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Imagine being shunned for being a woman and set aside to only cook, clean, and care for your family. The “inalienable right” to be equal in America grants a true freedom that every citizen appreciates, and those in less fortunate countries envy. Being different is set aside as we embrace each other's similarities. This idea of equality embodies the freedom to partake in education, religion, and chasing your dreams. Malala Yousafzai once said, “We cannot succeed when half of us are held…

A teenager in this society sees the hurt and drama that goes on every day in this world. There is a lot of tension between Blacks and Whites as we know of today. Before in the olden days, blacks had less rights than whites yes, but they were still devoted to their culture and traditions. Today, people are stereotyped to African Americans. Bill Cosby, a comedian, writer and producer argues how african americans today are not how they were when he was a little kid. His purpose is to show examples…

“A heritage beyond St. Louis”, a line from the sentimental recollection of memories of Colleen McElroy’s poem “For My Children”. Fascinatingly, McElroy was born just right across the river/40 minute drive from our very own house, on October 30, 1935 (Reid). Although born in St. Louis, Missouri she took up the studies and writing with a distinct African tone in her work. Colleen McElroy’s poem “For My Children” incorporates her African American heritage as well as African language and dialect,…

Area needed for improvement NorthLake Family Practice sees on a daily basis a significant amount of African American newly diagnosis or patients with uncontrolled hypertension. I feel that education on hypertension, importance of medication and medication compliance, complication seen with uncontrolled hypertension, importance of exercising, and the DASH diet plan is needed to decrease hospitalizations and occurring of complications. African Americans are at a higher risk for hypertension…

Reflect on how African Americans get treated Both letter were very hard to read. Both letters hit some main and broad statements on race, equality, and love. Reading these letters made me realize how much trouble this would is in. we are in trouble because everything in the letters still happen today, we still deal with people being racist, even though we don’t think we do we go through it all day, it 's apart of life. In his letter he talked about how it 's really hard to live as an African…

I attended Lake Clifton High School in Baltimore City from 2014. My high school was in the northeastern area of Baltimore City; I took a city bus to get there because I lived in west Baltimore. I chose to attend that school because my cousin and many of my friends were there. I fit right in and I felt comfortable because I knew many students. I only remained at Lake Clifton for two years because that high school was closed down by the Board of Education; the buildings were very old. After this…

The mid 1900’s consisted of ideas revolving around discrimination and women in the house. The Help depicts many of these by showing its antagonist’s, Hilly Holbrook, opinions. Her most dominant opinions are that women should be in charge of the house while the men work, everyone must see eye to eye with her, and she is against African Americans. With the expression of all her opinions throughout the story, Hilly gets led down numerous destructive paths while bringing the other characters with…

Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston Massachusetts. Poe's parents were, Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe and David Poe. they both were working actors.His childhood was very troubled. Poe’s dad left his family, and his mom died later. Poe was sent to a foster family. He was adopted by John Allan and Frances Allan. Poe went West Point army school. He then realized it wasn't for him, and got himself kicked out. Poe was very close with his stepmom, Frances, but she soon died of an…

Final Essay The three stories I will be writing about are Devil in a Blue Dress, A Lesson Before Dying, and Fences. Devil in a Blue Dress and A Lesson Before Dying are told from the perspective of an African American male. Although fences is not told from the perspective of an African American, due to it being a play, its story is centered around an African American family. All these stories focus on segregation and hatred towards African Americans in different ways. The main characters in…

“How much do you make?” This was the first question that guest speaker Dan Glassman proposed to the class before taking us on a journey through his life. In the traditional sense this question would have been in reference to one’s salary or wages, but on that day the speaker was heading in a different direction. Dan Glassman, an accidental lawyer and recent widower, had walked into our classroom with one purpose, and that was to instill in a group of college seniors a value that he had gained…