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I walked into my class out of breath after climbing three sets of stairs only to find myself without a place to sit. My seat had been taken by someone else. Fortunately for me, one of my classmates was absent, so I sat in her place. The next day the same thing happened and again another girl was absent so I sat in her place. This kept happening and I realized that I had no “real friends” that I could rely on to save me a seat. Did I really know everyone in class? Yes I did. Were they all…

mutually exclusive meaning that if you are part of one culture, in this instance the black culture, then you cannot be part of the other, mainstream culture. This notion of biculturalism is generally assumed by most individuals but in All Our Kin, Stack proceeds to present a different implication as to where Blacks are both committed to black culture and mainstream culture and most importantly that the two are not mutually exclusive as generally assumed. When looking at society as a whole one…

While women involved in the black and non-white feminism movement were concerned with their race, mainstream feminism never had to cross that barrier. In the identities of the women the groups differed. The difference in their goals are apparent when works featured in Nancy MacLean’s The American Women’s Movement, 1945-2000, a chapter by Michelle Wallace…

quality products of the mainstream brands. Although the mainstream companies have had quality issues in the past, the sublicensing fiasco is behind them and the advertisements produced to shape consumer opinion should highlight this fact. Additional ads could focus on the dangerous aspects of not having IMEI codes and how terrorist groups are using these phones. Such actions will create a value added consensus among consumers that spending the extra money for a “safe” mainstream phone is worth…

Because of the lingering questions, mainstream readers require deliberations to properly engage their intellect about the issue at hand. Effectively, after providing proper context and background knowledge to mainstream readers, a convincing study should proffer a deliberation on the actual topic of interest. In Youtube pranking across cultures, the authors provide a long logical…

structural interference; which Green defines as “a type of conflict that occurs when speakers have difficulty decoding mainstream English” (Green, 2002, p.674). This conflict can hider a child’s performance academically. However, there are ways a teacher can assist in closing the learning gap. One strategy for helping African American English speaking students improve their mainstream English reading skills is taking a contrastive approach. Students, with the help of their teachers, point out…

occurred against minorities. While minorities were typically not welcome in the mainstream media, there was nothing stopping ethnic groups from forming their own media. As guaranteed by the United States constitution, every…

The "code of the streets" refers to a set of informal rules guiding interpersonal behavior in inner-city neighborhoods. The rules are established and reinforced through interpersonal contacts in everyday life. Everyone knows that violation of the rules will bring penalties. The police seems to be not carrying too much on the hoods. The guy reported as an shots fired and a man got shot 4 times but, the police are asking "is he still breathing?", and not coming right away. On the other hand, if…

It is often the case that people will group together based on similar interests, styles, and personalities to form smaller cultures within the vastness of mainstream society. In a culture as diverse as America, there are many definitive groups which may be deemed subcultures, but perhaps the most interesting groups are those who find themselves at the fringes of what may be defined as a subculture. So, what exactly outlines the requirements that makes a group of people to be called a subculture?…

In this paper I will discuss how gender is portrayed in the media, define mainstream media, identify the different gender portrayals and then analyze how the different forms of media present today effects our society. I will focus on how mainstream media encourages and reinforces gender discrimination and inequalities on a regular basis. Every day Americans are bombarded with images of how gender should be interpreted and played out within our social environments, so much so, that many people…