Hostility

Throughout the several hundred years after slavery, there has been a continued rift or disconnection between African Americans and Africans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved Africans that were transported to the US during the trans-Atlantic slave trades. Since African Americans and Africans are descended from the same rooted African culture, it is reasonable to expect that they would adapt and co-exist in harmony; however, there is tension between the two groups. Compared to…

In the short story With a Little Help From My Friends, there is a moment I would like to go deeper in. "They wanted to know about more important things, such as camels. How many did we own back home? What did we feed them? Was it a bumpy ride?" Is a simple but strong quote within this story. Simply the meaning behind this quote is that Americans ask questions, they cannot help it if they are curious and did not affect her relationship to her community. The main character in the story is named…

The Great War In 1914, an assassin’s bullet initiated a series of events which swiftly engulfed nearly all of Europe in armed conflict. Eventually, a majority of the nations of Europe allied themselves with one of two alliances. One alliance, the Triple Entente, originally consisted of France, the United Kingdom, and the Russian Empire, whereas the other alliance, the Central Powers, included Germany and Austria-Hungary. The equity of the two alliances prolonged the war over several years…

Their lack of fear caused two events to occur. One is the building of its military. To the Israeli’s it was a show of new found power and sovereignty, but to others like Egypt it is a scary thought to have such a powerful neighbor. As a growing threat Egypt and subsequent others were forced to think of worse case scenarios. This is a clear demonstration of a growing security dilemma in the Middle East. The other is the illusion that they were safe from attacks. Even as the date of the attack…

threatened by the customs of their new visitors, federal laws were passed. One of these laws was the Chinese Exclusion Act. The act specifically targeted Chinese immigrants, who happened to be the first group to experience federally authorized racism and hostility (even though they only made up only 3% of the annual immigrants). At the start of the 20th century, immigration regulation expanded its focus onto Japanese immigrants. This brought about…

During California’s Gold Rush in the late 1840s and 1850s migration to the state increased. As a result, foreigners who came to the state, and preexisting Californian residents experienced a challenging and hostile environment established by its Yankee community. Gold had been discovered by Sutter and Marshal and the discovery of gold could not be kept secret. News of gold being discovered spread like wildfire across the nation and around the world (Erik Lecture, 1/27). Susan Lee Johnson…

Music isn’t a real subject. Music is easy. There’s no career in music. Music isn’t important. These are all some common misconceptions surrounding music. Today I will be informing you of the incredible benefits music can bring to our society. This includes the correlation of emotions, brain development and activity via music and music therapy and healing. To begin I will be enlightening you about the correlation of emotions with music. There is little dispute over the fact that music evokes…

Pharaohs of the 18th Dynasty acceded well and vigorous, although very young. It was a dynasty were even women Rulers played a major role behind their husbands for Egypt. This dynasty is one of the most important dynasties to Egypt. It began with the most important Pharaoh, Ahmose I. Ahmose I was the founder of the 18th Dynasty, and reigned through ancient Egypt from c.1539 to 14 BCE. This King, this god to the people, laid down the blueprint for future Pharaohs and the future of Egypt. It is…

watchman greet Beowulf with a good attitude as also the movie but there is one difference when it comes to him greeting him in the movie. In the movie when Beowulf was greeted the watchman wasn't that impressed with Beowulf if anything he showed hostility a little bit if you ask me. Eventually everybody was use to Beowulf and the welcomed him because he wanted to kill the monster they have that goes by the name Grendel.…

“Racism isn’t born folks it’s taught. I have a two-year old son and you know what he hates? Naps. End of the list.” -Denis Leary. Discrimination is an unjust or prejudicial of treatment of different categories of people. It has always been apart of history and it still is today but it comes in different categories from racism to gender and to hate crimes that has been going on for centuries. We hear a lot about racism, which is another category of discrimination, and we all aware when this…