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    the grandmother, he wants me to be raised in African culture. In his mind I should know how to cook African food in order for me to be a good African housewife. Not only in China these people have these ideologies, everywhere including Africa, United States, and other countries. The grandmother’s main character traits are fierce, judgmental and sexist. The grandmother…

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    City, and by 1940, 88 percent of Puerto Ricans lived there ... By 1970, just 59 percent of stateside Puerto Ricans sill lived in New York.” The immigration of them to New York created imperialism amongst them, it is shown in the film by the Jets gang, who look to bother the Puerto Ricans, the government like the police who accuse the Sharks of cutting one of the Jets member in their first confrontation, and then before the final battle the sheriff says he’s willing to help hurt and capture…

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    Essay On Sinaloa Cartel

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    out on an area called the Golden Triangle. On January 8th of 2016, they recaptured him in the city of Los Mochis. This arrest ended one of the most massive manhunts of all time involving help from the United States and all of their law enforcement. During this capture, it left five of his gang members dead, and four…

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    Essay On Military Culture

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    enlistment time frame has been served before being tattooed. An aspect of military culture is uniformity. It is impossible for the military to govern the type of tattoos individuals place on themselves. Tattoos depicting sexual provocative imagry or gang related symbols that can be hidden in a variety of different ways, never noticed by untrained individual, could cause a division inside the military community. Individuality in essence is why majority of people have tattoos, as they are…

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    El Salvador Flag Essay

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    Flag The blue and white colors to represent the colors of the United Provinces of Central America. -This is a Union of Central America after they had gotten their independence from Spain El Salvador’s flag includes all equal bands These bands go from the color dark blue,then white inbetween and then another dark blue band The coat of arms is placed in the center of the flag The coat of arm includes a triangle with five volcanoes, these volcanoes represent former member of the Central American…

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    The Barrow Gang 1930's

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    The Barrow Gang The 1930’s were a time of hope, despair and vulnerability for the United States. The Great Depression destroyed the American economy and left millions of people without money, homes, or food. American people deserted their foreclosed homes and found themselves living in Hoovervilles, which were shanty insufficient neighborhoods built in the suburbs of big cities. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the two most recognized members of The Barrow Gang, took advantage of the tanking…

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    Example Of Conflict Theory

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    opportunities. Although we enjoy putting filters of this concept it is still visible throughout the United States and the rest of the world. But now in modern times the concepts behind conflict means something else; it means that a change is brewing. The change can include anything from governmental to a change in how we view each other, and even ourselves. The article Shuttling Between Nations, Latino Gangs Confound The Law is a prime example of how we change to be or not to be a stereotype…

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    People began to cause riots and revolt against law enforcement. Gang warfare dominated the streets of America’s large cities. One of the biggest acts of gang violence was the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. In 1929, ten years after The Prohibition Act was passed, seven men were gunned down in Chicago. The men who did the killing were dressed as police men and were part of a rivalry gang. The attack was supposedly led by the notorious gangster, Al Capone, who came to a rise…

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    Crips & Bloods: Made in America is a documentary about the genesis of the two most notorious gangs in America. The documentary covers many circumstances that paved the way to an unavoidable outcome. African Americans were always oppressed by the White Americans since this country was formed. But as civil rights movements and fight for equality became successful for the older African American generations, the new generation felt another sense of discrimination from the White Americans. The bad…

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    The United States should legalize marijuana on the federal level. The legalization of marijuana could boost the economy in various ways. Marijuana also has many medical properties and industrial qualities that can help. The legalization of marijuana could also lower the criminal activity and war on drugs. It would also allow social security and welfare to increase funding for those needing the help. There are various economic reasons to legalize the use of marijuana. There would have to be…

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