...Sweet honey in the rock: Are My Hands Clean? Song. Group of women who have roots in the civil rights movement. 1985 origin. This song places the black diasporic people as the consumer vs diamonds are forever doesn’t visually offer you a black diasporic consumer.West is channeling an activism that takes place through you and the wallet. * This is an individual action of activism. Your actions connect you to the collective but its only about you. * *think about purchasing power as part of forming and narrating consumer culture. * Community manifests through consumer based or internet based sense of community. * Whats the difference in audience interpretation between sweet honey in the rock and kanye west. * Homogenization or capitalization on the distinction between cultures to make them more marketable. * How global forces of trade intensify cultural traits. * “You” in life and debt was referring to white americans. But false representation. Well incomplete anyway. * In the film: there is a world in this somewhere but I cant getinto this right now. * Listen to the you vs we in the place of consumption. The identity shifts. * Roots the movie: look it up. * Genealogical study boomed in the wake of this tv series. Xpecially in the black comm. * Tourism was centered as a developmental strategy (especially in Jamaica, Senegal, third world and developing countries) * Tourism becomes linked to this roots phenomenon. * Slave...
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...Was the legislation that gave African Americans equal rights to ‘whites’ the result of famous, glorified leaders such as Martin Luther King and Lyndon Johnson or was it those who worked behind the scenes, the local groups and individuals, who set the stage for these legal amendments to be possible? The Civil Rights Movement was one of the most significant events in the modern history of the United States that has formed the basis of many of its core values and laws today. The Civil Rights Movement unofficially ended with the passing of the long awaited “1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act” which legally saw an end to the racial discrimination faced by African Americans. However the historiography of the Civil Rights Movement has “undergone some serious revision” since 1965 as it ‘gained popular appeal.’ Initially the Civil Rights Movement was “romanticized” and considered to be a “heroic narrative of moral purpose and personal courage by which great men and women inspired ordinary people to rise up and struggle for their rights” such as the famed Martin Luther King, who was painted as the ‘driving force behind the movement’ ,President Lyndon Johnson and Kennedy and organisations such as ‘The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People’ (NAACP) This idea of the federal government, prominent leaders and organisations playing the defining role in the passing of these bills soon became less plausible in the 1970’s and 1980’s as the “second...
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...superheroes with some human emotions, and more about humans with super abilities, forcing you to acknowledge that superheroes are people too, and say, “Now, that, was a movie.” Because at its heart, that’s what Captain America: Civil War is all about. Real people in real situations with some superhuman powers thrown in for good measure. The heart of the conflict is an ideological difference of opinion between the two sides, and in a surprising turn of events, it’s our very own law-abiding, orders-following Captain who’s opposing the decisions of the Government to pass the Sokovia Accords in the aftermath of their epic battle in Sokovia as shown in Age of Ultron. Thus, the Avengers, for the first time in Marvel history, stand divided, but it is heart-warming to see that despite it all, there exists zero animosity; it’s friends against friends, and no Accord can strain that relationship over a single night. But add to that a conspiracy involving Cap’s Achilles Heel, Bucky (played by the dashing Sebastian Stan), and you have Captain and his team rallying to protect him from being wrongfully tried for a crime he didn’t commit, turning them into outlaws, vigilantes, criminals…you name it. Jaw dropping action sequences have always been Marvel’s plus-point, and Civil War does not fail to disappoint in that (or any) category. Love Bucky or hate him, but you can’t not emit a gasp when he punches off a guy driving a motorcycle in full speed , and then hops astride it in one swift move. IN...
