American Mafia

American problem When we think of America, the images of Times Square, Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, clean city, beautiful campus of Harvard or other fancy university comes into our mind. In some extreme cases we think of Macy’s or Victoria’s Secret’s showrooms, but we never think of wars, terrorism, military attacks, drug abuse, over throwing governments at first. We have some positive pictures of The United States in our mind, because we mostly see positive things about America in…

Spoken word, rhyming lyrics, spitting bars, or rapping. It is the technique of an individual expressing content with a particular rhythm or beat. “Rap” has been extremely important for a people of all genders and ethnicities for many past generations and it is especially influential in the current modern culture. The history of this word goes back to the 16th century, said to be originated in Africa, and over time it has evolved with generations to become the great phenomenon to currently be…

and magazines, or surfing the web. Television is the primary source of news and entertainment for the average American. Some viewers even think that social conditions and stereotypes shown on television are real (Mass Media and American Politics). Minorities are overall depicted as uneducated and criminals, while whites are portray as heroes because of media’s stereotypes. African Americans are depicted as uneducated, violent, a burden to society, and over sexualized. Meanwhile, Latinos are…

In her article, “Apocalypse and Ecotopia: Narratives in Global Climate Change Disclosure” Janet Fiskio claims that in order to perceive the Anthropocene entirely “we need to examine the aesthetic and narrative modes expressed through cultural productions for their relationships to the dimensions of race, gender, class, ability [,] and nation” (p. 13). As Fiskio suggests, narratives play a substantial role in highlighting how the social factors are crucial in bringing forth the awareness about…

involved. Not having the opportunity of getting involved in safe/ academic and extra activities, or having less money, can leave you right flat out dead on the streets. These gang members such as bloods, crips, MS13, black gorilla gang, Latin King, Mafia and many more or violent teens have nothing to go back to due to their parents not providing enough for them, so its is causing them to live on the streets. Meaning, our goal is to keep young ones off the streets and have something going for…

1. Introduction: There have been gangs in South Africa as well as the rest of the world since people were savvy enough to form peer groupings with similar values and similar objectives. There are many definitions of the term “gang”, all relatively different, but all share one common thread. It is believed that gangs are formed with a purpose of engaging in criminal activity to support themselves and their members. The first recorded South African gangs were formed in the mines in Johannesburg in…

The Blacks Don’t Deserve Equal Rights It is melancholic for most of the Americans to see them around, the federal government needs to do away with them, confine them in some corner, especially the poor neighborhoods where they will not mix with the whites. They were brought from Africa during the slave trade; the African Americans belong to the jungle, they should not be allowed to stay in the posh neighborhoods with the elites of the society (Dickson-Carr, 2001). It is entirely wrong for a…

1. In the book, “In Search of Respect” Philippe Bourgois moved to East Harlem to do research on poverty by studying two Puerto Ricans he befriended. One of the Puerto Ricans is Primo who manages a crackhouse den, which is the called the Game Room. The other Puerto Rican is Caesar who is a lookout. Bourgois met these two Puerto Ricans and met their boss Ray, and researched the structural oppression they faced. Bourgois explains the obstacles Primo and Caesar had to face and how they ended up…

Geronimo: A True American The brave Bedonkohe Apache leader Geronimo was able to accomplish many astonishing feats before he died at the age of seventy-nine in 1909. Some of these achievements include continuing his journey of bettering the lives of his people despite his own family being murdered when he was only twenty-nine (27). Geronimo fully embodies the hard-working and no excuses attitude that many Americans strive for. Geronimo in many ways possesses the same moral code and ideas that…

as Washington’s Farewell address and the Monroe Doctrine suggested America to avoid political connections with the outside world, which influenced people to stay inside American borders. The Great War was one of America’s biggest interactions with foreign countries at the time and introduced the rest of the world to the Americans. Eyes were opened up to see the world, which influenced many individuals to work to change America. Numerous new ideas and concepts were created, such as prohibition…