Currently, one looks to the award winning films when looking for entertainment even though they do not always depict the truth. Recently, a controversial film topped the charts. According to Los Angeles Times, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri received forty-three major nominations for the 2018 awards season, winning twenty awards.” While attempting to get audience members to identify with and cheer on a racist cop, the movie has made several headlines. Many want to compare the movie to…
First of all, Russell Westbrook III was born in Long Beach, California Russell Westbrook III was born November 12 in Long Beach, California to Russell SR and Shannon Horton.In addition, one article states that… Westbrook didn’t receive his first college offer till his senior year in highschool. He won defensive player of the year .”Why not to everything”.Finally, In 2012-2013 Westbrook led the Thunder to the NBA finals but lost in 5 games to Miami Heat.Westbrook help lead the Thunder to the NBA…
Trevon was a 15 year old black boy. He had a great life, he was rich, had a big house and everything he could ever want. But all of this was about to change, and Trevon’s world would change, mentally and in a supernatural sense. The story starts with Trevon in his nice big room doing homework. It was located in the state of California. This room was the envy of the whole class, well the boys of the class. Trevon was a good student in school, mainly because he had a private tutor that his dad…
Two major events in Hollywood history altered the direction of the filmmaking business in America. These events were known as the Paramount decision and the Hollywood Blacklist. Both had a significant impact on not only the way movies were produced, distributed and exhibited, but also affected people directly, such as screenwriters, actors, directors and musicians as well. In both cases, laws were being broken, and the rights of individuals were being violated. The shift in direction came…
While there were many social and political consequences of the westward expansion. Economic consequences had the greatest impact. Manifest destiny was one of the key ideas that occurred in the united states. Manifest destiny was the belief that God gave America the right to expand across the country and nothing could stop them. To continue forward Socially the manifest destiny gathered those who moved from somewhere where they were either unwelcome, killing, or wanted a new job. Many Native…
POLICY IMPLICATIONS Consciousness is the key to ending gang activity, many parents are not aware of the child's gang association. Most youths are unwilling to discuss it with their parents. Which is why the community should acquire to distinguish the signs of gang commotion and to take suitable action. The first stage is to identify that there is a gang issue. People who identify the issue are better fortified to discourse the dispute with their child, as well as not becoming victims of gang…
Moana has made a lot of debates on if this movie is a classic princess movie or if it is taking its own path. I have three reasons that conclude either of them. They are about the movie itself, opinion pages and blogs and other opinions for people. What do you think about the movie? Maybe your opinion will change once you read this. In the movie, there are mentions of people calling Moana a princess. There isn't a lot of clarification that she is or isn't a princess. I feel like they did…
In 1783, the United States of America won its independence from the Great Britain after the American Revolution. From that time until 1848, the United States expanded greatly across the continent of North America, from the East Coast to the Pacific Coast with the total of 48 states. This indicates the nature of the United States is expansion, and such an expansion did not stop in 1848. As a result of the Industrial Revolution, the United States became a global power with a well-equipped military…
The expansion of the West, by European Americans, occurred between 1820-1850 creating four distinctive regions. Each distinctive region, Texas, Oregon, Utah, and California were created for a unique purpose (Schultz, n.d.). Both Texas and Oregon presented substantial financial incentives, which attracted the majority of the settlers. Moreover, of the four, the most well-liked was Texas. Texas was initially a Spanish colony that eventually united with the recently formed autonomous nation of…
The United States enjoyed a steady expansion through its acquisition of land in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, Louisiana Purchase, Treaty of Ghent, and treaties with the kingdoms of Spain and Russia. By the 1830s, the American people populated a third of the North American continent, but alas it was still not enough. A nationalistic belief coined by John Sullivan as Manifest Destiny revived American interest in westward expansion under the pretense that the United States was predestined for…