...feminists disregard all questions of political and economic dispensation to concentrate on the roots of the problem. The central root of the problem is the system of patriarchy which leads to all kinds of discrimination against and devaluation of women. Politico-economic questions are not the roots but only auxiliaries. The concept of gender is the real villain and has to be demolished. Lately, more groups like Psychoanalytical feminism, Postmodern or Poststructuralists feminism, Black feminism and so on have also been added. Black feminism mainly studies the issues of self- consciousness and self identity of black women who are caught in a dilemma and tries to provide methods to help black women achieve self realization. In the long history, that is black women’s double identity,...
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...The History of the American Bottom Two of the nations largest rivers meet in the American Bottom. The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers served as channels of change to the area, bringing outside influences of many different peoples to an Indian-inhabited land. Like the constant flow of the rivers, there was a constant change in the American Bottom. The progress eventually developed the area into a center of economic activity and gateway to the west, but also excluded native and long-time residents. The Illinois Indians long dominated the American Bottom. They were a unique and special tribe, who were complex politically, religiously, and socially. They were also an independent people until French colonizers came to settle in the area. The French Creoles became the dominant population in the region, effecting trade and implementing French Creole culture in the region. The French would not be the last group trying to develop and profit from the American Bottom. When the United States gained control of the territory, it changed even further and eventually Americanized into an U.S. State. The importance of the region increased as the U.S. continued to grow westward. The American Bottoms location between the two great rivers made it the ideal location for a center of economic growth. Prior to the contact period, or the time when the Illinois first came into contact with Europeans, the Illinois were a great and influential tribe. They were a very interesting tribe who had a culture...
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...Racism in America The question should be how did racism in America begin? I think that it is probably fair to say that racism began with the Middle passage. The Middle Passage was the slave ships that brought African Americans to America from Africa. The slaves were perceived as being less than human fit for labor, bondage and beatings. Their only function was to be brought to America to work in the cotton fields and build America up to the standards that the Caucasian Americans expected. Slaves were usually fed straps from their Masters tables, given ragedy clothes to wear, they worked from sun up until sun down, and they were not paid. They were beaten if they talked backed back to the Master or did not produce the labor that was required by the Master. The Caucasian by all accounts was thought to be superior and better than slaves were because they owned the land, crops, plantations and houses; the poor slave did not own anything. What did the slave ship look like? Slaves were placed at the bottom of the ship; then men, women and children were chained to one another. With very little movement possible, they suffered and many of them died. This was not an easy voyage. The voyages to America from Africa took months and people got very little air in the bottom of these ships. They were fed but they had to eat lying down in chains and they were fed worst than animals. They were allowed on the deck occasionally where they were washed with water that was poured on them. Many Africans...
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...family heirloom, a piano, to buy land down south. The sister wants to keep it in the family because of its family history and association with tragedy. The piano has carvings on it done by their great-grandfather and depicts important events in the lives of the Charles family during slavery. There is also the ghost of John Sutter, a member of the Sutter family who owned the Charles family during slavery times. He hovers over the piano and seems to not want the piano to be disturbed. The title of the play suggests that the play is about someone teaching a piano lesson, but the story is really about the lesson the piano teaches. The piano teaches this family that their ancestry and history are important but that one should not dwell in the past or base the future on dreams of symbolic retribution. Berniece and Boy Willie are the great grandchildren of Berniece and Willie Boy Charles, slaves owned by Robert and Ophelia Sutter. “Chattel slavery contributed significantly to pre–Civil War economic growth in the United States. The invention of the cotton gin (1793) dramatically increased the demand for slaves by lowering the cost of cotton production and inducing landowners to expand production beyond coastal areas. Approximately one million African Americans were redeployed from the upper to the lower South via a well-organized urban-based internal slave trade (African Americans).” As slaves they were not entitled to own property because they...
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...Sam Tran Freeman Derryl Ethnic 100 March 03, 2017 Midterm essay Though both African American and Native Americans shared the bottom of the American social ladder and suffered from prejudice and discrimination, their lives were somewhat different. Both suffered at the hands of whites, but Native Americans suffered more due to the fact of destruction of their society and land lost. On the other hand, African American were being more challenged in term of improving the condition from nothing. One thing is certain that America must always remember the hardships it forced African American and American Indian to endure for no other reasons than the greed, hatred, ignorance, and racism that allow discrimination to thrive. During the period of the...
