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Cheadle, Paul Haggis, Mark R. Harris, Robert Moresco Cathy Schulman and Bob Yari were producers for this movie with direction given by Paul Haggis. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California. The main actors include Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Larenz Tate, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Esposito, Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Peña, Shaun Toub, and Bahar Soomekh. The year of release for Crash was 2004. This movie outlines the stereotypes…

The War on Prescription Drug Abuse Regulation of Prescription drugs is mandatory in order to curb this nationwide epidemic. The use of prescription drugs in today’s society have led to harsh consequences such as addiction, overdose and the transition to illegal drug abuse. Despite the need for regulation there are others who believe that regulation of drugs will end up hurting our patients in the long run. However, drug regulation is key to Americas survival as a country because without it our…

Virtue Ethics in a Workplace When one is working at a company, they must know moral principles, showing respect and compassion because it shows your co-workers and your patients that you a have a sense of good ethical behavior and that you care for what you do. one tend to stand out a lot because you are a responsible person, you check to make sure everything is in order when you come in to work like making sure that the patients get a bath, making sure that you know when a certain patient…

“Aqoon La’an wa iftiin La’an (Without knowledge you are without light)””Waax (Pronounced Waa-H) Barta aan Barwaaqo Garne (Learn so we may acquire freedom)” These two Somali proverbs have been with me through thick and thin and have been engrained in my mind from an early age. My mother would always remind me or rather encourage me to be the best I could be. The best student, the best coworker, the best sister or daughter. I was to excel and debunk any stereotype that would come my way. There’s…

A billion dollar industry that grew from humble beginnings in the Bronx sector of New York City in the mid 1970’s was created by the poor in the lowest income neighborhoods. Diverse ethnic minorities made up the group. The music they created became known as “hip-hop” a new genre of music which consists of four main components; “DJing (disc jockeying), graffiti art, and B-boying (break dancing).” (Baker, P. 8). The fourth component was rapping (rhyming lyrics over a musical background). (Baker, P…

The blues are in essence the story of a musician’s life. All the pain they have felt in their lifetime goes into the beautiful music that they enchantingly produce. James Baldwin’s short story, “Sonny’s Blues”, is written to tell the pain of Harlem in its lifetime, and the escape route those who live there take. “Sonny’s blues” has a broad focus on grace, escaping, and the black community. “Sonny’s Blues” indirectly focuses on grace. In the short story Grace is the name of the narrator’s…

What is the first thing that pops into your head when you hear the term human trafficking? Is it someone selling his or her body for money, working slaving hours for nothing, or someone sold to another human for profit? Human trafficking actually represents all of the above. It profits up to $7 billion dollars annually worldwide (Numbers). This is a global issue, and just like any other global issue, it involves the most complex of solutions. When one solution is created, a problem follows along…

GUN CONTROL STARTS WITH LEGISLATION Gun laws that are ineffective are a major cause of violent crime in America, the best way to resolve the problem is to change and strength the laws. We are reaching the end of 2016, and there have been reports of at least 44,427 gun related incidents. In 2015 there was a total of 53,379. In 2014 it was reported that there was 51,848 gun related incidents. (Gun Violence archive, 2016)The gun violence does not have any signs of slowing down. Every day, 48…

his time at college as a waste. His first album was even full of satirical skits which claimed college to be fruitless venture. So, after dropping out Kanye also moved to New York. There he began to gain a reputation as a producer, making beats for Ludacris, Beyonce and many other big name artists. The most significant artist he worked with in this time though was Jay-Z. he made…

“An Unintended Life” “When something is meaningful, it has significance and worth not just to ourselves or even our closest friends and family, but to a much larger group” (McGonigal 446). In Jane McGonigal’s essay “Becoming Apart of Something Bigger Than Ourselves”, this is a part of her definition of meaning. When reading and thinking about this quote, it evidently relates to Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryant’s lives during their child and adult years described in the novel written by David…