1. Suckerfish "Fuck" is all I can say while reading the time and day on the home screen of my iPhone. I overslept. Today. Technically I'm supposed to be taking an Algebra II exam right now, but that didn’t exactly go as planned. It's supposed to be really important, but in the last couple of months I've managed to completely fuck up my entire life. I’ve lost track of everything. According to my iPhone, it's mid-June, which means that we are in end of school year exam time, but I'm just so over…
The 1998 film American History X, directed by Tony Kaye, delves into issues of race, class, gender and ethnicity as it confronts us with the story of the Vinyard sons Derek and Danny. Reeling from the shooting of their father at the hands of a black gangster, Derek and Danny become heavily involved in a neo-Nazi gang. The movie sheds light on racial tensions and relationships both in everyday Los Angeles and in prison, which stabilize the concepts of race and ethnicity, as they rooted in…
You ain’t my mama So, is it easier to conform or rebel? Are you weak if u conform? or are you strong if you rebel? A better question should be can you deal with the consequences behind rebelling or conforming. Conformity is the act of matching beliefs, behaviors and attitudes to group norms. Rebellion in an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler. At the expense of hundreds of thousands of people conformity has either caused havoc upon one’s life or…
out the things that I am going to need for the spell. I grabbed my container of white chalk, natural sea salt, and crystal pendulum. I took a piece of chalk and drew my circle; It wasn't perfect but close enough due to the years of drawing them. “Fuck no!” Stan yelled. “No fucking magic.” I ignored him and continued on with my task. I grabbed my compass so I can draw the point of the star pointing north. Usually location spells don’t require casting circles, but I didn’t want to use too much…
My story of someone who went against the grain and got unjust punishment for it, is of my English teacher in high school. He was fired for using the word “fuck” in a poem that was part of an AP English course at our public high school. The poem was part of an English assignment that the students did weekly. It was called poetry roundtable. Every student, and the teacher, would write an anonymous poem. Then, everyone would read the poems and try to guess which poem was written by which person. It…
They say that writing what you feel helps you to feel better, to let out the anger and sadness that is swishing away deep inside of you. However, I’m not sure that’s true. See, I feel a lot of different things, none of which are positive emotions and I have a hard time believing that writing is going to soften the blow from these negative emotions running rapidly through my mind. First and foremost, I hate Michigan. Maybe because it’s that I feel Michigan has been nothing but cruel to me. Or…
The highly anticipated Democratic convention of 1968 has finally come to an end, but there still seems to be some animosity between the democrats involved in the convention. I believe the reason for the hostility between the democrats would be that power beat the majority. Even though they did not have the majority of the convention on their side, the more powerful democrats found a way to win the polls. My theory behind the voting is the powerful democrats with the most voting influential…
His myopic view of society leads him to believe that black people are supposed to be tough, ghetto, and “street”. “tougher or something.” illustrates how little he knows about African-Americans. His confused and ignorant tone led him to believe that Fuck was a genuine depiction of African-American life. Naturally, he was confused when he met Monk, who happened to be scholarly and erudite rather than ghetto. His misunderstanding of African-Americans is disturbing. His socioeconomic status has…
It was just an ordinary day, I woke up and I decided I would go to my school and try and work on my Pride Class. I had gone to school plenty of times prior to this day keep in mind. Not one time did anybody ever question me for being there or even tell me that I couldn’t be there. Until two officers and an administrator walk into the classroom I was in. I was sitting down sewing a stuffed animal back together and they circled me and said that I needed to come with them to the office. Once we…
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter featuring Kendrick Lamar sang and rapped Freedom released in 2016 and Niggas Wit Attitudes consisting of: Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, DJ Yella, The D.O.C, and Arabian Prince, also known as N.W.A composed Fuck Tha Police released in 1988 both songs protesting police brutality against African-Americans in the United States of America. Both Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Kendrick Lamar and N.W.A express their disfavor towards the justice system through their music. Police…