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...(A) Identify and briefly explain three reasons why the new Christian right might have failed to achieve its aims? * The moral majority was never a majority, but 15% of the population at most; this meant that it was hard for them to fully implement their views, as they didn’t have enough believers in order to actually have an effect and change in society. * It campaigners found it hard to cooperate with people from different to cooperate with people form different religions, even when campaigning on the same issue, as such as abortion. This affected their ability to reach their aims, as they didn’t gain popularity as a religion’s group as they were seen to be very exclusive and didn’t support other religions even when fighting for the same cause. * The new Christian right lacks widespread support and has met with strong opposition from groups who stated freedom of choice, such as Planned Parenthood. As there view can be said to be strong and traditional most people didn’t agree with them, meaning they struggled to get any laws past, due to most people liking the way there was more freedom instead of being restricted by rules of traditional society. (B) Using material from item A and elsewhere, assess the contribution of religion to social change? There are many ways in which religion may have contributed to social change, but there is however the argument that religion tries to keep society the same by conservative force. Most religions have some sort of...
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...in the weekdays. And the weekends will be off for them. According to the employee who had filed the case against the company has stated that the firm is discriminating on the base of the religion and they need to bring modification in it. The firm is trying to compel the employees to come and work on the religious days too if it comes in between those four days of the production work which is not correct on their part and they need to bring modification to holidays in case of religious occasions. The Civil Rights Act was enacted in the year 1964 and hence known as the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It has several chapters which are related to various aspects of the rights that are provided to the citizens. The aspects range from the basic rights to the rights they can exercise against the employers during the job and hence it can be said to be a legal documental form of the laws which tends to remind all of the citizens their rights. According to the Chapter VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it will be against the law in the part of the employers to subject the employees to any kind of discrimination which is related to the color, sex, caste,...
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...Yoshimo Reading Response 1) Yoshimos states, “ Covering is a hidden assault on our civil rights.”(P 480) Furthermore he argues that covering is difficult to indentify because it is associated with assimilation. Assimilation allows for individuals to secure jobs, fit in socially, and be a productive member of society. Covering does not allow a person to be their “true self”. When a person must ‘cover’ who they are, they must work doubly hard to mask their true identity. Yoshino uses the example of racial minorities having “ to act white” or a homosexual not being able to be themselves because of homophobia. Yoshimo suggests that this strips a person of their identity. As long as this continues the work for civil rights is not finished. Yoshino also argues that the search for our true self is the most important work we can do. 2) Covering as defined by Yoshino is “the way many human groups are being held back today”(p. 481) Civil right laws only protect traits that individuals cannot change such as skin color or sexual orientation. P.481 civil rights do not protect a person’s behavioral choices. Society no longer can fit into the cookie cutter standard of acceptance. We are a growing and diverse society. In order to be our true self we cannot allow covering to exist. Additionally, the term assimilation cannot be used to justify behavior to be in reality another form of covering. One social group cannot assimilate heir behavior just to be accepted by others. The...
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...“A New History of the Civil Rights Movement:” The Unjust Treatment of African Americans Vincent Signorile U.S. History II Professor Parkin 6 April 2017 The Civil Rights Movement was one of the most important movements in the history of the United States. In Danielle McGuire’s At the Dark End of the Street, she makes a case for what she terms “A New History of the Civil Rights Movement.” McGuire uses great elements when describing her study, some of which are disheartening and tragic. These include topics of interracial sexuality, violence, rape, and segregation. The vital topics mentioned demonstrate the strenuous challenges that African Americans had to endure over the years, and even during the Civil...
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...change in policy. Interest groups have an interesting time line; I will lead you on the journey. During the first, preindustrial phase from the 1830s to 1870s, charitable organizations assisting the poor represented the dominant form of association. Membership in these organization consisted mostly of middle class citizens. Crossing class line, the second phase is attributed to the economic group such as trade unions and employer’s union in between the 1860’s and the early 1900’s. The third phase constitutes was between 1920 and lasted through the late 1950s and was noted as professional associations and promotional groups. Finally the present phase is where we are today which promotes postindustrial values, environmental issues, and civil rights. (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA98/pollklas/thesis/history.html) Interest groups and political parties are closely related and often...
