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These three boys beat the odds! The Authors Drs. George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, and Sampson Davis with Sharon M. Draper wrote the memoir called We Beat The Streets. George, Rameck, and Sampson did things that their surroundings weren’t “capable” of doing or didn’t have the willingness to do it. They all became doctors. They faced many challenges and heard many sides and thoughts on life and they put it together to have their own lives. This memoir was created to show that any black or African…

As You Can’t Stop the Beat was being created, there were many thoughts developed as to how it would be written. When I thought about the tone, I realized that I wanted the audience to be able to trust me, without being too skeptical of my topic. Once people against my topic realize what it actually is, they would want to stop reading it as soon as possible. So I tried to get my point across without being too informative but still trying to teach people about the topic. The reasoning behind my…

many times have you defeated a miniboss, only to have it stand back up and laugh at you, saying “I have underestimated you! You are a worthy opponent! This is not the end! We shall meet again!” and make a getaway? Think about it. How many times do you beat up Balrog in Cave Story only to have him fly away without a scratch? How is Black Knight able to keep running away after Shovel Knight stabs the hell out of him? How come you black out if you lose a Pokémon battle, but none of the other…

become mainstream, it began to manifest into a sub-culture that promotes and glorifies violence, drug usage, the mistreatment of women, and highlight racial stereotypes of African American men and women. In the documentary titled Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, director Byron Hurt confronts the controversial issues of violence and homophobia in rap music, sexism, and the portrayal of manhood in Hip Hop culture. In the beginning of the documentary, Hurt states he did not question the lyrics…

therapeutic programs. Ruth Padawer wrote her statement from "The Kids who Beat Autism", reading about the kids that beat autism is amazing and very touching. She covers different stories on each child that is fighting with autism, looking into parents perspective and explaining the research behind Autism. The issue today is should we try to cure autism, yes I do believe it is possible to cure Autism because there are kids who beat autism in today world. Autism is considered a lifelong…

In the short film “Silent Beats” there was many signs of bias between the clerk running the store and his customers. Bias is a prejudice in favour or against one thing, person, or group compare to another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. For example: Someone can be bias to a specific person for there race, religion, or even creed based on past events that occured with people who shared the same race, religion, or creed as them. A few forms of bias were shown in the short film we…

How to beat heartburn effectively Heartburn usually occurs after a meal causing real discomfort. It results in feeling a sour taste that linger as the rear of your throat which results in burning feeling in the chest. Using drugs to treat heartburn like proton pump Inhibitors may have side effects like irritable bowel diseases, pneumonia, vitamin B 12 deficiency, food allergies and even gastric cancer. Thus, try to use any of the following healthy ways for treating heartburn. -Almonds: They are…

In the book We Beat The Street by the three doctors the best character trait to describe Rameck sis uncontrollable because he got in a fight with Meatball, sprayed silly string at a teacher, and abused another student. The first instance where Rameck shows he's uncontrollable is when he fights Meatball. Rameck fights Meatball because he tells him that his mother is on welfare and that makes Rameck angry so Rameck does what he's taught to do and defends himself with violence. An example is on…

masculinity in the Hip Hop world means that a man is strong, tough, has money, is in control, dominant, and is surrounded by girls; so when a man does not have any of those attributes he is referred to as a pussy, chump, and faggot. In “Hip Hop Beyond Beats and Rhymes” (HHBBR) Byron Hurt digs deep into Manhood and masculinity within Hip Hop. He starts off by explaining where Hip Hop comes from, which is the ghetto. Hurt says that Hip Hop brought masculinity back after R&B because there were men,…

Artifact #3 - Article about Interactive Assault Harassment The third artifact is an article that addresses the misogyny in the video game called "Beat up Anita Sarkessian". Sarkessian started a campaign with a purpose to end sexism in video games, in response a man from northern Ontario created an online game that allows the players to strike Sarkessian 's face. The video game was taken down the day after its initial release but Sarkessian continued to face harassment. The harassment can create…