...Essay 1 What Goad means by White Niggers have feeling too is that every ethnic group and rich whites feel it’s okay to pick on poor white rural white people. What he does is compare the word “Redneck” with the word “Nigger” in how they are both used in today’s society through news stories. The double standard comes into play because one word is ok to use to describe poor white trash “Redneck” while the other word used to describe poor black trash “Nigger” is unacceptable. He uses the dictionary as an example of the double standard for both words. The word “Nigger” has a one word definition as “negro” with an apologetic disclaimer basically saying that it “is only acceptably used in Black English and very taboo to use because of its link with slavery” (Goad, 21). While the term “Redneck” is defined “as a poor, white, rural southerner often, specif., often one is regarded as ignorant, bigoted, violent, etc…” (Goad, 21) Essay 2 Goad traces back class conflict to Preroman times when people were hunter gathers who either traveled alone or in small groups. When the alone people ran into these small groups they were prey just as the smaller groups were prey for larger ones. By necessity these groups became loosely netted communities of clans who stuck together or were taken over by invaders. These groups were usually absorbed into the centralized agriculture slave states by force. The occurred when the men who wanted to remain outside the city slave states who hunted alone...
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...in America Does anyone actually remember, at what age, when they realized that they were culturally different than the next little boy or girl? Did someone actually inform you that you were culturally different or was it learned on its own as you grew up? In the essay “They’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught”, Susan Brady Konig shares her experience about Cultural Diversity Month at her daughter, Sarah’s, preschool. During Cultural Diversity Month, Miss Laura is teaching the little preschoolers about the differences in each one of their cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The kids are being taught where their family came from, what race the kids are, and how it makes them all unique or different. Little preschoolers should probably have some type of knowledge of their background but not at two or three years old. One would agree with Susan Brady Konig that the idea of teaching multiculturalism in schools can cause cultural divides in this country. If it were to be taught in school, it should be taught later in life when students are able to comprehend and process the differences between ethnic cultures. Kids should be taught the alphabet and how to count instead of learning the color of their skin. They should grow up and learn the American culture before learning about their ancestral heritage. If a child wants to know where they came from or what their culture is, let their parents explain to them why their skin is that color and why their hair is that color and texture. Why force...
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...a teacher, international journalist, and educational consultant and has appeared regularly on the PBS show, NewsHour. He is known for opposition to bilingual education and affirmative action. He wrote a lot of books like: Days of Obligation: An Argument With My Mexican Father, Brown: The Last Discovery of America and Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez which made him popular. Harper's Magazine, Mother Jones, and Time published his works. Rodriguez is a Roman Catholic and homosexual. He came out in his book of essays Days of Obligation. This caused some readers and critics, especially Latinos, to be less critical of his ideas. He is married and his wife’s name is Jim. He has received several awards like Fulbright Fellowship, 1972-73, National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, 1976-77, and Frankel Medal, Commonwealth Club gold medal, 1982 and etc. At present, Rodriguez is writing a book on Judaism, Islam, Christianity, and the desert. Rodriguez reports that he is "interested in the fact that three great monotheistic religions were experienced within this ecology." A sample of this project appeared in Harper's Magazine (January 2008). In this essay, "The God of the Desert," Rodriguez portrays the desert as a paradoxical temple—its emptiness the requisite for God's elusive presence. The Lonely, Good Company of Books "The Lonely, Good Company of Books” describes how the Author Richard Rodriguez as a little boy had undergone a tough...
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...GEN 200 3/3/13 I determined the sources for my essay to be reliable because they came from some credible sites. One of my sources came from a .com website that is from a college library. The other came from a .org which I find reliable as it is a well-established organization. Finally my third choice for a source is a .edu that is from a research institute. I also did a little research on the authors and they were all well established and respected writers which would also make my research more reliable. All three of my selections were relevant because they were all on the same subject of responsibility as my essay is on personal responsibility. My sources were also all fairly recent the oldest of the three was written in 1994 but I still find the information very useful and it still applies with these modern times. The other two sources were a little newer one was written in 2009 and the other was written in 2013. One of my sources which is The Heritage foundation that is a .org website is a very conservative organization and that would tell me that the author would have a bias based on his political views. Another website I used which is Brookings institute is a .edu and their views seem to me are more towards the liberal side and would also have a bias because of their beliefs. My third choice was geared more towards a law standpoint. I think the information I have used in my essay will do more to strengthen my essay because it all backs up my thesis...
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...the reason why I have spent numerous hours going through academic journals to understand what may have been the motive behind her relocation to America. She was a daughter, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother to three generations. She was born in 1919 and passed away in 1997.She lived in Germany in her early childhood and moved to America in 1924. This made her a first generation American ancestor. In essay one, I explained the evolution of my family’s history and why they may have chosen to emigrate to America. Not only did I gather important information from Mildred’s child, Carol, but I also opened doors to new and unknown information through research on Germany. The time period this essay allocates is between 1904 and 1944. The time period that Mildred and her family immigrated to America may have been affected by the events that occurred around that time period. In 1914 World War 1 began. This may have driven the Zambelli family out of Germany. Around this time, Adolf Hitler’s authority sabotages over Germany and becomes a political catastrophe to the German nation. This historical event is explained in...