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...Women of the Civil Rights Movement: The role of women in the Civil Rights Movement In The American Journal of Legal History, Bernie D. Jones reviews the work of Legacies of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Grofman (2000), and describes the ends to the means. The 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act indisputably were effectual for altering the framework of the questionable American life, for the most part in the southern states. As a consequence, both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were accountable for the stoppage of vast opposition to the civil rights movement and the fitting fusion into the American Society by African Americans. By way of the Acts, public facilities that avidly participated in segregation became outlawed. Throughout the nation, as a result of the enforcement of the Acts, the former, not so easily attainable education opportunities and employment prospects that consistently had been refused, now, awarded African Americans impressively large supporting political control. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 pioneered immeasurably. Women were given distinctive safeguarding subject to employment discrimination law. Emphatically, invigorating the women’s movement, consequently, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 served movements of other ethnic civil rights. (p. xvi) VOICE OF OMISSION No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women. We are rarely...
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...HIPAA provides rights to patients over health information and limits who can see or receive health information. Patients or patient’s personal representation has rights to their own medical records; however do not have access to psychotherapy notes. HIPAA privacy rules limits on who can see your medical records. Any information pertaining conversations with medical staff, health insurance, billing information and health information is protected. For example, employers cannot see you medical records and can’t be shared; unless you give your employer, a written consent or authorization. If rights are being denied based on discrimination or a violation of HIPAA privacy or security rule occurs; a complaint can be filed. Therefore; HIPAA does affect medical records, but it also protects our health information. A complaint is filed; when a cover entity has violated health information either by privacy rights or violation of privacy rules or security rules. Any person can file the complaint. The complaint must be filed in writing either by paper or electronically. When emailing the complaint, a signature is not needed for consent forms or the complaint. An email represents the signature. The complaint must name the cover entity and description of the violation act of what you believed that was violated and what happened. The complaint must be filed within 180 days from the day the incident occurred. For an extension, you must show a good cause to the office of civil rights. A complaint...
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...UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO CAMPUS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND CHRISTIAN ETHICS A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO DR. JOHN M. ANDREWARTHA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BASIC CHRISTIAN ETHICS RLGN 5323 SUBMITTED BY ROBERT L. JOHNSON April 14, 2008 Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………….……....1 Part I: Definition of Civil Disobedience………………………………………..….…..1 Part II: Definition of Christian Ethics…………..……………………………….……..1 Part III: Biblical and Historical Practice of Civic Responsibility.……………………..2 Part IV: The Rise of Political Power in the Church and the Struggles Associated…….7 Part V: The Necessity for Civil Disobedience..………………………………………..9 Part VI: What Difference Did the Civil Rights Struggle Make? ..................................12 Conclusion…....................................................................................................................16 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………….18 INTRODUCTION This research will focus on the topic of “Civil Disobedience and its Relativity to Christian Ethics.” The research will address whether it is ever justifiable to disobey the laws of secular governments. In doing so, it will discuss the Doctrine of Civic Responsibility as it relates to Christian Ethics. Furthermore, Romans 13:1-7 will be referenced to provide additional insight into how the Church has historically responded to civil government’s demands on society...
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...is one with an equal distribution of legal rights and in which each and every person has as much legal rights as possible. Because freedom entails political equality, freedom can only logically entail as much legal rights as compatible with the same legal rights in others. In a free society, any one person cannot have so many legal rights that all other people could not logically have the same amount of legal rights. For example, freedom does not include the legal right to enslave someone else because freedom includes the legal right to not be enslaved. In another example, freedom does not include the legal right to non-defensively punch other people in the face against their will because freedom includes the legal right to not be offensively punched. Basically, a free person has the legal allowance to do whatever he or she wants insofar as he or she does not offensively harm or coerce other people against those other people's wills. Remember, the limitation is a logical requirement. Freedom obviously can not include the legal right to limit other people's freedom because that would be illogical. Freedom does include the legal right to defend oneself from others who attempt to offensively harm or coerce the free person. There is an important reason to remember that freedom starts with a principle of self-control (or "self-ownership"). In a way, it would be politically equal--though socially absurd--for a person to have the legal right to inflict offensive harm on...
