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Hollywood− Avoiding Ethnic Stereotypes Stereotype affects a lot in the point of view of people, even in the media. Since people grow up in culture with stereotypes, it is harder to change people’s point of view. Moreover, people easily get influence stereotypes through mass media and capture everything that relates to that stereotype. Therefore, Hollywood writers and directors are taking chances to avoid ethnic stereotypes and they has done well for that chances. The producers are overview all…

Hinduism What is religion? Religion is a set of beliefs and experience. There are many religions in the world such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Judaism, Shinto, Daoism, and Confucianism. Every religion has own beliefs systems and experiences. It is based on the individuals’ belief and experiences. Hindu religion is not like the other religions, which based on one person. There are 330 million gods in Hindu religion. It is founded by the Aryan…

In my freshmen year of high school I tried to be a rapper, because my cousin was also trying to become one. It didn’t turn out too well, I’m just glad I didn’t decide to show anyone any of the stuff I wrote. After that I wanted to be a so called “band kid.” I actually really liked learning to play music. I took three semesters of guitar and chorus, and one semester of piano. I really like to sing now, but I’m not great at it. If I could chose to have any talent in the world it would probably be…

Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter or Our Mothers, Our Fathers is a good movie because it provides a new perspective on an old subject. Literally meaning Our Mothers, Our Fathers, marketed as Generation War outside of Germany, was a very controversial series when it came out in Europe. Generation War is a phenomenal series because it has great acting, a thought provoking story with grueling decisions, and shows the Axis side of World War 2. A German made Hollywood grade film marketed and made for the…

addiction. Computer and video games, especially the massive multi-online role-playing games (or MMORPGs) such as "World of Warcraft" or “Elder Scrolls online” allow players to behave very differently from their normal persona and allows one to create an “avatar” which is the graphical representation of the user’s character or alter ego (such as their sex, race, profession, appearance). A shy child can suddenly become gregarious; a passive child can become aggressive (“Video Gaming Addiction,”…

In October of 2011 Texas Representative Lamar Smith introduced the Stop Online Piracy Act to the United States House of Representatives. The bill boasts heightened copyright laws that claim to protect free speech and creativity while it actually accomplishes the opposite. Online service providers, or OSPs, are the target of SOPA legislation. SOPA places liability for copyright law infringing content on innocent corporations that merely provide a platform for users to share content. Most…

David Davis ARTH-341-001 Prof. Stanley Weed December 5th, 2017 The Presence of Humanoid Demons in Quattrocento Art In Renaissance Italy, visual art served a variety of purposes that sometimes overlapped, depending on the specific piece, and the social context in which it was created. One such purpose was decoration, for both personal and public spaces, such as palaces, hospitals, and cathedrals. Another, was its role as a medium for patrons to display their intellectual and financial prowess,…

The Last Day The Last Day follows Alex Holland 's last day of high school and the choices he must make about what type of person he wants to become. Opposing forces pull him towards different paths but by the end of the day he will make choices that will make huge impact on his future Act I: Alex 's last day of high school begins like any other; he wakes up, gets ready for school, has breakfast with his parents, and then off to school. At breakfast his parents tell him they are proud of him, but…

Persia, and Argo (Nahaar). A film that received tremendous backlash for casting white actors as the heroes and a South Asian actor as the villain is the film The Last Airbender, directed by M Night Shyamalan. The film is based on the popular show Avatar: The Last Airbender, where it follows main characters Aang, Sokka, and Katara - none of whom were white, but mixes of Inuit and Southeast Asian culture. The villain of the series, Zuko, was cast incorrectly even if he was someone of colour…

white Messiah complex and the white man’s burden are all names for a common trope in books and movies which are basically about a white person who saves a colored person or solve their problems, like in “Dances With Wolves”, “The Blind Side” or “Avatar”. In some cases the white saviors shows up as movements like the colonial project, Out of Africa, The Constant Gardener and Kony 2012. While the white savior complex advances stereotypes that have been, without a doubt, harmful to generations of…