Whiteness studies

Janisse Ray, author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, highlights her experiences as a child growing up in rural South Georgia, bringing attention to the extreme poverty surrounding her, as well as the gender expectations she faced from her religious family. Similarly, in Warren St. John’s novel, Outcasts United, the life of Luma Mufleh, a soccer coach to a refugee team, is also highlighted, and issues of gender inequality and religious expectations are also addressed. Despite their different…

Gender and race are two popular theories, in the sense that these theories are relevant today’s society as well as at the time when the theories were first analyzed. The two theories have similarities and differences in how to question the idea of power and how power is used in to subjugate woman and minorities. Feminist and gender theories and theories of race and racism are alike in how they were formed in society, and how both theories can be seen in an individual/group to show the oppression…

She a professor at M.I.T a very prestigious university. And she’s been studying the psychology of an online connection for the past 30 years. She constantly cites studies done by the Pew Research Group. As well as a study done by a psychologist named Yalda T Uhls at an outdoor camp. And another study done by a group of psychologist at the university of Michigan. Unfortunately, she cites a lot of underage kids to give their personal experience. Because they are too young to be properly…

is an expensive task and that is one major deterrent for many young adults, because they don’t have the money in college, and right after they graduate. The opportunity that St. Norbert provides through their study abroad program, is amazing, to put it simply. They offer the chance to study almost anywhere in the world for the same price as tuition. Along with that, Bond University will help me advance professionally and academically as well because of the classes that I will take while I’m…

antibiotic study: The variable of timing considered. Background: Preventing infection in surgical patients with prophylactic antibiotics uses overall less antibiotics than treating a patient post-surgery who have developed an infection (Burke, 2001). These results indicate an overall reduction in infections, which reduce the overall use of antibiotics. The variable that is critical in the effectiveness of prophylactic antibiotic use is the element of timing (Burke, 2011). Study objective:…

I. Introduction Hip-hop has continued to captivate the world as the most politically charged and uncensored genre of music, and it appears to return to be returning to its roots as a medium for expressing identity and as a format for social, political and cultural commentary (Waters 2016). This essay will firstly examine hip-hop’s role in the African-American community, and it’s use to form a medium to create a cultural identity for Black youth. Secondly, this essay will also consider the…

The beginning of my first semester at the University of Akron, has been a complete roller coaster. I have made friends, lost friends, dropped classes and of course, slept through classes. Being five hours away from my home in South Bend, Indiana has affected me more than I thought it would. I came into college thinking that I would make a ton of friends, get excellent grades and maybe even go to a few parties. I did not think that I would be close to almost dropping out of college as a whole.…

“Nice guys finish last” is a statement that is commonly heard among men who fail to win over women they are interested in. It is almost a form of self-congratulatory reassurance that the rejection was solely due to the fact that the women are not into “honest, good and nice” men, as portrayed by several television shows and movies in the media. This reassurance is used to create a sense of completion where these group of men feel inadequate and insecure. This notion was strongly delved into in…

life. However, being a teenager, I always thought differently, it was important, but not the sole purpose of high school. Although looking back, I should have definitely made it significantly more important than what it was. During high school, my study habits were quite poor. Instead of breaking up my studying into different days, allowing myself to retain most…

Module Three provided a variety of study strategies, which are beneficial to developing effective study habits. The specific study strategies that appealed to me, in terms of my learning style, were critical thinking, memorization, and effective reading. In Module One, I pulled from a wide collection of personal preferences to profile my learning style. Given not only my predisposition to favor printed words, but also my preference of information presented as graphs, diagrams, and pictures; I…