Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

When it comes to history, black history is already talked about at a bare minimum. Black history is disregarded as if it has no importance in American history. So when it comes to being black, which already targets someone as a threat, and gay the history is not taught unless the initiative is taken to obtain that knowledge. History is important to who it affects, so at first look I would say black LGBTQ history is not important, but in the same breath I would say how important African American…

Mental illness can be a wretched biochemical disease, in which no individual or family is immune from the roller coaster effects. Mental illness affects the individual and the people in their lives. With the knowledge we have gained in the medical and psychology realm, we now know the disease can be genetic and sparked by environmental factors. As we begin to understand the brain and develop our knowledge, the mysteries of mental illness are unfolding. Although facilities were constructed…

“I Can’t Breathe”, I don’t have a Gun-Stop Shooting”, “It’s not real”, “Please don’t let me die”, “What are you following me for”. What do all these quotes have in common? They all had their lives taken based on the color of their skin. The editorial board of the New York Times is compiled of sixteen journalists with an extraordinary range of expertise. They published an article in 2015, “The Truth of Black Lives Matter”, In this article they adopt an informative and persuasive tone while…

Annette Lemieux’s Left Right Left Right, consists of thirty black and white photographs nailed to wooden pine poles, depicting raised fists. Some of the images include the fists of important societal figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Richard Nixon and Jane Fonda. The other images include anonymous fists of a sailor, a preacher and a concertgoer at Woodstock. Together, the fists raised in unison suggest the idea of a protest, while the use of the poles convey the idea that the photographs…

Affirmative Action – Discriminatory Political Correctness The heat was sweltering August 28, 1963 and a mass of demonstrators had gathered to protest the racial inequality and discrimination in these United States. Imploringly, a woman called upon a reverend to deliver his dream. The reverend proclaimed with great authority that he had dreamed “…one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and…

“Get rid of segregation! Get rid of segregation!” The sound of people protesting can be persuasive and lead to change. Protesting is a way people use their freedom of speech to stand up for or against things they’re passionate about. Peaceful protesting has proven to be successful throughout history. One memorable person who used this method often was Martin Luther King J.r. Luther was a huge leader during the Civil Rights Movement who guided many well-known protests, sit-ins, and marches that…

The book Thank You for Arguing, what Aristotle Lincoln and Homer Simpson can teach us about the art of persuasion, written by Jay Heinrichs, is a book that takes a look at the use of rhetoric in everyday life. Heinrichs is an incredibly smart man, and his views on the world are very inspiring. In this book, he gives us an incredible look into how to argue efficiently and effectively. Heinrich divides his book into five sections while using ethos as his main strategy, I connected to chapter 5 the…

Running Header: MARCUS GARVEY 1 Marcus Garvey Madi Rivera Clovis North High School MARCUS GARVEY 2 Abtsract This research paper explains the many motivations, preparations, and accomplishments of Marcus Garvey and his social movements. It explains how being raised in a part of Jamaica where it was strictly segregated then moving to the United States where African Americans could not even do what they pleased helped to prepared him for the struggles he would soon face as a social activist. It…

divided the world through varies of political views in wars, protests and murders in 1968. For example, Kurlansky mention and explained the Cold War, Vietnam War, African American rights movements/ protests, murders and assassination of Martin Luther King Jr and Bobby Kennedy and the riots at the National Convention in Chicago. These are only some of the events in 1968 that did indeed Rocked the World. Kurlansky, define 1968 as the year that Rocked the World, in a matter of emphasizing to the…

In this song, Bada$$ discusses the issue of mass incarceration amongst black communities and the want to initiate change. He raps; “Can't change the world unless we change ourselves” refer to the responsibility of everyone to change their ways to be more aware of the issues occurring around them in order to bring change to the world. Likewise, he raps, “I feel my ancestors unrested inside of me. It's like they want me to shoot my chance in changing society” referring to the responsibility her…