Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

According to You May Ask Yourself (Conley, 2013, p. 457), extended family is the “kin networks that extend outside or beyond the nuclear family”. In the case of Hidden America: Children of the Mountains (2009), extended family is a type of family in where relatives (aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins) as well as parents and their children live in the same house. Most of the families seen in the film were extended families in which the head of the house was the mother of the family. In…

INTRO “I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering ‘bout the big things and asking bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, the more I love” (Walker). While the existence of personhood is often questioned as an individual learns about life, The Color Purple provides critical insight to the growth of African Americans in The South. Alice…

She decided to sneak out because her parents didn’t know about the relationship. The never let her or her sister go out, “they only my brothers [go] out, we weren’t allowed to have a boyfriend yet because we were meant to help my mom out at home.” (Mary). In the article “We Don’t Sleep Around Like White Girls Do”: Family, Culture and Gender in Filipina American Lives Yen Le…

attack and a big problem is homelessness. Dorothy Day and Archbishop Oscar Romero are two great examples for people to follow in the struggle to help the poor. According to Plato, the source of all justice…

strike came at Pearl Harbor, and the event dramatically altered every American’s life. On December 8, 1941 Roosevelt declared war against Japan and preparations began to happen. As propaganda and patriotism influenced men to join the war, husbands, brothers, and fathers soon left home to go overseas. Women and children on the home front were left to keep the…

Democracy is such a big deal here in the United States, which it should be. We have a great election system where we, the people, get to choose who will represent us. We have created a great system of checks and balances where no branch can become too strong. Why is freedom in government important to me? Well, being able to choose a representative that will fight for what I believe in is a big deal to me. I want someone who will be able to voice my opinion…

relationship with her brother Bailey who had a stutter. This stutter prohibited him from calling his sister by her name she was born with so he called her "my". After reading a book on the Maya Indians he called her "Maya" and this is the name she continued to use. While living with her grandmother after her parents divorce Maya Angelou visited her mother in Chicago. While visiting her mother she was sexually molested by her mother's boyfriend too scared to tell anyone she told her brother.…

officers a reason to shoot and kill innocent people, cause the public to want to shoot law enforcers in retaliation, and give the public a negative response towards the justice system. With a negative view of the police, the crime rate may rise in America, causing more prisons to be…

Throughout my life here in America, I’ve made significant efforts in achieving extensive knowledge about my family history. I am a type 1 diabetic, the second child of four, which includes my older sister and my little brothers, the twins and a college student majoring in Psychology as a senior at Austin Peay State University. I am an African American, Army child, living in Clarksville, Tennessee. Since moving here, I have acquired a great deal of knowledge and strengths. This has enabled me to…

A Lebanese-American Christian, Khalid Jabara was murdered just like Suzanne’s brother; he was shot in his own home by his neighbor. The murderer had harassed Khalid before, often times calling him a “filthy Arab” when he was actually not even of Arabic descent or a follower of Islam. The history of this situation extends to way before…