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Hip-Hop has Changed the World “Music can change the world because it can change people.” (Bono) Hip-hop first started in the 1970s in the neighborhoods of the New York City Bronx. It immediately became a huge movement in African American culture and soon affected people from all over the world. It spread from one city to many in a matter of months, from movies to music videos, hip-hop was everywhere. It was a statement, a voice for African Americans to speak up against civil rights. Hip-hop…

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Education, as much as it has been influential, has changed a lot itself over the years. Not only has it changed in significant ways, that transformed education as a whole, but also in less apparent ways that often go unnoticed as they slowly evolve as time goes by. There are a variety of ways that it has developed. Not only has it been changed in the obvious ways, such as technology, but in other ways that are a…

Eduardo Paes, the former mayor of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil states “Globalization has produced a new level of interdependence among us. The economy and multinational supply chains do not abide by political boundaries. A computer ordered in Brazil is designed in California and assembled in several other countries. Economic integration was the first strong evidence of a new era.” Modern globalization has produced an age that countries depend on each other to benefit one another. Some…

Has Technology Gone Too Far? Today, there are many forms of technology that help people make their everyday lives easier. Technology has helped all around the world to let people connect and communicate with each other. There are many ways that technology has helped the human race. Unfortunately, there is a negative side to having such advanced forms of technology. Especially the forms of surveillance that are used in present day. Technology such as drones, domestic surveillance software,…

London Has Fallen is a thrilling movie that showcases true heroism and the power that nationalism can have on an individual. Mike Banning, the main character, is a secret service officer who is very close with the President. London Has Fallen is the sequel to Olympus Has Fallen, where Mike Banning a former secret service agent returns to the White House to save the President’s life. In London Has Fallen, Mike Banning returns as the head of the secret service task force serving full time for…

Racial Equality Racial equality has changed a lot through the years. Before everyone had equal rights, african americans were slaves and they were beat and they weren't fed. Now it is illegal to have slaves.Now, colored people can have a job and get paid. Now, they can go to restaurants and go to stores and have nice things without being discriminated. There is still racism but it isn't as bad as it used to be. Now, if a white person makes a racist comment to an…

of McDonald’s, America could not get enough of their juicy burgers. Society did not know or care about how the business could affect it. Now, people have developed a different image of the business. America is beginning to understand how McDonald’s has impacted society. But it may be too little, too late. After the popular documentary Super Size Me, people were aware of negative effects that came along with eating McDonald’s. Even after the corporation received backlash for their unhealthy…

Technology has changed the way America do a lot of business. Why go to a retail store when the internet is there to solve the problem. More people are using internet services for personal use everyday such as banking, placing orders, or just shopping. I have done it myself on many occasions especially around the holidays and have paid bills also over the internet. I must say technology has changed my way of doing things. I can use the internet and talk to my son face to face or either on our…

Johnny Cade is a 16-year-old with a violent father and an ignorant mother whom almost do nothing for him. He has been bullied by a gang called the Socials. Before becoming a part of the Greasers, he thought his only value was to just be the continuous “puppy being kicked around.” In S.E. Hinton’s “The Outsiders”, Johnny Cade’s personal experiences changes his values for better with the assistance of the Greasers by showing him the world around him. Johnny Cade changes by learning to…

Technology has negatively changed the American food supply as well as our diets over the past 50 years. Technology is always improving to make make our lives easier by creating machines to do things for us. For example, microwaves they heat up our foods in a matter of a few minutes. Today almost everyone in the American household owns a microwave in their home. Pollan backs this statement up by saying “They point out in 1980 less than 10 percent of Americans owned a microwave by 1999 that…