Filipino people

imperialism is over, if the new model that has replaced it truly serves the worlds developing peoples any better is for far sharper minds than my own to decide, but from the cheap seats it looks like a cheaper and more morally flexible way to steal a regions natural resources without even the infrastructure build up that usually accompanied a colonization effort. What price is too high to join the modern world? Do people have a right to opt out if they so choose? I feel as if we have not found…

Impact of Race, class, and gender in Policing and Sentencing Race, class, and gender have an effect on the outcomes of the American criminal justice system. However, whether that outcome is favorable or not depends on where each individual lies on the race, class, and gender hierarchy of the United States. Cassia Spohn writes in great detail about the effects of these three characteristics in her article “30 Years of Sentencing Reform.” Before Spohn lays out the findings of her research, she…

observe and spend time in Love Park and the surrounding landmarks. It was my first time visiting the park and it was more beautiful than I thought it would be. This area is that of a cosmopolitan canopy because it provides an opportunity for diverse people to come together (Anderson, XIV). The time I visited it was mid-day on a weekday. I was done class so I thought I’d take a trip to the city. The first thing I observed were several couples taking pictures in front of the ‘LOVE’ sculpture. The…

and write shows great commitment by an African American during a time of slavery. Douglas was a slave that whose duties were to work and obey, not read and write. But, he felt a strong urge to be educated thus leading him on a search to find white people -mainly male children- to help him read and write. Douglas writes “I would bestow upon hungry little urchins, who, in return, would give me that more valuable bread of knowledge” (pp.259-260). “I would tell him [boys] I could write as well as…

Addressing people using the correct terms is a language-based example of the fundamental Vietnamese values of respect for age, education, and social prestige. Unlike English, Vietnamese has words that perform the function of pronouns. This means that the word that…

Historical Influence of Gulliver’s Travels The eighteenth century, better known as the Age of Enlightenment, sparked a period in which people were gravitating more towards science and reason rather than religion. Governments during this time were power hungry and ruthless. As a result of this, the lower class greatly suffered and became incensed and irate. One man in particular spoke out against the injustice he felt by means of the written word. Jonathan Swift challenged the government of his…

beatings/murders on many innocent African-Americans throughout these times. Anne Moody was one who believed that things needed to be changed and can if people have the courage to step up to fight for what they believe in. Anne Moody believed that the civil rights movement was and effective way in addressing these inequalities due to its strong willed and motivated people within along with methods that try to reframe from violent means. Even though by the end she believed that the nonviolent and…

“Colorblindness” in America “We the people” has been the slogan of America for over two hundred years. We pride ourselves on the fact that we want to treat all people of any gender, background, age and race the same. America has come a long way in many areas like woman’s rights and racial equality. We want to think that everything is all fine and dandy when it comes to racism, but we still have a long way to go. According to the Color-Blind Privilege by Charles A. Gallagher, denying race as a…

to the racial discrimination all around the United States. Since then, stories have surfaced relating the mistreatment of the African-American peoples of our nation by white officers. Mike Brown, Eric Garner, and Trayvon Martin have become household names, and riots are breaking…

the whites. The black schools were deprived of resources as compared to the white school this was an intentional way to make black societies develop an anti-school subculture hence under achieve economically. The term subculture refers to a group of people who share same values, norms…