A Little Bit

music the message or theme usually relates to love or substance abuse. A few decades ago, the messages were comparable, and even though society was quite different then, the themes in music were relatively the same. Two such examples are “Come a Little Bit Closer” by Jay and the Americans and “A Woman Needs Love” by Ray Parker Jr. Both of these songs share a common idea of women cheating. A genre that I do not care for is soul music and the song that falls in this genre is “A Woman Needs…

did rain once while we were there, and they had to pull the wood pallets in. Then they have a water slide that wraps around the ship. On the back of the ship, they had bunches of games you could play like golf. On the front of the ship, they had a little pool and a bar for adults. The front part there was hardly any children, mostly adults. In the middle of the ship where the Mickey Mouse shaped pool was, there is a huge tv out there so you can relax and watch tv or whatever you wanted to…

Have you ever faced our fears well, I have. I arrived in the maze of bushes and trees and right as soon as we started Paintballs bolted past my head going as fast as a bullet, I ran for cover and found a wooden wall.I saw the people around us and had good shots, but it was my very first time so I could not shoot because I was afraid, but it wasn’t just me there my best friend Owen was also with me.THe paintballs broke on the wood and you could hear a splat we were behind the wall, but Owen…

the public: Is Everyone A Little Bit Racist? by Nicolas Kristof, and Black Men and Public Spaces by Brent Staples. The unfairness of racism shackles down the person receiving the comment. They will feel really bad about themselves for something they can not control and will never be able to control for the whole rest of their life. Sadly, the news and media blows the fact of black people abusing drugs out of proportion, so everyone unintentionally becomes a little bit racist. Research done…

coached from the previous basketball season. Terry was always a friendly and outgoing kind of person. Midway through the season, Terry started showing up late and even missing some practices. When he did show up to practices, to me, something seemed a bit off. Terry became less talkative and distant from his teammates. It was very uncharacteristic of him. I tried asking him how he was doing and if anything was bothering him. He denied anything was wrong. A couple weeks later Terry showed up to…

A Little Bit About The Holocaust 11 million died in just 12 years, this is called the Holocaust (website). The span of the Holocaust was From January 30, 1933 when Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany, to May 8, 1945. (When the war in Europe officially ended) A total of 11 million people died, 6 million being Jews, 5 million were another race and 1.1 million were kids. The Nazi’s were tricky people because of how they convince people to go with them; the Nazi’s called it “relocating”, as if…

was not built in a day. The ideas of racial inequality and stereotypical racism, as well as the idea that racism is a challenge yet to be solved, are referenced within the articles “Black Men and Public Spaces” by Brent Staples and “Is Everyone A Little Bit Racist” by Nicolas Kristof. These articles discuss the pressure and suffering that African-Americans face due to racism, as they are stereotyped to be criminals that are accustomed to violence, even by themselves, and the negative influence…

school everyday of the week, so it was time for a break. After I was done with my dance, I went up to my room and texted Ava. She was glad that we didn’t have school too. I started to talk a little about the library book. I told everything that happened. Her voice started to get worried. She said that a little after 3:00, the lights went out twice. That was when the book started to glow and I touched it. Did the whole lights in the school go out? I didn’t want to go to school tomorrow because I…

Some forms and levels of racism are manifest from the personal level to the macro-societal level and run the range of overt to un-exhibited. This analysis will examine recent events using an article from The New York Times entitled “Is Everyone a Little Bit Racist?” written by Nicholas Kristof. Making assumptions about a group of people based on preconceived assumptions are identified as stereotyping (Newman 2016:338). Engaging in stereotypical views tends to reveal individual personal biases…

throat and start stating facts about me. It was extremely awkward at first because I’m telling random & personal things about myself to this boy who I spilled my tea earlier I barely know, but then he made it less unwieldy. I slowly opened up to him bit by bit – His voice and accent was just so comforting & shockingly amusing at the same time. Plus, he was so into my story about the most embarrassing moment at my high school in Grand Rapids. So this is basically what happened: Last year,…