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History of Cosmetology “ I Am a Woman who came from cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the wash tub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I was promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair and goods preparations…… I have built my own factory on my own ground.” This quote is from, Madam CJ Walker.This demonstrates she started from the bottom and made it up to the top where no one thought she could be. Cosmetology is the professional skin…

Stylistic rules to shine on the art of writing. Kurt Vonnegut is an American novelist, who was born in November 11, 1922 and died in April 11, 2007 at the age of 84. He was one of the greatest writing stylists in the American literature. He was known for his darkly satirical style and his black comedy. Vonnegut used a mixture of science-fiction in the majority of his works. Additionally, he was the president of a humanist association because of his humanist beliefs. In 1980, he wrote an essay to…

Jeremiads have been around for thousands of years. This rhetorical strategy is named after the prophet Jeremiah, who prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem because Israelites turned their backs on the Lord and were worshipping false idols. A jeremiad is a sermon, speech, visual text, or essay that unifies people by creating tension between an ideal social life and its manifestation (Aufses). A traditional jeremiad presents a spiritual or biblical ideal for specific behaviors. It then describes…

Arden Cho, Lucy Liu, and Sandra Oh: all of whom are Asian American descent. I think we can all agree that they are all beautiful women in America, but how do they stack up against other Asian and American actresses? All of these actresses have Asian parents who have taught them their culture's values and morals. America has also influenced their perspectives. What they deem beautiful is a fusion of American and Asian qualities. But where do I fit in? Throughout my childhood, I have struggled…

roller, extremely well known celebrity, epic downfall, fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, The King. However, to most of his fans, he was much more than a commonly-used name in 1950’s tabloids. He was their idol and served as a way to express them. Elvis Presley was a true American success story that changed the music industry, creating conflict throughout his entire career. He started with nothing, basically. He was born into a poor, struggling family in Tupelo, Mississippi on…

The Rockefeller Drug Laws in the 1970’s targeted minority groups even though the law was for anyone who were caught were drugs. A neighborhood with Latinos and African Americans were easy to police than a neighborhood such a Wall Street. In New York, the Rockefeller was an economical movement. All the Latinos and African Americans that were arrested, were taken up to prisons that were located in poor white neighborhoods. Locking up minorities groups has an economy growth to the poor white people…

African-American descent to safely matriculate while also learning about and celebrating their legacy of black excellence. HBCUs have been around as long as African Americans have been able to educate themselves. With constitutional approval, HBCUs have continued to flourish throughout history Many students attend HBCUs to receive higher education, but there is much more to the HBCU experience than an academic career. While being the hallmark of extended matriculation for African Americans,…

The American Dream is a window of opportunity to improve and grow an individual lives from equal opportunity, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness. The American Dream has been around for many decades but was evolved through each decade. This term has always driven people to be better and earn more. The idea is that an individual can become something big, something important. An individual will gain this American Dream through equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard…

Entertainment in the 1950s was similar but different from modern day entertainment. The entertainment in the 1950s really was really based on your economic class. The most popular things to do in the 1950s was to go to the motion picture theatre with your friends or family, people watched boxing, people also watch NFL football games and all sorts of things. The theater in the 1950s was a big hit for America’s people, but what people really loved about the movies in the 1950s was the drive in…

rights movement of the 1960’s. In the film White Man’s Burden, directed by Desmond Nakano, institutional racism towards people of color (or P.O.C for short) is directly acknowledged. Nakano switches the typical roles and lifestyles of African Americans and whites in society; and in doing so, paints a clear picture of what privilege and racism looks like in present day America. The book Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel explains exactly where and why…