American English

Prof. West History 7A October 16, 2014 No Taxation without Representation The Seven Years War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, took place on May 15, 1756. This war brought to England more land in America and any English Subjects living in America had more land and more money. However, the outcome of the war was not only a victory to Great Britain but also debt to the country. As the name described, the war lasted seven years and for seven years, a country had to…

segment where reporter Jesse Watters came to the Chinatown of New York and asked questions about politics. Watters interviewed multiple Chinese people, but it didn’t become controversial until he interviewed the elderly Chinese. The Elderly were non-English speakers and Watters asked these Chinese people questions for the segment. The elders had no response…

Introduction This paper will discuss three artists: Chris Ofili, Barbara Kruger and Chaz Mavyane-Davies. Christopher "Chris" Ofili was born October 10 1968. He is an English Turner Prize-winning painter who is best known for his paintings incorporating elephant dung. American conceptual/pop artist Barbara Kruger was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1945 and left there in 1964 to attend Syracuse University. Early on in her career she developed an interest in graphic design, poetry, and writing and…

Moore makes the claim that racism is deeply embedded in the English language. Moore explains his argument by stating that language is what defines a society and is an integral part of everyday life. Furthermore, one of his stronger claims is that the English language makes a play on "black" and "white words". Moore writes a paragraph displaying how uses of words like blackly, black eye, and blacklist, carries a negative connotation as opposed to "white" words: which defines into honest, decent,…

John Edward Bruce and Jacob Riss readings both had to do with how life was in the 1800’s and also shed more light on the things that were going on during that time. As for John Bruce, he explained the deaths of African Americans; Jacob Riss document explained how life was for people as for poverty and living standards. After further reading and more research, I concluded that many of the things still exist in today’s society. Jacob Riss article explained the lives of people who stayed in…

poverty, or low-wages (“Marginalization”). One race that has been a major target of oppression—namely, slavery—for many years now, and continues to be exploited on lower levels, is African Americans. Additionally, women nationwide continue to be oppressed both politically and in the workforce. African Americans have undergone copious amounts of oppression as well as discrimination throughout their lifetime, slavery being their…

CHAT, Vygotsky, identified the need to have an experienced adult to assist in the child’s development. In order for African American students to learn strategies to succeed academically, the learning environment needs to have an adult who takes the time to show them how to use psychological tools within a cultural context. If this component is missing, then the African American child may not know the importance of obtaining an…

Both sides of the American Revolution played key roles in the rupture between the colonist and the British crown. The three most influential individuals who played a key role in creating the rupture between the British crown and soon-to-be United States were King George the 3rd who strained the colonies with taxes to pay off the 7 Years’ War, Thomas Paine who wrote Common Sense which caused contempt between the colonists and the British, and Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of…

classes, as can be supported by the text’s mention of how Latino theatre, Asian American theatre, and theatre of difference rose up in the last century (Cohen 273). Latino theatre exemplifies diversity by portraying topics that affect various Hispanic communities and cultures, along with including a mixture of both English and Spanish in many productions of plays such as Zoot Suit and Lydia (Cohen 274). Asian American theatre shows such as Miss Saigon and M. Butterfly also serve to entertain and…

had a slight advantage, or maybe even a larger insight into how the British government operated due to being an English born emigrant. My reasoning is due to the fact that during his life he was able to see the functions of both the British government and the American colonies. He wasn't born with a natural hatred towards the British tyranny. That being said he still chose the American way of life. When it comes to the two documents "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine and the "Declaration of…