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    Baltimore, Maryland is where I was born and raised. Baltimore can be considered a Mid-Atlantic state, but it’s south of the Mason-Dixon line. Baltimore can claim to be a blend of Northern and Southern American traditions. Baltimore is well known for its riots, violence, crime rate, the movie The Wire, and gang activities. Baltimore is very dangerous. Baltimore has a bad reputation that makes people think twice about whether they would want to visit or live in Baltimore. Growing up in Baltimore…

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    The idea of cultural capital as it applies to the classroom imposes limits on what any one student can achieve. Cultural capital is defined as the social assets a person has in order to promote mobility socially. For students, they need to have a high intellect, good speech, and proper attire. This idea of proper attire and good speech is arbitrary as these standards tend to favor white students, as it does not value the culture that minority students bring to the classroom. The cultural…

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    Attacks made to Baltimore/Washington D.C. Roadways (U//FOUO) Focus Statement: Radicalized individuals with extremist group connections have been testing the infrastructure of Baltimore/ Washington D.C. One of these test attacks is the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel incident. These incidents and information found on the two key suspects indicate a potential increase of threats to the infrastructure of major cities across the United States. (U//FOUO) Key Judgments: • (U//FOUO) The Baltimore Harbor…

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    Police Brutality Police abuse is one of the many serious human rights violations in the United States. Police brutality is a growing concern; why? One potential cause of police brutality is people taking measures into their own hands. The law doesn’t serve justice; unjustified shootings, severe beatings, fatal choking, and intolerable treatment. It’s gone so far that there is now an App that sends a push notification to your phone every time police kill someone. (“Police Brutality”) Is police…

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    With the focus on fire safety and patient care, the Baltimore City Fire Department is one of the leaders in fire protection in the United States. However, as the world changes, the Baby Boomers continue to exceed the senior age of 65, and Millennials reaches parenthood, specific risk starts to emerge. Furthermore, because of these groups being scattered throughout the Baltimore City region, it is essential for the organization to acknowledge the risk and vulnerability to each community they…

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    “A Raisin in The Sun”,by Lorraine Hansberry is a realistic fiction in which the play title and the characters actions represent the play 's theme. The play focused on the black American struggles to reach the American Dream of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness during the 1950s and 1960s. The idea of everyone having the chance to a better life should exist for all. Hansberry creates her title using a line from langston Hughes poem “A Dream Deferred.” The original poem was written in 1951…

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    An American Tragedy “Soul Food is death food, it will kill you”. This bold statement was uttered by civil rights advocate, Dick Gregory in the PBS film, Soul Food Junkies”. Today’s African-Americans are marching, in step, to a slow death. Taken from their homeland and inducted into slavery, in Africa about 80 per cent of the diet was organic and consisted mainly of fruits and vegetables with little meat, mostly roasted. The African-American diet which was healthy and nutritious has been…

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    The underlying theory of Cultural Marxism is the ability to analyze any form of communication to reconstruct the views or actions toward the oppressive versus the oppressed individuals. The main focus group in this theory is the oppressed victims that do not receive the same treatment as the white man. The Sandins live in a society where the government allows one day out of the year for all crimes to be legal. This lowers the unemployment rate, and the amount of crimes such as murder.…

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    Big Sean’s “One Man can Change the World”:Be that one "I hope you learn to make it on your own And if you love yourself just know you 'll never be aloneI hope that you get everything you want and that you chose I hope that it 's the realest thing that you ever know Hope you get the pretty girls, that 's pretty at everything Million dollar cribs havin ' million dollar dreams And when you get it all just remember one thing Remember one thing That one man can change the world"-Big Sean. This…

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    One of the movements that the DFWC members campaigned in was for city playgrounds. Club members persisted, and succeeded, in their efforts for gaining support and funds for these playgrounds. To raise funds to build the park they personally went door to door requesting donations. Writing numerous letters along with many speeches, they managed to receive fourteen thousand signatures on a petition presented to the board of education. In doing this, they finally won over the school board who in…

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