African studies

common. In the United States, for example, internet usage grew from 30% to 80% yet there were still substantial inequalities across the different demographics (Weimann, Weiss-Blatt, Mengitsu, Tvegermann, & Oven, 2014). Only 70% of the demographic were African Americans and only 40% were aged over 65 years old. This places a large emphasis on how the emergence of new media is causing social division (Sassi, 2005). Theorist James (2011) discovered that the digital divide is falling in countries…

Interesting enough, curiosity left me wondering about people who attends school with a disability: therefore, I thought Jackson State University of Disability Services would expand knowledge of those suffering with a disability. The Department of Disability Services assist those who have a disability. According to, American Disability Act (ADA), benefit students with physical, psychological, intellectual, attention deficit disorder, visual impairments, traumatic, hearing impairments, learning…

The October 30, 1944 cover of TIME magazine depicts a photograph of a stern faced man against a background that includes a closed fist punching an image of Emperor Hirohito of Japan; the caption reads “I Shall Return.” The man is General Douglas MacArthur, who embodies the pure, rugged masculinity that America holds in such high esteem. He’s often quoted for saying, “Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.” The United States has elevated that value of…

Throughout the content of this essay I am going to be concentrating on Adrian Piper and Oreet Ashery who have both focused on their bodies as a means to pinpoint alternative models of representation that address gender and race. As well as this I will be discussing to what extent both artists resist the discourse of western patriarchal society. Piper, aged 67, was born in New York on 20th September 1948 and is an American Conceptual Artist and Philosopher. She campaigned for social change and…

This paper focuses on one of the most important point in an organization—employee motivation. As a sustaining goal-directed behavior, employee motivation affects organization’s turnover rate and organizational effectiveness. In order to increase company’s productivity, understanding how to raise employee motivation is crucial. Based on the six needs, managers can increase the motivation by fulfill employees’ needs, create incentives, communicate, and empower employees. Every coin has two sides.…

design matches the research question, examining how the study was and selecting the dual explanations for the study (Lauer, 2006). The study of this article includes conducted Participants and Selection, Definition, Description, and Implementation of Treatment, Definition, Description, and Implementation of Treatment, The Data and How They Are Collected, and Data Analysis (Lauer, 2006). This essay will end by stating the results of the study and what was supported…

studied, you cannot be that person who knows everything; however, we still need to study and research and teach to develop this world where we are living in. Study abroad that students learn from other country by travel, and you can learn from other country without travel as study online, but we cannot called that study abroad. Nowadays, most of students prefer to study abroad than study in their country or study online, it is not because their country poor education or their education has…

Culture is complex and dynamic and it is often easier to ignore culture than to deal with its complexity (Connerly & Pederson, 2005). However acknowledgement of ones own cultural heritage contributes to gaining awareness of culture (Connerly & Pederson, 2005). This is particularly important in counselling as cultural sensitivity facilitates therapy, resulting in better outcomes for clients with diverse backgrounds (Ridley, Mendoza, Kanitz, Andgermeier & Zenk, 1994). In contrast, cultural…

Proposed Research Title: Early Life Pregnancies: Options, Outcomes, and Impacts Background While teen-pregnancy has continued a steady decline in the last two decades, the United States still has among the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in the Western world . Further, geographic variation and race and class disparities are significant, with Hispanic and Black teens in the United States have nearly one-and-a-half-times higher rates than average and about twice as high as White teens .…

“Analyzing the Lincoln Electric Company to Determine its Organizational Culture” This essay uses the framework from chapter eight of the textbook to analyze the Lincoln Electric Company in determine its organizational culture. The first feature to be analyzed is the influence of the founders on the company from when it started until now. The second group of features to be analyzed at the Lincoln Electric Company includes its incentive management plan, its performance appraisal system, its…