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    (Bono) Hip-hop first started in the 1970s in the neighborhoods of the New York City Bronx. It immediately became a huge movement in African American culture and soon affected people from all over the world. It spread from one city to many in a matter of months, from movies to music videos, hip-hop was everywhere. It was a statement, a voice for African Americans to speak up against civil rights. Hip-hop along with other kinds of music has helped create a huge movement of slavery and racism.…

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    way because if you don’t express what you think is wrong or what you think can be improved in the world, how can your concerns be addressed? I firmly believe that to change the world with your ideas. We need to express them, not just complain about them to your parents, but to people who have the power to change the world. There are ten amendments in the constitution. The first amendment includes the right to freedom of speech. Meaning that we have the lawful right to express any opinions…

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    Nightlife Analysis

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    In the early 1940’s, Archibald John Motley Jr. produced a lively, celebrated painting. Motley was an African American artist that wanted to express his pride in the African American race. He believed that, “It is a culture that is exciting, dynamic, and purely their own” (Harlem). He expressed their culture by creating the piece, Nightlife, right after the Harlem Renaissance. To start, the vivid colors are what draws people’s attention at first. The paintings colors give off an energetic and…

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    with Asian Americans. However, these stereotypes do not define what an Asian American is. For example, when most people look at me, they are surprised because stereotypically, Asians have small eyes and small noses. However, I do not have those features but I am still considered Asian. My definition of an Asian American is someone who has parents that came from Asia and immigrated to America. To identify as an Asian American, they must be of Asian descent and have been exposed to American and…

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    African Americans survived many years of struggle to gain rights from society. Civil Rights abstract the struggle of ways to make the white americans to act on the oppression from the Confederate South. The harlem renaissance and civil rights movement in 1950s and 60s had the same agenda as trying to fight to get their rights in America. There is a difference between both protest periods is the way that the protest demonstrated themselves. The harlem renaissance express their way of protest is…

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    Sierra Evans BIS 257: Asian American Studies Book Report November 25, 2015 In From Canton Restaurant to Panda Express: A History of Chinese Food in the United States, Haiming Liu describes the evolution of Chinese food in America and the progressive journey of how it became the globally recognized phenomenon it is today. Liu provides an in depth description of the struggle early immigrants went through being immersed in American culture, as well as the fundamental role Chinese food played in…

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    Briana Gaines Do we express our emotions authentically? Our faces do not always reflect how people genuinely feel. In the extended metaphor “We Wear the Mask”, Paul Dunbar integrates the use of hyperbole, personification and symbolism to promote the fact that lies and deceit lead into concealed pain and suffering . The poem begins with Dunbar’s expressing feelings for the whole entire black community. He has express his unconditional anger by having to hide his emotions. The use of hyperbole…

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    criticized or shamed upon by whites. It was the upcoming of African Americans' heritage after slavery. It also outlined the bravery of blacks, the conquering of oppression, and the presence of individuality during the 1920s. It transformed black culture as a whole and is worthy of recognition throughout history. This was the turning point in African American heritage in America , celebrating black culture. Coming from slavery , African Americans were devastated by the heritage being completely…

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    African American Women

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    The late arrival of African American women literature has become the focus of the study that reflects how African American women sought out freedom and equality. At first, this form of literature was unknown and not voiced because throughout history African American literature was through the perspective of African American males. Authors and poets like Phillis Wheatley, Lucille Clifton, Maya Angelou and many others have paved the way for many aspiring African American women. Often these women…

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    In order to show the need for change within American society, one acts with rebellious behavior to portray their emotions. American literature illustrates the desire for change, in which characters act in rebellious manner to try and institute this. The correlation to the maintenance of innocence; a characters strive to achieve their purpose; and the desire to witness to change, manifest themselves into the characters deemed rebellious rejection of societal standards. Holden Caulfield is…

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