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...Today, 48(4), pp.468-469. ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form CARSON, C. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Charismatic Leadership in a Mass Struggle In-text: (Carson, 1987) Your Bibliography: Carson, C. (1987). Martin Luther King, Jr.: Charismatic Leadership in a Mass Struggle. The Journal of American History, 74(2), p.448. ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form DYSON, M. E. Reflecting black In-text: (Dyson, 1993) Your Bibliography: Dyson, M. (1993). Reflecting black. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form KIRK, J. A. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement In-text: (Kirk, 2007) Your Bibliography: Kirk, J. (2007). Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form LING, P. J. Martin Luther King, Jr. In-text: (Ling, 2002) Your Bibliography: Ling, P. (2002). Martin Luther King, Jr.. London: Routledge. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form MANIS, A. M.,...
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...of European history name means rebirth? Bottom of Form Value: 1 ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Who researched the law of gravity and developed calculus? Bottom of Form Value: 1 ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Who spoke out against the practice of selling indulgences? Bottom of Form Value: 1 ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Who lead the first expedition to circumnavigate the earth by sea? Bottom of Form Value: 1 ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form What term describes a country's desire to accumulate gold? Bottom of Form Value: 1 ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form What was the first legislature in the North American English colonies? Bottom of Form Value: 1 ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form This term refers to the colonial trade route from Africa to the Americas. Bottom of Form Value: 1 ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form What do we call the colonial uprising of former indentured servants? Bottom of Form Value: 1 ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form What was the main cash crop of the Virginia colony? Bottom of Form Value: 1 ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form What term describes the customs and traditions of a group of people? Bottom of Form ...
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...com/apps/doc/A62350908/LitRC?u=nysl_me_asai&sid=LitRC&xid=5eff6faf. August Wilson (1954-2005) has become the best-known contemporary African American playwright. The past few years have seen a groundswell of publishing concerning his work. Given the success of his plays, the depth of his cultural commitment, and the breadth of his artistic vision. Wilson's plays are potent reminders that the past, present, and future of African American lives matter, that the fact of the black presence...
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...original Account. By selecting one of these links you are guided to a new page. The My Profile link guides the student back to the home tab where they are offered personal information on their individual profile. This link gives the student direct access to a view of the personal profile. By scrolling down you can see all your information in the event you need to update or change anything. Through this link you can also gain access to your content, friends list, and notifications. These tabs are the basis for the student social network. The Change Password Link Under this link you are directed to a screen that offers the student the option to change their password. Once the new password is inputted the by hitting submit at the bottom of the page the password will be changed. The student is offered the ability to cancel the change at any time before their submission. The Change Address/ Contact Information link directs you to the same page as the profile. Once you gain access to your profile you are free to make any informational changes you wish to your student profile. Once any information is saved, these changes will be displayed for friends and other to see. The My Student Verification Information tab gives the student access to their more important details such as verification pins and security questions. The questions portion looks like this The student can now...
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...Jenny’s All Natural Ice Cream Shop Jennifer Kremer ACT305 – Principles of Managerial Accounting Colorado State University – Global Campus Instructor Edward Balli February 1, 2015 Jenny’s All Natural Ice Cream Shop The problem with ice cream products today is unhappy, milked to death cows. In 1946, a cow was grass fed, had milk output of 2 gallons of milk per day, and lived an average of 15 years. Modern cows are grain fed, produce 8 gallons of milk per day, and live an average of 18 months. All flavor and rich texture of real ice cream is lost in modern cow milk production. The history of milk production has led up to this poor excuse for ice cream. Ice cream is the quintessential cold treat that keeps the world going round, yet has an unknown point or origin or originator. History determines ice cream to exist as far back as 200 B.C. The bible references King Solomon’s fondness of sweet iced drinks during harvesting periods. Alexander the Great preferred honey and nectar flavored snow treats. Claudius Caesar was known for sending runners into the mountain for snow, later flavoring the snow with fruit juice. Sherbet ice cream was first recorded in the 16th century as a treat brought to Europe by Marco Polo from the far east. (IDFA, 2015). Most notable was Cream Ice, a favored dessert of the court of Charles I in the 17th Century. Historians state King Charles I paid a handsome salary of 500 pounds per year to chef DiMirco for keeping the recipe a secret. DiMirco...
