It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Here, the boys could be children. They could let their imaginations run wild and they could just take a break from the horrible life they have waiting at home. Lafeyette and Pharoah are a part of large family living in the Chicago projects. Their mother, Lajoe, has eight children; the three older ones have slowly fallen off the deep end, but the five younger have a chance to do good. Lajoe takes great pride in her children and does everything she can to raise them to be upstanding citizens and…

Before the race even started, he knew how important it was to beat the USSR into space, writing that “There is something more important in front of us than any ultimate weapon. That is the ultimate position-the position of total control over earth that lies somewhere out in space” (Reichstein 115). He also managed to convince JFK of the importance of the space race, resulting in JFK’s promise to land…

adequate medical and mental health services, and perpetuation of gang related violence among the youth offenders. (Shouselaw,p.?). We as a society have to raise the question? How have these problems and issues gone unaddressed for so long? Who do we hold accountable for these allegations? Therefore, asking how this effects their psychological development and how much of it impacts their social interactions and behavior. Youth advocates have argued that juvenile youth offenders’ brains are not…

resilience in the face of deadly oppression.” The purpose of the Black Lives Matter movement is to aid the black people in our society that basically have little or no power. For example, fighting against black poverty and genocide, and the fact that 2.8 million black people are imprisoned in this country which is a form of violence. The movement brings light to the way that black people are denied basic human rights in most of our states, especially in Southern states like Florida and Missouri.…

stepping into an establishment of judgemental peers is traumatizing. Feeling attacked and uncomfortable, grades may falter and communication may be lost. Even if no one is noticing them, they will feel as if they are being broadcasted for the entire nation to watch. Young girls will not want to go out for a sport and wear the revealing uniforms. Instead, girls will spend money and time trying to look the part, and dress for success because this is what media has taught them is important. Females…

Although gaming with friends and going to conventions can be fun, staying at home and playing games with family brings enjoyment too. Seeing mother and father’s reactions to a game can cause children to laugh and have fun. Now that board games and puzzles have been made obsolete, video games were bound to target family fun. Many games have been created specifically for families to enjoy. One way to tell if a game is appropriate for family fun would involve looking at the game’s rating. The…

Sexual Assault: What is at stake? Sexual Assault… These words echoed in my mind when I learned this would be our topic for the unit. A million racing thoughts suddenly stopped with a screeching halt. Sexual assault has been prevalent in contemporary society, forcing the topic to be embedded into the consciousness of Americans. Before I began this journey of discovery, I thought I could grasp the concept and the implications of the rape culture in society. But that confidence has eroded, as I…

media that these beauty notions are made recognizable to the world. K-pop has a negative effect on body image within South Korea as millions of boys and girls alter their appearance to follow the lead/ example of their K-pop idols. Similarly, this negativity effects the already existent colorist ideas within South Korean society as the need to have paler and "milky"…

Wounded Knee). The Government knew that AIM meant business, so they sent over the FBI to attempt to hinder AIMS momentum, and to stop it before the media got hold of the story. Fire between the two sides were often exchanged, resulting in “two Native Americans [being] killed and a federal marshal permanently paralyzed by a bullet wound,”( AIM Takes Wounded Knee). AIM eventually yielded; AIM brought their case to court and “in a subsequent trial, the judge ordered their acquittal because of…

most of the people were agricultural laborers bound under the feudal system to work on his lord’s estate. Document 2 1. One reason they declined is because the empire was too large. It would take weeks to set up meetings and they could not control all parts of the empire at the same time. Also it would take to many men to guard the whole empire if they were to be attacked. Christianity is another reason why Rome declined. It…