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flows with a specific goal in mind, such as women’s right to vote, or official legal inequalities. Third-wave feminism is ignored because many people are under the impression that first- and second-wave feminism accomplished all there was to accomplish, and that men and women now stand on equal footing across the board. Unfortunately, quite often the only people aware that we still lack inequality are those who are treated unequally. Because of this, third-wave feminism is often assumed to be…

In the article The Role of Fathers in the Lives of Black Women of Achievement by Charles Willie and Jolene Lane, there was a main thesis that was presented throughout the article and that thesis was that there is some correlation with fathers playing a role in their daughters lives and their success rate in the professional lives. Both Willie and Lane wanted to show the readers that daughters who were raised with their fathers playing a vital role in their lives were more likely to be successful…

Plastic Surgery: Power, Coercion, & Colonialism Cosmetic surgery has grown tremendously since it was World War II, when it was first used to help injured soldiers reconstruct their damaged bodies. Over the years, more and more people, mostly women, have been getting plastic surgery for fact that they don’t feel beautiful enough. Kathryn Pauly Morgan points to the rise of woman getting plastic surgery and how women 's bodies have become seen as a representation of how woman should look rather…

Amber admitted that “American is very nice but my English is not good, so I am shy to communication with America. I make too much trouble to make them understand. Nate felt that he will have trouble to communicate with people until his English improves “You know where I work in the lab, I cannot communication with the Americans until my English improves.” Improving English is one of the goals for many participants. David said “I must improve English.” However, some of…

cant afford it. the cost of health care is to high or many people not finding a good deal on health care. It affect me now on many reasons because when I go to the doctor I have to pay for it out of pocket, that’s why I only go to the doctor is I really need to go. I Done tried get Medicare but they only give to people who have children. I Don’t think that’s fair because everybody should deserve health care, they make it where most rich people receive health care. In the future I do plan on…

Entry 1-New York University Institute for the Humanities conference Lorde agreed to attend New York University Institute for the Humanities conference, and I would say that she had high expectancy to make some form of a difference in regards to race, sexuality, class, and age. As she walked me through the forum of how the conference was going, I was a little upset. I was almost certain that a platform such as this would have been astonishing for Lorde. How was she able to stand as a confident…

supposed to free. The teachings of the bible became a way of life and helped her in dealing with her day-to-day problems. From the bible, young Rosa learned that people should stand up rights just as the children of Israel stood up to the Pharaoh. Also, the church helped her because she believed the church was the only legal place the black people could gather and get information without being harassed or unjustly treated so the church became their strength, refuge and haven. Furthermore,…

assistance is indeed provided, but one must seek it out. The American education system has programmed all American students that college is required and is for everyone when indeed research has proven that higher education is not for everyone. Some people are just not meant for college and would…

When the goal of these exclusionary practices is to prevent people of color from moving into white communities, black and Hispanic people frequently get clustered into undesirable, densely inhabited urban neighborhoods– also known as ghettos (Gottdiener & Hutchinson 224). It is important to note that because the real estate market is not a private…

Individually sometimes we find ourselves dealing with matters on our own rather than waiting for a group of people to act in unison which is another reason why the black community is as divided as it is today. We must understand that when we act together to reach our ultimate goal of equality and show the world that we are capable of unifying as a community for…