Hyphenated American

Since the birth of the NCAA, college athletes have been battling the fight of whether they should be able to receive a salary when they play a sport at the Division One level in college. Universities on average earn millions of dollars of revenue from these athletes, but the athletes that make this revenue possible do not earn any money. College athletes should be compensated for their skills and for the attention and revenue that they bring to their college during the years that the athlete…

Finding Style An author 's style is like his or her signature. It stems from their unique combination of literary elements, and how they weave these aspects into their work. Authors ' styles can be near indistinguishable or the complete antithesis of each other, as in the case of William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway. However, despite the obvious contrasts in the two author’s writings, there are several similarities in their work. Their short stories, Faulkner 's "A Rose for Emily," and…

How does it feel to know that your purpose is rightful, yet be criticized? How should one feel? One is convinced of one’s purpose for doing something for the general good, yet, instead of receiving support from those who are closest to one, one receives rejection, criticism, and judgmental responses that change the spectator’s opinion negatively towards, whatever it is that one is rightfully doing. This is a social problem that has become a trend throughout time. When members of society see that…

Who Are the Real Racists? “White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires … We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it." (Al Sharpton). Who are the real racists? As the media portrays who the racists are, white people and conservatives. Or is it actually, liberals, blacks and most of the media? Racism has existed since the earliest of…

judgment towards any of our fellow citizens, a place where you will be able to raise a family and be able to not only live comfortably but also live without the stereotypes following the appearance you have. This legacy of freedom never included every American citizen, for example…

The American Revolution marked the birth of the United States of America, but the historical events that lead to it are incredibly valuable to the true understanding of how it happened. Discovering how different factors had an affect on the actions and responses from both the English Empire and the American Colonies will show a closer connection of events. Political, social, and economic are the most significant factors in the reasoning behind what caused the American Revolution. It would’ve…

The Declaration of Independence marked the end of the road to the revolution, and marked the beginning of the revolutionary movement in the United States of America. The Declaration of Independence is a document written by a founding father of the “United States of America”, Thomas Jefferson, and declared on July 4, 1776. This documented can be broken down into three pieces, in section one it has simple statements with a specific purpose, the second section included a list of grievances, and the…

Both sides of the American Revolution played key roles in the rupture between the colonist and the British crown. The three most influential individuals who played a key role in creating the rupture between the British crown and soon-to-be United States were King George the 3rd who strained the colonies with taxes to pay off the 7 Years’ War, Thomas Paine who wrote Common Sense which caused contempt between the colonists and the British, and Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of…

are the facts of life.” (295) With these words, Atticus informs Jem that not everything is right and fair. What Atticus meant most importantly by this quote was that not everyone is equal to each other in the world. To be more specific, African Americans and white people are no where near equal. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee, taking place in a little town called Maycomb in about the 1930’s when the Great Depression happened and a series of laws called the Jim Crow Laws…

a married white women falsely accused an African American man of abuse and rape which stirred a fury against African Americans. Fanny’s husband and a group of white men go to nearby towns to investigate and search for the African American male. The African Americans lived in a small town called rosewood, where everything was going well for them. They owned their own businesses and their homes. It was a land of opportunity for the african americans. Their small town quickly became a target by…