Dorians

of “blood,” birth, and genealogy” with ethnic diversity and perhaps his own mixed background arguably” as his native Halicarnassus was founded at the end of the heroic age by colonists from Troezen, and its citizens continued to consider themselves Dorian,” (347). The abstract notion of the “other” is reflected from dogmatic culture relativism which Herodotus himself stated: “If anyone, no matter who, were given the opportunity of choosing from amongst all the nations in the world the set of…

After the Civil Rights Movement, tensions between white Americans and black Americans decreased. However, during the past few years, with the death of Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin, racial tensions have increased yet again due to the increase in media coverage of America’s social awareness of racial profiling. The country is becoming racially divided even with a black president, Barack Obama, as the nation’s leader. Some people argue that tensions have become even worse between different…

The play Oedipus Rex was written by Sophocles in about 430 BCE. The play follows the life and struggles of the protagonist, Oedipus, as he tries to find out his true identity. The play starts in the middle of things when Oedipus is the king of Thebes and a plague has descended over the kingdom. Oedipus vows to find out the cause of the plague and sends Creon, his brother in law, to Delphi to try and find out the cause from an oracle. Creon brings Teiresias, an oracle of Apollo, back to the…

Within Maycomb, the Finches carry large responsibility, yet this also affords them freedoms which the other members of the town do not have. Concerning responsibility, the Finches are supposed to act as a backbone for the town of Maycomb, and when other members have grievances they generally visit Atticus, for they know he is an honest man who represents the town. For instance, “Jean Louise said, ‘Don’t worry, Cal. Atticus’ll do his best.’ Calpurnia said, ‘I know he will, Miss Scout. He always…

Some of the Spartan soldiers questioned their King, King Agesilaus why there were no fortification walls around the city state. The king simply pointed to his soldiers and said, “These are Sparta’s walls”. Sparta is regarded as one of the most militaristic societies during the time of the Ancient Greeks. Between the 5th to 7th century, this city-state was considered the strongest military force. There was also a very unusual political system that included modernly a monarchy, an oligarchy, an…

Is Racial Profiling the Reason for Excessive use of Force by Officers? There’s a difference between self-defense and unnecessary use of force. Depending on how well one knows the difference, you may have been in a situation where you found yourself debating about the two. Excessive use of force by officers is caused by racial profiling black minorities and should only be permitted under specific circumstances such as in self-defense situations or in defense of another individual or group.…

Two legendary ball people are Pepper LaBeija and Dorian Corey who gave separate interviews at the start of the film to explain the ball culture. LaBeija described the evolution of the ball scene from the participants wanting to look like Las Vegas showgirls to now them wanting to look like models. Both…

To Kill a Mockingbird In our society, the 21st century, racism continues to exist but is not as prominent as in the 20th century. In the 20th century, caucasians were expected to be racist towards not just African-Americans but everyone who was not white. Looking back at race relations in the 20th century, cohesive relationships between different races was for the most part non-existent. Each race was considered separate; segregation was not only expected but was the law. in the novel, To…

One of the major ongoing problems in the United States is racism and discrimination. This dates all the way back to when Native Americans or Indians were forced to migrate to other lands by the Europeans. In this society, every minority, mainly African Americans, Native Americans, Islamic and Muslim people, are the target of some type of discrimination and unfairness. Unfortunately, it is only getting worse. Since the time of the Trail of Tears, this type of discrimination has changed. This…

The structure of this piece is AABBA. He A sections are based on the G Major Dorian scale, and the B sections are based on the A Major Aeolian scale.” (Spitzer, 2013) Free Jazz emerged during the late 1950’s as a brand new approach to jazz improvisation. It gained the majority of its popularity in the 60’s and became a major development…