Blackface

scientists must reset these cells to their embryonic state. A considerable amount of times this process is incomplete, causing the embryo to be unable to mature properly. Three sheep went into the creation of Dolly. An egg was extracted from a Scottish Blackface, udder cells were removed from a ewe and the new embryo was placed into the “mother” sheep. Dolly was the only embryo out of 277 to develop and survive all the way to birth (“The History of Cloning”). The significance of Dolly, although…

LaToya Ruby Frazier is exhausted. She flew in from Braddock, Pa. to Chicago at the crack of dawn to speak at the Art Institute of Chicago in front of a packed crowd. Today is painless compared to the previous 365 days. She reflects on her weeks in Flint, Mich. where she documented Flint's horrific water crisis. The tragedy in Flint exposed thousands of children to high levels of lead. Back in her hometown of Braddock, Frazier's spent the last month around the clock at the local hospital by her…

The unfertilised egg was from a Scottish blackface ewe. The nucleus is then put in a reproductive cell which is from the donor sheep. The udder cell and the nucleus from the egg cell are fused together using an electric pulse. A second electric pulse then activates cellular activity and starts mitotic…

Allison Atkenson Kevin Long Musical Theatre History December 16, 2015 Issues confronted At the start of the year my classmates and I were asked to define the true purpose of theatre. Our responses ranged from “a combination of song and spectacle” to “emotions communicated through spoken word, music, and movement.” But overall, we concluded it was an art form that was meant to both teach and entertain. Musical theatre has and will likely forever remain a vehicle to discuss societal issues…

In Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, the predominant time women are present is in sexual situations. In these sexual situations power and violence consistently occur at the expense of women. Ellison is depicting our world as a place where women’s primary role is to have sex, and therefore be powerless. At first glance it may seem like women are insignificant in this book and exist for the sole purpose of being dominated by sex. The limited time women appear they are placed disempowering and…

The 13th is a documentary by Ava DuVernay, who provides a realistic representation of our current criminal justice system and the people in it. The documentary follows the chronological progression of events that lead to our current criminal justice system, starting from the beginning of the twentieth century and ending in modern times. Representatives from both sides of the issues presented were brought forth and their stories were told, even Newt Gingrich had progressive things to say about…

The American Civil War, lasting from 1861-1865, marked a turning point in the history of the United States as the Confederate States had seceded from and battled the Union to protect states rights and the driving force of their economy: slavery. Slaves had been imported from Africa and forced to work in America, beginning in the early colony of Jamestown in 1619. The often inhumane conditions which were experienced by slaves and limited social mobility, applying to even freed black men,…

representation. Starting from the beginning from 1910-1920, right after the Civil War, the majority of African Americans depicted in film were confined to demeaning “antebellum south” stereotypes. Many times white actors would portray Black characters using blackface, “a type of stage makeup that consisted of actors applying burnt cork, shoe polish, or various other products to their faces, along with emphasizing and exaggerating the hair and lips in order to imitate social assumptions…

The Boundaries of Appreciation and Appropriation Have you ever had something that was yours taken? It is not a pleasurable feeling and its negative impact is increasingly more severe when something that has belonged to you and your culture has been seized. At some point in every African American child’s life they are immersed in hip-hop culture. I was practically raised off Run-D.M.C., Missy Elliott, and DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. When “Rock the House” by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh…

The poem begins with a series of four sample stories about poor people hitting a stroke of luck, and striking rich. Whether it be, doing well in the market, finding love, winning the lottery, and claiming insurance. The story of Cinderella follows the Grimm’s’ version of the tale. After the death of her mother, Cinderella works as a housemaid to her evil stepmother and stepsisters. Her father spoils his stepdaughters with extravagant presents but only brings Cinderella a twig. She puts the tree…