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possibly a negative influence on adolescents. Artist like Biggie Smalls, Tupac, and Eazy-E came from a rough childhood. These three legendary rap artists all grew up surrounded by drugs, addicts, and violence. Biggie Smalls is from a small town in Brooklyn, New York called Bedford-Stuyvesant. Biggie once said, “Hustlers were my heroes”. Tupac moved around…

Sports are looked at as a form of entertainment and something to watch to witness intense competition. Although so many positives come from sports, it takes one person’s story to shine light on bigger human issues. One major issue in sports, which is still present today, is racism and discrimination. Discrimination and racism are present in all societies worldwide. They exist in schools, at work, even in the comfort of one’s home. What most people do not realize is racism and discrimination have…

Sophie’s Choice was released in 1982 and quickly gained praise as a dramatic romance film. The storyline is based on the 1979 novel of the same name by American writer William Styron. It was directed by Alan J. Pakula, who later won the Robert Award for Best Foreign Film. Pakula also produced Sophie’s Choice along with Keith Barish, William C. Gerrity, and Martin Starger. Leading cast members included Meryl Streep as Sophie, Kevin Kline as Nathan and Peter MacNicol as narrator Stingo. Most…

York in 1894. He was thirty years old, educated and from Naples, where he had earned a living as a barber. His wife Teresina was pregnant and already bringing up two sons, 2-year-old son Vincenzo, and infant son Raffaele. The family moved to a poor Brooklyn tenement where Alphonse Capone was born on January 17, 1899.…

artist and Selena actress is putting her drama shoes on again after her work in Out of Sight. Lopez is starring in a new television series called Shades of Blue. She plays Harlee Santos. Santos is a detective and a single mom. The series is set in Brooklyn and Santos goes undercover as an FBI informant to protect her only daughter. Talk about motherly instinct. But that doesn't sit well with the station's Lt. Matt Wozniak (played by Ray Liotta). He's determined to track and hunt down (and…

Organ donation is a very good thing in my opinion. Obviously from the stories that this website gives us are very powerful. A donation changed many people’s lives, like the veteran, or Brooklyn or anyone who has gotten a donor. I’m sure that their lives have changed for the better and that they are very appreciative of the donors. Obviously a lot of people have donated, according to the video, the US had more than 30,000 donors. Keep in mind that it has never been over 30,000 before so it is a…

what’s up dad? Nothing much and you? same.What are you doing? Nothing,but on they way to Chicago. It feels like i’m going around the world because, it’s i long drive. I imagine because of how long it takes. It takes more than two days to get to that location. Where are you at right now? I’m in Atlanta right now. You have a long way to go. Yep and i’m already tired. So what do you want to be when you grow up.I want to be a football player when i grow up. Yeah i want to go to college and then…

Jorge Duany’s article focuses on the historical analyses and migration patterns of what he calls “the insular Hispanic Caribbean —Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic”. Explaining that Caribbean families from these countries have been the largest and most sustained populations of Caribbean migrants to the U.S. It’s clear that Duany is passionate discussing the wholesome and increasingly evident Caribbean diaspora and how that continues to impact American culture as well as other…

Napoleon made his troop go from Northern Italy into Austria. John Adams is the first president to live in the White House. 1803 Louisiana Purchase was made. Tsar Paul I is assassinated. The Cumberland Road was made to improve western transportation. Johnny Appleseed start teaching pioneers how to plant apple trees. In 1800 Lewis and William Clark expedition began in 1804. Robert E. Lee attends the first West Point Academy with Ulysses S. Grant. Charles Willson Peale establishes…

About four years ago, I met a woman who could make anyone smile just by talking to them. The first day I volunteered at our local hospital, the director of volunteers put me on the geriatrics unit, playing bingo. The first time I saw her, she came into the room saying hello to everyone, I could see her table was the most sociable. After everyone settled down I started calling numbers until, they started yelling at me to be louder, hold up the cards more, or help them because they dropped one of…