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Power, Violence, and Discrimination an Analysis of the Shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri Austin Dix PSYC 2602-002 Spring 2015 University of Colorado Boulder The shooting of an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown by a white police officer, Darren Wilson, in Ferguson, Missouri polarized the nation and catalyzed a renewed focus on police violence and racial biases in policing. Ferguson, Missouri has 21,000 residents, and is primarily white. Of their 53-man…

A relationship where gender roles are much less frequent throughout the series is between Phil and Claire. Aaron Devor claims that “masculinity as generally concerned with egoistic dominance and femininity as striving for cooperation or communication.” (Devor 505). However it is seen throughout the entire series that overall Claire is more of a dominant strong character while Phil aims for cooperation and equality. This is especially seen in season two, episode 11, where Claire tries to stop a…

The Kite Runner and Oedipus Rex are both stories with a distinct theme and major plot twists. The Kite Runner is about a kid named Amir who grows up with this incredible guilt of what he had witnessed happening to his best friend, Hassan, who he would later find out is his half brother. Because Hassan died years later, Amir felt it was his responsibility to find his kid, Sohrab, and raise him as his own. Amir found where Sohrab was living and was flooded with emotions when he saw that he was…

Lange thought that it was hard to adjust to the comedy in Tootsie because she had just had to play a very serious role in Frances. During the shoot of an angry scene of Tootsie, she stormed out of the dressing room and destroyed the set. She said there was dead silence after the incident (“50 Facts About Jessica Lange”). “To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I’ve never done before.” This quote from Lange fits the switch from a serious film, Frances, to a comedy film, Tootsie…

decided he did not want to leave the two men alone, and backed up, almost hitting the two men. While Wilson was in his car, he grabbed Brown by his neck. Wilson then shot Brown, after warning them he had a gun. The friend who was walking with Brown, Dorian Johnson, says Wilson started shooting when Brown would not move to the sidewalk. Johnson also stated Brown’s hands were above his head when he got shot. With the death of Brown, came a protest from people around the country. On the day after…

The Middle Ages were a transitional period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the modern world. Medieval life centered around the church, in which worship services were held, the sick, poor, elderly, and orphaned could take refuge. Here, within the nunneries and convents men and women alike were taught to read and write literature and music. Unfortunately the knowledge was screened by the Church hierarchy, and many were only taught to read works provided to them. Only a…

There is a one in three chance that a black man in America will be incarcerated during his lifetime. Given the recent decision by a grand jury not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the death of 18 year-old Michael Brown, I decided to research some of the most common racial issues found in law enforcement. In this paper I will argue that our system of law enforcement and criminal justice is systemically racialized and disproportionately targets and disadvantages black men. The racism found…

Over the course of the last century, a series of laws and practices have contributed to both de jure and de facto segregation. De jure segregation is legal segregation and was prevalent in the Southern United States. De facto segregation, on the other hand, is segregation that exists because of where people live. It is often thought to be a more “natural” segregation or segregation by choice, a wholly untrue statement that made the problem even worse. While it was primarily practiced in the…

Devin is a black male that has a wife and two kids who has recently moved to Alabama. Devin graduated high school with honors and was at the top of his class. After that, he moved on to college to pursue a degree in business management where he met his wife, Isabell. After college graduation little did they know that finding a job was going to be harder than they thought. Devin and his wife had looked in the paper and online and found several job openings. The two of them made appointments with…

Art from the Ground Up Art is everywhere, it surrounds us from the buildings we stay to the nature we enjoy. However, art in all its phenomena is still underrated to this day. As an Art major, I have been asked, “What can you do with art?” I have also been told that I will be a failure and poor for the rest of my life if I rely on art. These statements created an opposite effect. It was intended to discourage me but, instead it gave me the chance to prove people wrong. Art is not worthless, it…