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...Deciphering California’s Proxy Data Through Clues and Similarities of Physical Characteristics By Shelly Kniss Geog 178 Significant changes have been occurring in Earths’ climate history. Humans as an apex species are very prosperous in their adaptation of the world around and the world they have created. Past practices of this adaptation are now catching up with them. And to further the acknowledgment of the contributions to the rapid and increasing changes of Earth’s climate, paleoclimatologists survey and analyze these natural phenomena. Looking for clues and similarities to the vacillating conditions we see throughout the world. The West without Water by B. Lynne Ingram and Frances Malamud-Roam convey (even to the most novice naturalist)...
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...tools; no drill or station practice or helpful discipline disturbed the tranquility of that voyage, and when the crisis came a state of absolute unpreparedness stupefied both passengers and crew, and in their despair the ship went down, carrying as needless a sacrifice of noble women and brave men as ever clustered about the Judgment Seat in any single moment of passing time”. (Smith. 1912). Recommendation from the investigation panel was suggested, with stringent declaration. According to Senator Raynor, from his findings he recommended sufficient amount of lifeboat and ships be equipped with adequate wireless communication devises. He insisted recommendation be fully furnished as a statute to all foreign ships entering or leaving American sea ports. (Raynor). The Aftermath of the Titanic Over a century ago, on April 14, 1912, the Titanic, on a cruise from England to the United States,...
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...Certainly, the BPP was a unique movement on its type, the first and probably the last African American civil-armed group: a fact that exposes its limited projection as a civil rights political agent capable to evolve and transcend the specific historical period of 1960s and 1970s in US. The repression of the state at national and federal levels certainly marked a turning point on the history of the movement, but the internal tensions and divisions towards the aims and political orientation of the organization, as well as the involvement in criminal activities of some of their local chapters, were structural shortcomings that diminished its political platform and discursive potentiality around civil rights of black people. At the bottom of...
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...The modern history of Detroit began with the creation of the Ford Motor Company in 1903 by Henry Ford. Fordism created an appeal for Detroit’s automobile factories, and soon they were the embodiment of American labor and industry. In Henry Ford’s footsteps, the Dodge Brothers and other automotive inventors and capitalists began building their own automobiles in Detroit, forging Detroit’s famous nickname as the “Motor City.” Soon, Detroit’s economy and the automobile industry were one in the same, and the reliance on the automotive boom in the early 1900’s shaped Detroit’s economy for a century. The creation of the Big Three American automobile companies brought manufacturing-sector wage labor and heavy reliance on the oil, steel, and rubber industries. Detroit was not immune to the Great Depression of the 1930’s, but the gaping hole in the economy was filled with a threat abroad. During the Second World War, Detroit auto plants were converted in order to construct tanks and aircraft, earning Detroit the...
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...about three different movie posters of the American War genre. First I will describe where I found the movie posters, and then I will state the results of the visual elements. Then I will analyze, and critique the results of the findings. Introduction When someone walks along the hallway of a movie theater, they will see a series of movie posters which are there to advertise the movie. Humans are known to act on their first impression, and this is important in advertising because it will either attract or defer a potential viewer. Most people have a favorite movie genre, so they’re more inclined to watch a movie that appears to fit under their genre. Through the movie posters a patriotic theme is given off, which will invite in the intended audience. American War movies have very similar posters, although they will have different stories. Today I will be talking about three different movie posters of the American war genre: “American Sniper” (See Fig.1), “Fury” (See Fig.2), and “Lone Survivor” (See Fig. 3). The main purpose of this report is to find and analyze the visuals of the three movie posters. Methodology In order to try and test my hypothesis, I will need to find material that will allow me to gather the appropriate information. I am going to use the internet to find three movie posters of the same genre, and that genre is American war movies. First I will search on google images for American War Movies. In order to stay within the boundaries...
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