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    equal, and also expansion in career opportunities. In my opinion, I agree with Rachel Jones. Knowing Standard English is of very importance in our country. She expressed this very well. Speaking proper English can open many doors. Being an African American makes it difficult for us already. We have enough to prove just being black alone. Our way of speaking or I should say our ‘slang’ have others despise us. When black people state ‘talking white’ referring to proper English, this downgrades…

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    journey were segregation, the upsurge in racism, the extensive strength of execution (nearly 3,500 African-Americans were lynched among 1882 then 1968), then the lack of social and financial chances in the South. There were also factors that dragged travelers to the north, such as work shortages in northern works due to World War I that caused in thousands of works obtainable to African Americans in strengthening mills, tracks, meatpacking plants, then the automobile business. The pull of works…

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    As the economic issues grew worse the Parliament reacted by repealing the Stamp Act. The British Parliament passed the Declaratory Act after repealing the Stamp Act, to express their feelings about basic constitutional issues bought about by the colonists. This act stated that the Parliament could make laws binding the American Colonists. The Declaratory Act was an act of the Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act in…

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    slobber all over it. Everything is perfect. If this is the great American dream, we all fail at success. Contradicting the American dream, part one of “Howl” describes Ginsberg’s chaotic lifestyle “with dreams, with drugs, with waking nightmares, alcohol and cock and endless balls” (line 11). This line defies all of societies expectations. His sexual desires for another man and drug and alcohol abuse is not easily accepted in American culture. This shows boldness by Ginsberg because he did what…

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    Poems Langston Hughes born in Missouri around 1902 wrote many poems, which were evolved around the African American people. Rejected by the African American community for his thoughts, Hughes felt a deep sense of passion to poetically write of the struggles faced by many impoverished African Americans. During the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes used poetry to convey the African American cultural through a rhythm and blues style about dreams, suffering, the soul, and America. Langston Hughes…

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    or even boycotting police officers. Certain police offices have been using their power against people, poc’s in particular, so if that was the case there is nothing wrong with that. As an artist they have the right to express how they feel, and as a human you have the right to express how you feel. On the other hand these two major events for the US did take place in February, which is black history month. Which is what these performances are empowering and I the midst of. So people that are…

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    1960s. However, Northern Ireland separates their people by religion where the U.S. does it by race. In this case Protestants are the majority and Catholics are the minority. In the U.S. we are not even allowed to discuss religion in grade school nor express our own views on what religion we believe in so it’s quite astonishing how a whole portion of a country is segregated solely by religion, a belief. However, in Northern Ireland children by the age of five have a clear view of what they must…

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    I noticed that in Latino culture that family plays an essential part in an individual’s life. In Japanese culture family is not as essential. Secondly, I noticed that in Latino culture individuals are afraid to express their emotions. In Japanese culture individuals are taught to hid their emotions. Lastly, I noticed Latino individuals tend to be loving and caring. In Japanese culture individuals tend to be serious and stern. The interviews provided me with a wealth…

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    about what an American should be. The contradiction of being both black and American was a significant one for Hughes. Although this anomaly was troublesome, his situation as such granted him an almost desired status. Due to his place as a black American poet, his work was all the more accessible. Hughes’ black experience was sensationalized. Using his black experience as a façade, Hughes was able to depict throughout his poetry the black American dream. Langston Hughes, the American dreamer,…

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    In a time when African Americans lacked civil rights, W.E.B Dubois aimed to improve the lives of African Americans by giving readers more insight on these issues in his novel, The Souls of Black Folk. The book includes African American discrimination and events in history where discrimination took place from DuBois point of view. He believed that lack of civil rights ruined many people’s lives and the way to solve that was through education. Dubois was someone who tried to fix what was ruining…

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