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...The Sixties Essay The 60’s began a period of innocence and hope. However, it soon began to behold like a time of anger and violence. Many protested to demand an end to the immoral treatment of blacks, protested to demand an end to the war in Vietnam, And protested to demand full equality for women. Many controversial issues came up rapidly. The rebellion and violence afflicted the youth of America. The effect was especially bad because of the time period in which they had developed. By the middle 1950s, most of the youth’s parents had jobs that paid well. And they were very satisfied with their lives. They educated their children with what were known as "middle class" ethics. These contained a knowledge in God, hard work, and service to their country. Eventually, much of the youth in America began to question these beliefs. They felt that their parents' values were not enough to help them with the social hardships of the 1960s. They rebelled by against their prior ways by letting their hair grow long, and wearing odd clothing. Their anger was strongly communicated through music. Rock-and-roll music had become very prominent in America in the 1960s. Many people did not approve of it because they thought it was too sexual and demeaning, and they found the words inappropriate and harmful. The beatles came out with a protest song called “Revolution”. A revolution defined is, a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.” This song was mainly about...
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...Professor Nancy Fraser English EAC150 17/10/2012 MLA Documentation Essay The author Roslyn Foy explains the deeper emotions that resides in Armand the protagonist of the story Desiree’s baby by Kate Chopin. Armand’s cruel actions towards the people around him do not only suggest racism in the nineteenth century; he is man that must comply and live up to his great reputation. Foy brings up the subject of his mother, suggesting that even though she died when Armand was only eight years old, he must have remember her physical appearance but somehow he has suppressed that fact. This questions that whether Armand’s cruel actions came from a social point of view or does it deprive from his suppression of his mother and his past. This eventually led him to abandon his wife and son, the author suggest that his hatred towards them is the hatred towards himself and his origins. Armand is a character that is confused and angry with his past and finally realizes at the end that he is the very thing that he hates the most. In this critical essay, the author Leon Lewis illustrates an overview of Langston Hughes overall work and what he represents as a literary writer. Hughes is known as the “Laureate of Black America”, he has the desire to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America. His work usually consists of rhymes and poems, and the language of the black community. Even though some of his work is appeal more towards young adult readers, his work is...
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...Essay summary: Suki Kim’s “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girls Habits” Facing Poverty with a Rich Girls Habits is an insightful essay published in New York by the author Suki Kim. In this essay, she shares various challenges that she had to overcome in order to adapt to a new life of poverty and cultural diversity in New York after leaving behind her affluent and luxurious life in South Korea. This article discusses the author’s point of view as 13-year-old Korean immigrant who moved to United States out of desperation and financial tragedy rather than in search of a better life. The author’s main idea in this essay is to convey the message that the foundation of divided immigrant groups, cultural differences and generation gap are so deeply rooted even in the United States that it is impossible to eradicate them from the mindset of people. The author emphasizes on the fact that her wealthy and sheltered background in Korea created confusion. Thus, making it difficult for her to identify with people’s perception of her race in America “One new fact that took more time to absorb was that I was now Asian, a term that I had heard mentioned only in social studies class”, stated author Suki Kim in her article. She continued, “In Korea, yellow was the color of the forsythia that bloomed every spring along the fence that separated our estate from the houses down the hill. I certainly never thought of my skin as being the same shade.” The author struggled to accept the fact that...
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...1900's to know, Immgrants came to America from differnet countries. They came for change, better jobs, better optunities for there children and simply live the american dream. But Its not easy adjusting to a different enviroment, and most immgrants struggle with that. Challeneges like Language, religion, racism, culture and facing this new world are crucial. In this essay I will show examples how immgrants face the trancition to America. So what are the challeneges every Immgrant faces while they are in America? In the article, Biggest challenges faced by immgrants in the U.S shows how the culture is hard to adjust. Cultural barriers hits Immagrants...
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...Frederick Jackson Turner is most successful at analyzing American history through his essay, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History”. This piece examines how life was first created here in America, as well as how the first frontier set the stage for numerous civilization advancements that would occur in the near future. Many Americans today seem to forget about the first settlements that served as the basis for what the United States of America has become. This essay accomplishes the goal of reminding those people of how majorly important each step was on the American frontier centuries ago. What was once just an enormous area of free, unoccupied land, is now the home of billions of people as well as numerous buildings, businesses, and modes of transportation....
