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Surveillance: A Tale Told By An Idiot It is true people do hate America but the entire world is hated and distrusted by someone. There are times that I myself have found reasons to look at America as nothing more than an enemy that looks to hold me down, but the true question is why do groups that are defined as terrorist organisations hate America as much as a Star Wars fans hates the Prequels. The United States may not be the best nation on earth but by the view of the people that live here…

Reflection of Directed Independent Study at Pathways for Change The Organization and My Role Pathways for Change is a nonprofit organization based in Pensacola, Florida working to service disadvantaged members of the community. The Pathways for Change organization is an off-shoot of a Baptist Hospital program initiated in 1996 to provide psychotherapy to those seeking mental health care, insured and uninsured alike. Four years after becoming Executive Director of the program, then called the…

serious (Young, p. 43-44). The situational experience did not cause me to change “positonality” in reference to my socio-cultural identity, but it allowed me insight of how individuals forget to acknowledge their privilege when interacting with others (Crenshaw, p.1245-1257). At my current advising position with the USC Trio…

The theory of intersectionality, coined by legal scholar Kimberle Crenshaw in 1989 in her ground-breaking article Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color, has been regarded as one of the most important contributions to feminist scholarship. This theory allows for examination of intersections of identities, and how these intersections form individual identities. However, this definition is vague and does not explain how one should study…

Imagine having an uneasy feeling every time you drive your car in fear of anticipating a wrongful encounter with the police.; Imagine being afraid of someone that is supposed to protect you.; Imagine being victimized due to the color of your skin. According to Pew Research Center “Seven in ten blacks said that blacks in their community were treated less fairly than whites in dealing with the police.” Discrimination is an unjust treatment of different types of people or things, the most common…

Reflection Paper Introduction Within the American class system exist a system of oppression, in which power and privilege are concentrated among a dominant group with specific characteristics. In the Adams, Blumenfeld, Castaneda, Hackman, Peters, and Zuniga (2013) “Readings for diversity and social justice” text, they explain some of the dominant group characteristics to include being an “older, able able-bodied, heterosexual, white male” (p. 12). Throughout my academic experience in higher…

Mexican American Women The first Mexican immigrants migrated long before any records can identify. This is true for most native American people. “Latino culture has been apart of “American” culture longer than the United States has existed.” (Urbina, 6) Traveling in hopes of more resources and to escape tragedy. People from all over the world began to travel to the United States; a melting pot free from war and famine. Upon beginning a new life in the United States, Mexican immigrants quickly…

The United States has been known to be the land of dreams but as history has shown us that is only applied to Anglo or groups of people who fall into the Anglo or white groups. Education is defined to be the road to success or the road for a better life. For many Minorities specially Mexican American 's this means a better life than being a farmer, construction worker or homemaker as their parents have done in order to bring their children to a better country with much more opportunities than…

Rappers like Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa have brought marijuana to the mainstream, a popular issue today. 2Chainz spoke out on the issue on the Nancy Grace show in favor of legalizing it. Cypress Hill had a firm stance on legalization as well and there music definitely reflected that. With many rappers being huge celebrities it’s no surprise they’ve been offered several endorsement deals. Nas has been featured in both Hennesy and Sprite commercials. Rapper Drake has made a few Sprite commercials…

Evolution and Psyche of a Terrorist Paul page 6 In the 1970’s psychologist believed terrorist were suffering from a personality disorder such as clinical psychopaths, narcissist, or were paranoid. Over the year’s individual psychopathological profiles. Individuals who choose to step into to the world of terrorism are often unemployed, socially alienated, who have dropped out of society. Through research they found many…