several ethnic stereotypes in prevalence, even in the 21st century due to ethnic differences. To illustrate, “The predominant modern stereotypes are the violent, brutish African-American male and the dominant, lazy African-American female - the Welfare Mother (Green, 1998-1999, p. 1).” Set in a mixed society of different cultures the aim is to prompt the audience into ‘looking into themselves’ and acknowledge their own personal prejudices; they are overt or covert racists too. The 3 elements of cultures openly portrayed are the language used, the norms maintained by society, both formal and informal. As far as how many viewers actually have the courage to accept their faulty mindsets, is left to them. While at first glance, the movie appears to send out a passionate appeal about ending racism and discrimination, an in-depth probe reveals that the ‘wrongness’ of proclaiming...
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...Option for College students. There is a highly debated topic on whether or not students should be forced to take General Education classes at college. College is a time for exploring all options that lay ahead. General education classes are a great way for students to discover themselves and their passions, especially if students are unsure of what they want to do with the rest of their lives. However, a strong case can be made that college students by no means should be forced to take them, especially for those students who have already declared on a major. As we all know, college is already too expensive to be wasting money on classes with little to no interest in. As a result, it is a waste of time and a high risk for getting bad grades in those classes. Instead of throwing the money out of the window, general education classes should be an option for college students, not a requirement. One of the main reasons why college students should not be required to take general education classes is because of the cost of college. According to the “Public College Tuition Spikes”, the average tuition costs rose about 8.3% to an average of $5,189 in the 2011-2012 school years. In the previous academic year, students paid with an average of $4,793, which is just adding on to the thousands of the already overpriced tuition. While those students who still on that path on struggling to pay courses that are unnecessary, tuition prices will continue to rise due to the troubling...
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...Introduction: Designer jean company, Narcissus Denim Co, is looking to either move or expand it's manufacturing to the Mexico. The jeans are “made in the USA”, but currently the raw material, and the majority of the jeans are currently fabricated in the United States. They employ 75 people. The company was started five years ago in Nashville, TN, and has seen steady growth in the United States. Narcissus Denim currently fabricates its denim jeans in the USA, with only some of the materials coming from China. The cost of raw materials and manufacturing domestically have become too expensive, so Narcissus needs look outside of the USA. Narcissus is aware of other creators of designer apparel that have gotten bad press for using the “Made in the USA” label because the brands only make a portion each piece of their apparel in the USA. The purpose of this memorandum is to examine the possibility of bringing to the USA neighbor by working with “Maquiladora”, the Spanish word for manufacturer, in Mexico. Aspects of US law, international legal implications, as well as the ethical implications of moving this portion of the company to Mexico are the primary focus areas of research. Domestic Legal and Ethical Implications: Narcissus Denim was founded and gained success because of the quality of the product, in great part because the apparel is “made in the USA”. In order to create a portion of the product in Mexico and keep the “made in the USA” label, Narcissus Denim must ensure...
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...Similar to James Dean, Brando’s standard was the pair of jeans with a leather jacket. Only difference between the two was the total bad-boy attitude that Brando carried. Rolled-up cuffs, leather boots and a bike to go with it, the rebellious fashion Brando introduced in the cinema echoed in the youth for a long, long time. Steve McQueen The “King of Cool” Steve McQueen was likewise known for having an anti-hero persona; however his way to deal with style was novel. Unlike Dean and Brando, McQueen exceeded expectations at taking traditionally un-insubordinate sportswear and giving it edge. In addition to leather jackets and jeans, Steve McQueen rocked pale colored button downs, cardigans, V-necks, polo-shirts, and khaki’s. His notable accessory was a couple of aviators. Steve McQueen was additionally known for slim-cut custom-made suits and was similarly gifted at sprucing up – which is the reason Rolex even named one of their most refined watches after...
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...In an article published may 2005 in The New York Times -“Life at the Top in America Isn't Just Better, It's Longer”, journalist Janny Scott tells us about three different people who have all had heart attacks. She tells us about the course of all three: Jean G. Miele: 66 years old. Successful businessman and architect, a member of New York City's upper middle class. Because of Mr. Miele's status he is able to get the best treatment available throughout his recovery. Furthermore less than two hours after his first symptoms, his artery was reopened by a skillful and experienced cardiologist. Mr Miele recovers and gains his strength in the best possible way, He has everything provided for him. A caring family and the financial needs to start leading a healthy life. Supervised by doctors. Will wilson: 53 years old. Middle-class. Dreamed of becoming an architect but he didn't have the money for college so he ended up doing utility work. Had to wait till the day after the heart attack to be transferred to a hospital capable of performing the right procedure and reopen his artery. He finds it difficult to change his habits after his second heart attack. Though his fiancé is trying to support him other obstacles gets in his way. Everyone around him seems to lead an unhealthy life making it very difficult for Will to keep his diet. Ewa Rynczak Gora: 59 years old. Came to New York City in the early 1990's from Poland. A working class woman. Has a lot of language...
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...of kicking a ball at a girl. I was of course innocent but since the teacher was a relative to the girl, I got detention! My case was obviously not as serious and didn’t involve rape, but the fact that an innocent man gets punished of something he didn’t do is bad enough to me. The main plot of the book reminded me of a movie I saw a couple of years ago, called ”A Time to Kill”. The movie is based on John Grisham’s debut novel with the same name and stars famous actors like Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConaughey. The title isn’t the only thing similar to Harper Lee’s novel. The plot is really similar to the trial in ”To Kill a Mockingbird”, where a white lawyer defends a black man and gets treated badly just because his client is black. For example, Atticus gets called nigger-lover by several villagers just because he defends a black man. Jake, the defendant lawyer in the movie, is...
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