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...1. This essay suggests that an "American Idiot" is a perosn that relies on the media and gives into emotional tactics. For example, someone who pledges allegiance before they understand much of anything about America. It is somebody who just does what everybody else is doing. 2. An example of contextual analysis is when you were describing the cover of the album and how the music within inspired your emotions. "Widely considered one of the best anti-war protests of 2004, the album came complete with the picture of a hand gripping a bloody heart-shaped grenade. While the cover gave me an idea for one of the shoot's best photos, it was the music within that gave voice to my anger and consoled my relentlessness, assuring me that I wasn't the only one that believed so passionately that our country was on the wrong track." (page 1, paragraph 4) An example of textual analysis is when you analyzed the term "Redneck Agenda" that had been previously mentioned in the essay. "The 'Redneck Agenda' might also be referring to another favorite punching bag that Armstrong hits in many other songs on the album (most notibly 'Jesus of Suburbia'), the religious right wing of the conservative party." (page 4, paragraph 1) An example of word analysis is when you analyzed the word, "faggot". "while the word 'faggot' is a slang, derogatory term for a homosexual, it has also been used to define anyone who refuses to fight or be 'manly'". (page 3, paragraph 3) An example of a sentence analysis...
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...Bryce Gray English 1103 Summary & Strong Response On The Meaning Of Plumbing and Poverty Summary In her essay “On The Meaning Of Plumbing and Poverty,” Journalist Melanie Scheller examines the cultural identity of the rural poor. The author brings the readers attention to her call to action about poverty in America while using facts and personal background. While caring for a woman in a psychiatric ward, Scheller witnesses the woman’s obsession for flushing the toilets in her unit. This memory creates an opportunity for her to write an essay about growing up in rural North Carolina. In the 1960’s the author was growing up with her mother and five other siblings, moving from place to place in search of a home where the rent was affordable. Scheller mentions how she lived in a house with five rooms, with one room in particular for her and her siblings to gather in to complete homework or watch television. Furthermore, Scheller describes how “in the South” of her childhood, if a family did not have indoor plumbing they were labeled as white trash and strongly stereotyped at school. They often had comments thrown at them such as “White-trash children had cooties- everybody knew that”(321). When Scheller is granted a college scholarship, she describes the feelings of happiness and delight she encounters when given the opportunity to use as many clean toilets and take as many hot showers as she wishes. Having this newfound privilege is a blessing but she is ashamed...
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...Time and Distance Overcome essay We are, today in modern society, more than ever used to the fact that telephones (and now smartphones) play a major role in our everyday lives. It’s almost as if its become a part of us - a new limb, you might say. Believe it or not, though, it wasn’t always like that. In the essay “Time and Distance Overcome” (2008) Eula Biss tells the story of how the phone initially struggled in America, but finally succeeded and become a normal thing in every household. She uses ethos in the first paragraph by showing that she knows history and what went on at the time. This increases her credibility. She then quickly moves on to logos, as she, in the second paragraph, tries to argue as to why the telephone as a concept at the time would have seemed completely ridiculous. As she writes: “The idea on which the telephone depended - the idea that every home in the country could be connected with a vast network of wires suspended from poles set an average of one hundred feet apart - seemed far more unlikely than the idea that the human voice could be transmitted through wire”. She quickly tries to establish her pathos: “Even now it is an impossible idea, that we are all connected, all of us”. By using the phrase “all of us” she makes the reader feel more comfortable and involved, which in turn makes the reader more interested in the text. The structure of the text is coherent, and the theme is presented early on (that the world was not waiting...
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...Jamestown and Plymouth Essay This essay discusses that Jamestown and Plymouth have some things in common, yet also have some differences. They fall into different categories, although likewise have some goods that they both have in common. The couple came from England. The couple went through the same situations regardless of the trouble between them; starvation and death. The couple has gotten help from Native Americans seeing that in some ways they both needed the help. 104 men landed in Jamestown making it the first English settlement in the new world. Approximately 13 years later, 102 men landed in Massachusetts in some place they called Plymouth. Both of these ‘groups’ settled in different places that have not yet been discovered, however they have made it known as the English settlement and North America was born. Both ‘groups’ had some great things to survive, although they needed to trade for the reason that each group had stuff that the other group needs. The couple needed some help to survive no matter the circumstances. Jamestown was all about making money and getting rich. Each person had to help themselves so this meant that they had to everything themselves and try to...
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...It will serve as background information in regards to the main argument of the paper, as to why Occupy Toronto was an example as to why the law is unfair and not in favour of the lower classes. Chambliss, William. "Elites and the creation of criminal law." Sociological readings in the conflict perspective. Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1973. 430-444. Print. This is a course material source and a foundation of the essay, as it will exemplify as to how vagrancy laws support the interests of the elites and how the upper class played a hand in the law-making process during its first appearance in England. Ribton-Turner, Charles James. A history of vagrants and vagrancy, and beggars and begging. London: Chapman and Hall, 1887. Print. This is an outside source that will go into depth as to how vagrancy laws came into being and as a response to the vagrants in England. One notable section describes King Henry I’s solution to limiting how vagrants could roam, in which they are not to leave a certain area without specific permission and that such a violation could lead to considerable punishment, which included a fine and "to do right in all respects" (Ribton-Turner...
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