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Carrie Mae Weems is best known for her black and white photography, which is based around racial issues such as racism and stereotyping. In the series “ain’t jokin” Weems covers many stereotypes and issues African Americans deal with on a daily basis. Weems aims to bring to light the racist issues from not only other races but racism within the black community. The series Ain’t Jokin hit these problems face on. Weems an African American herself has faced many of these issues in her own life,…

was a long term American Policy of promoting home ownership. The main aim was to make the financing of a new home as easy as possible for the homebuyer. Overtime, various financial institutions have been set up to promote homeownership such as Fannie Mae (The Federal National Mortgage Association). This government sponsored enterprise (GSE) was founded during the great depression by Congress, its aim was to stimulate the housing market by making more mortgages available to moderate-to-low income…

itself across the top portion of the photograph. Between the two of them, a town huddles in shadow. The viewer finds herself unable to look away from the photograph. There seems to be some dark truth in it. “Invisible Borders,” a color photograph by Mae Kelley, was taken from a boat about a mile off shore. The perspective captures a portion of the town that runs along the beach, but the buildings, silhouetted in the afternoon light, blend into a strange, dark mass. Only the windows of a few…

The reasons of the fraud are results from privileges that both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are granted from the U.S. Congress. They are government-sponsored enterprises which are chartered by the Congress, enjoy special privileges from the Federal Government such as exemption from federal and state income state, credit support from the U.S. Treasury; moreover, they are not subject to standard financial disclosures. Lack of effective and sufficient internal control is also another reason for this…

Essie Mae Siglar, my grandmother and best friend. Unfortunately she passed in April of 2014, but she left with a trail of happiness and success. She has played a very influential part of my life. Without her, I don't think I would be the man young man I am today. I used to remember when I got in trouble with my mom, she would talk to me about what I did before my mom even talked to me about my mistakes. She wouldn’t talk to me in an angry tone or disappointed, it was more motivational. I would…

Midterm Prompt 2: Ida Mae Brandon Gladney’s Migration Narrative In her book “Who Set You Flowin’?”, Farah Jasmine Griffin outlines the four major themes of Great Migration narratives. She claims, “The narrative is marked by four pivotal moments: (1) and event that propels the action northward, (2) a detailed representation of the initial confrontation with the urban landscape, (3) and illustration of the migrant’s attempt to negotiate that landscape and his or her resistance to the negative…

Sallie Mae Fisher is a recently widowed, depressed, 82-year-old-female with congestive heart failure (CHF), atrial fibrillation, and hypertension. She has been hospitalized four times for CHF exacerbation. With limited family support, and a long list of medications, she is having difficulty managing her CHF. During a home health visit, the nurse and nursing student assess Sallie Mae and identify several concerns. This essay will define and prioritize those concerns, and list four interventions…

Boss Lady Mae is a multi-talented force of nature. She achieved Best-Selling Author status after Book 1 of the Boss Ladies (5 Book Series) had over 45k downloads in two days. To top it all off, Boss Lady was rising to Stardom with Boss Ladies on the Move (BLOTM), the group for Forward-Thinking Women in Business that she founded. What should have been the best year of her life with two best-selling books on Amazon, all the buzz about BLOTM, and the launching of her new magazine, HBOSS ATL, but…

My person is Mae c. Jemison. I chose her because she is so inspiring to other african american female women. She shows them that females can do more than what the society labels them to do. I bet it was her for her because she was the only African american female in NASA at the time. Lets see how her life went. Mae c.Jemison born october 17,1956 in decatur alabama. But considered chicago illinois to be her hometown.Her parents are Charlie and Dorothy Jemison born and raised in chicago. Her…

In the documentary Race: The Power of an Illusion Mae Ngai a historian describes how the United States historically has always been highly racialized. Since the industrialization period immigrants were viewed as lazy and even stupid, american society even separated whites into different categories Europeans like the Italians, Slavs, and Jews were seen as lower class whites. These white newcomers were forced into low paying jobs and slums, while Mexicans, Blacks, and Chinese were labeled as…