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caused by the war on drugs functions as a system of racialized social control that is similar to Jim Crow. The current criminal justice system in the United States permanently keeps a huge percentage of the African American community out of the mainstream society and economy. The author retraces why the racial hierarchy is happening in chapter 1. Bacon’s rebellion accelerated slavery to settle in United States. Seized with the fear of the alliance of whites and black laborers, the planter…

or they are having nervous breakdowns and questioning what they are doing and at what cost is it actually worth it? I’d choose to question is it actually worth being wealthy and popular if it means having the media following me everywhere I go. Mainstream media has effectively propagandized success to society as a false definition. They want us to think that living in a mansion, having infinite amounts of money at your disposal, and having the latest collection of cars as Jay Leno, high quality…

There’re a lot of kids my age who go with what the mainstream media and listen to what they tell them is cool. I never was that kind of person, and don’t think I’ll ever be. Not saying that the mainstream media content is purely bad but I just can’t listen to most of music they put out. Music to me is a really special thing that makes me feel some type of way. Don’t intentionally search for new music, I like to just have the music find me. When i’m out and about and I hear a certain song that…

In my artistic work, I decided to pursue and address an issue that stands out to me because of its lack of media representation in America in an era where media is more accessible than ever. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is rarely reported in mainstream media in the United States due to its controversial nature. If Americans were better-informed on the subject, then the government’s role in the conflict would become extremely unpopular and fall under societal pressure to stop. It has been…

As this form of factoring becomes more mainstream, attitudes and perceptions are changing. In fact, according to industry experts at Accutrac Capital, industry surveys are revealing that users of invoice factoring rate the benefits of that factoring as significantly higher than traditional nonusers…

Intro The emergence of indigenous courts captures the general public’s attention. Not only deploying innovative practices of justice, it acknowledges the devastating and enduring effects that indigenous people suffer since the period of colonization. Indigenous people continue to be disproportionately disadvantaged in the society. Since the early 90s, nations such as Australia and Canada begin to be more aware of the difficulties that indigenous people have confronted such as the effects of…

encompasses an analysis that considers images in conjunction with text (Landau 2009). Verbal and visual text constitute discourse, so this is not a holistic approach. A focus on textual analysis excludes butch lesbians because, with few exceptions, mainstream portrayals of lesbians are feminine (Urquhart 2014). Indeed, there is a long history of pop culture ignoring butch lesbians (Ciasullo 2001). The exclusion of butch lesbians serves a biopedagogical function. Biopedagogy operates through…

more child with behavior issues, the time spent actually teaching is rarely productive. The needs of children with disabilities are greater than the needs of nuerotypical children and should be treated as such. Putting special needs children in mainstream education, many times it is just setting them up for failure and they are not receiving the appropriate specialized care that, by law, they are entitled to receive (SEDL, 2015). “These students ' problems are severe, pervasive, and chronic -…

political atmosphere of the late 1950’s (Abagond, 2015). The notion of the stereotypical black thug of today took hold in the 1990’s with the advent of gangsta rap (Abagond, 2015). As rap has grown in popularity, integrating the thug stereotype into mainstream movies, television shows and even advertisement campaigns was easy and systematic. The thug is now, such an ingrained notion that when asked, almost anyone from any demographic will most likely give you the same description of what one…

Blues artists have historically represented a politically aware approach to artistic expression as it is rooted in slave songs. Rap music serves as a contemporary version of this as it too stems from African traditions such as black vernacular. Both of these genres of music use african retentions to maintain the spirit of their culture prior to their enslavement, recalling a time when they were free. The elements they incorporate from their past are a reminder to their communities that they are…