Demonization

retelling of history, alongside Rich and Wells’ rejection of accepted history, resulted in a considerable focus on perspectives that are often erased during the construction of The Story of the United States, as well as the harm this erasure (or demonization) has on the development of identity. This seems especially connected to our course goal of contemplating how literature conveys culture, or as I express in my March 13th post, how “literature is inextricably tied to history, both because…

Shortly after George Zimmerman was acquitted a hashtag erupted on twitter, causing many to call to action for the murder of Trayvon Martin. The hashtag was started by three young black women in hopes to restore dignity, justice and respect along with highlighting the many issues that black Americans face in this country. Black Lives Matter serves as a social justice movement with the initial idea of seeking to end discrimination, police brutality and highlight the racial inequality in the…

The word Chav has been described in the Cambridge English dictionary as “an insulting word for someone, usually a young person, whose way of dressing, speaking, and behaving is thought to show their lack of education and low social class”. It’s used in the British slang as an informal derogatory word. When looking at the Oxford Dictionary they use a description of origin as a youth who is described as being ‘Romany’. The word Chav is thought to have come from the Romani word ‘boy’ or ‘chavvy’…

Last summer, the United States officially legalized gay marriage through all fifty states, a big step for the LGBT community and the overall human race in terms of equality and peace; however, not every nation is on board with marriage equality or very welcoming of sexual orientations and gender identities that are different from the binary. One such country is Russia, where the systematic oppression and discrimination of lesbian, gay, and transexual people is evident in its specific laws made…

might read in their high school career. Both texts delineate the delicate relationships between men and women. O’Brien paints how toxic masculinity perverts men’s ability to have meaningful relationships with women while Morrison illustrates the demonization of maturity in women. Morrison and O’Brien elucidate the twisted infatuation people harbor for the innocence of women; they depict men abusing their power to pursue and corrupt women’s innocence, women shaming women for becoming “dirty”, and…

Anti-Homeless Laws in America The homeless population has always been looked down on. They’ve suffered violence, taunting, starvation and a number of other ailments. In Cape Coral Florida a thirteen year old brutally stabbed fifty one year old Thomas Bergstrom in his tent at a ramshackle camp. In Albuquerque New Mexico Al Gorman was beaten beyond Recognition by a group of teenagers who attacked him because he was an easy victim for the teenagers pent up anger. On November twenty-third tai Lam,…

At the conclusion of WWII, the United States developed and released the atomic bomb on Japan. As the most devastating bombs in history dropped on Hiroshima the world changed. The atomic age ushered in new and devastating weapons of mass destruction. It was then that world became tinted in fear at the uncertainty of this new age. It was not long until the Soviet Union tested and released its own weapons of annihilation. The arms race began. The two opposing giants of the 20th Century squared…

INTRODUCTION Joseph Goebbels the Director of the Nazi Party propaganda under the Nazi Reign is considered to be the Master of Nazi propaganda. Joseph Goebbels’s use of propaganda through multiple forms of communication was effective in convincing Germans to blame Jews for their economic misfortunes after World War I to successfully incite The Kristallnacht, (“Night of Broken Glass”) and the Holocaust. Goebbels created and successfully used printed media, film and radio to deliver anti Semitism…

resources to improve education in all grades. I would provide events open to the public which would inspire people to learn. The public must understand the value, benefits, and advantages of education. I would also focus on public relations to end the demonization of education. The university should light a candle in the…

incorporated into the Church, which is the body of Christ.” The United Methodist denomination recognizes “all Christian baptism and look upon baptism as something that should unite, rather than divide, Christians.” It is the belief of the demonization that once a human being is baptized, there is never a need for another baptism as long as the baptism was performed by a universal church. The early church witnesses to how the baptism of Christ brings about a new reality through the Holy…