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...Jessica Helin Paper 1 U.S. History 1 GEN223 John Smith vs. John Winthrop In the early years of America, there was a great deal of political and religious turmoil occurring in England. People wanted to escape to a place where they wouldn't be outlawed for their independent congregations and personal philosophies that they believed in. Eminent men, like John Smith and John Winthrop, saw America as a great opportunity to start over where they could establish new communities separated and undisturbed by England. They each wrote a proposal to the people of England to recruit them to come and help establish colonies in the New World. Both of these men had very different visions of what America was and what they wanted it to become upon their arrivals. Smith believed in the importance of hardworking to achieve wealth and the option of becoming financially independent. While Winthrop was concerned with working for God and averting selfishness to form a community with a close bond. John Smith was an English adventurer and soldier well known for his many adventures to different lands. Smith saw the New World as a place for people to set out on a journey for economic success. In his mind, America had resources that were waiting to be discovered for both utilization and profit. In a Description of Virginia, Smith communicates that in the New World, there is a definitive likelihood for many successful business enterprises by saying, 'the fertility of the soil, and the situation...
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...Social Justice and Equality: Racial Profiling Galina Shlikht, Nicole Gordon and Becky Overstreet City University of Seattle Author’s Note Galina Shilkht, Student, City University Nicole Gordon, Student, City University Becky Overstreet, Student, City University Social Justice and Equality Team Outline (All) Conflict and Solutions 1. Faulty communication Sometimes criticism can be given inappropriately. This can result in hurting the feelings of group members leaving them feeling devalued. When this happens, we as a team believe the first thing that must be done is to be honest and let the group know how you feel. So we must acknowledge the conflict. The next appropriate step would be to discuss the conflict with all of the team members. After this, we should try and understand the situation and reach an agreement. One of the agreements could be that criticism be given appropriately and constructively. 2. Time management With work, kids, and living in different time zones it can be a challenge to find the time that works best for the three of us to discuss the details, questions, and/or concerns about our essay together. Our solution to this is to set up exact times and day, sort of like an online appointment, for when the three of us can be available via Facebook group message. 3. Personality clashes We all have our own way of doing things. Our styles of working might be different and sometimes this can cause a conflict with each other...
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...Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila EN BANC G.R. No. 101083 July 30, 1993 JUAN ANTONIO, ANNA ROSARIO and JOSE ALFONSO, all surnamed OPOSA, minors, and represented by their parents ANTONIO and RIZALINA OPOSA, ROBERTA NICOLE SADIUA, minor, represented by her parents CALVIN and ROBERTA SADIUA, CARLO, AMANDA SALUD and PATRISHA, all surnamed FLORES, minors and represented by their parents ENRICO and NIDA FLORES, GIANINA DITA R. FORTUN, minor, represented by her parents SIGRID and DOLORES FORTUN, GEORGE II and MA. CONCEPCION, all surnamed MISA, minors and represented by their parents GEORGE and MYRA MISA, BENJAMIN ALAN V. PESIGAN, minor, represented by his parents ANTONIO and ALICE PESIGAN, JOVIE MARIE ALFARO, minor, represented by her parents JOSE and MARIA VIOLETA ALFARO, MARIA CONCEPCION T. CASTRO, minor, represented by her parents FREDENIL and JANE CASTRO, JOHANNA DESAMPARADO, minor, represented by her parents JOSE and ANGELA DESAMPRADO, CARLO JOAQUIN T. NARVASA, minor, represented by his parents GREGORIO II and CRISTINE CHARITY NARVASA, MA. MARGARITA, JESUS IGNACIO, MA. ANGELA and MARIE GABRIELLE, all surnamed SAENZ, minors, represented by their parents ROBERTO and AURORA SAENZ, KRISTINE, MARY ELLEN, MAY, GOLDA MARTHE and DAVID IAN, all surnamed KING, minors, represented by their parents MARIO and HAYDEE KING, DAVID, FRANCISCO and THERESE VICTORIA, all surnamed ENDRIGA, minors, represented by their parents BALTAZAR and TERESITA ENDRIGA, JOSE MA. and REGINA...
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