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Almost a century following the apparent freeing of slaves in the United States, institutionalized racism in our society has evolved into a whole different type of beast. It has become more concealed, blurring the lines that determined who is responsible for the hindrance of equality experienced by the black population. Instead of pointing towards the plantation owners and Jim Crow laws who had a direct, visible effect on black people’s lives, the oppressed are forced to attempt to point to…

Growing up, from when I was a toddler all the way through 8th or 9th grade, skating and Skate City was a major destination in my life. When I was 6 years old living in Germany, one of my favorite family outings was going to the skating rink. I remember going for my brothers’ birthday parties or going with our church family. It was always a big group affair. When I moved to Aurora, CO in 2006—about 4th or 5th grade—my dad and I started going on “Daddy-daughter dates” to Skate City, just the two…

Col. Russell Williams, 23 year career in the military, Base Commander in the largest air force base in all of Canada and has transported some of the highest dignitaries to our country as a pilot. But how could someone so accomplished and highly regarded end up incarcerated for life? Let me start by giving you a look at his life before, during and after his career in the military. Born in Bromsgrove, England, his family moved to Chalk River, Ontario and met another family, the Sovka’s. The 2…

A color guard line is part of most high school and college marching bands. Sometimes known as a drill team, the guard line is responsible for providing a visual effect to the music being played on the football field. The speed and direction used to twirl the multicolored flag takes a great amount of upper body control and dedication. In order to demonstrate a standard drop spin on a flag, you must be able to identify the different parts of the flag, to pay close attention to the details of…

Many people nowadays have no clue how to play or how America’s pastime works. Football is arguably America’s favorite sport, and the lack of people who understand this game is surprising. There are many variations of this great sport with simple and specialized rules. The basic rules of the great sport can be very simple as long as you pay attention. While playing football you have a goal of taking the ball from one end of the field to the other without having to handover the ball to the other…

In the face of conflict, it is human nature to react in anger, but the reaction of a Christian, who knows God’s words react with patience, love, kindness, forgiveness, prayer and knowledge. The problem with today’s society is that we spend our time and efforts in conflict with different races, cultures, and lifestyle choices. We are constantly fighting for equality, to where as we should be fighting for unity. Instead, we should be spending our efforts reaching out in love and respect,…

Sports is a big aspect of high school life, especially the sport of football. The films The Blind Side, Remember the Titans, and Friday Night Lights, all revolve around the sport of football and how it manages to change the lives of the athletes. Among these films, the main themes I will focus on will be on the impact of being in a team and the influence an authority figure has on the athletes’ lives. I will begin with examining the theme of being a part of a sports team and how much growth it…

This paper will attempt to further support the claim made by Tim Cook that rum was more than a drink, but a “medicine” for Canadian soldiers during the Great War. However, he asserts that prohibition was viewed as “patriotic” for those back in Canada. The dichotomous perspectives of rum and its necessity during the war is prevalent in the pieces by Cook and Thompson, as well as the primary documents consisting of letters sent home from soldiers that address and make mention of rum. The paper…

Ryan Coogler was also concerned with creating a multidimensional character when he crafted Fruitvale Station. The film tells the last day in the life of Oscar Grant, a young unarmed black man who was murdered by police on New Years in 2009 at a BART station in Oakland, California. The event struck Coogler hard. He was still in college when it happened, and the shooting took place in the community he grew up in. Much like the rest of the directors, Coogler’s personal relations to the material is…

In chapter three, “Black Faces in High Places”, Taylor discusses the rise of Black political power and its consequences for the Black poor and working class. Johnson’s War on Poverty and Great Society programs, between 1965 and 1972, created many job opportunities for Black workers. African Americans became wealthy enough to “live in spacious homes, buy luxury goods, travel abroad on vacation, spoil their children- to live, in other words, just like well-to-do white folks” (81). The emergence of…