Malcolm-Jamal Warner

There were many civil rights leaders and organizations in the 50’s and 60’s that tried to make a difference for African Americans, but none of them compared to Malcolm X. He didn’t just want equality he wanted JUSTICE! Some people thought that he was a terrible person, and that his tactics were too harsh, if anything they weren’t harsh enough. Civil Rights leaders such as John Lewis, Phillip Randolph, Stokely Carmichael, Floyd McKissick, Medgar Evers, and most commonly known Martin Luther…

On May 19th, 1925, the face of the fight against racism was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Born as Malcolm Little, Malcolm X changed his name because he thought Malcolm Little “represented a slave name” (Trueman). Malcolm’s occupation was a human rights activist who fought against racism with the Nation of Islam (NOI). He also had a big role in the Civil Rights Movement as a speaker in many rallies and protests. Some people relate him to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was a fellow human rights…

Cesar Chavez, a labor union organizer and civil rights leader once said “We are also convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence” (lines 12-13). During the 19th century, Dr.Martin Luther King proved that nonviolence was stronger than violence. On the 10th anniversary of King’s death, Chavez wrote an article to support King’s view on nonviolence by using diction, repetition, and emotional appeals. Chavez’s article argues that non violent protest is more efficient than violent means…

Self-Reflection Profile Essay The following self-reflection profile essay highlights my professional and academic experiences as it relates to Gladwell’s 10,000 hour rule. Gladwell presents research from neurologist Daniel Levitin that explains “that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world-class expert-in anything” (Gladwell, 2008, pg. 39). Gladwell states that “outliers in a particular field reached their lofty status through a…

In Byron Willston’s essay, Epistemic Virtue and the Ecological Crisis, Williston goes into Joel Kovel’s ideas of what it takes to get ahead in a capitalist society: “To succeed in the marketplace and to rise to the top, one needs a hard, cold, calculating mentality, the ability to sell oneself, and a hefty dose of the will to power. None of these traits is at all correlated with ecological sensibility or caring, and all are induced by the same force field that shapes investment decisions.”…

Of course, no amount of self-deprecation can mask Gladwell’s phenomenal success. Since the 2000 publication of The Tipping Point, he has been less a journalist than, as Fast Company once deemed him, “a rock star, a spiritual leader, a stud.” Business executives seek him out for his insights, adoring fans stop him on the street to shake his hand, and other writers strive to emulate the genre he essentially pioneered—the idea-driven narrative that upends the way we think about everything from…

because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."- Malcolm X, January 7th, 1965 (Stowers). Malcolm X was the spokesman of the black Americans who were critical of their oppression by white society. His movement of black nationalism called for a change in the social structure and Malcolm X was not going to stop fighting for this progress until it occurred. A man with controversial ideas, such as his opposition to integration, Malcolm X constantly challenged the normal values because he…

How to Succeed is a unique beast of a production as a result of its sorted inception and the characters who contributed to its writing. How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying was first released to the public in 1952 as a satirical self-help book written by Shepherd Mead, an American author hailing from St. Louis (Bio). The book's witty social commentary on the post-war corporate culture of the United States was a hit with the American public and consequently, it became a New York…

Prepare an analysis of Clockwork Orange by identifying how theoretical concepts of crime causation and criminal behavior. This film, to some, is very troubling as the depictions of some behaviors and activities are graphic. The film may be offensive but it must be viewed from an academic perspective. The reality is that there are people who engage in these behaviors on a regular basis and become a part of the everyday professional involvement of criminal justice practitioners. To ignore that…

Thin-slicing is the term Gladwell utilizes to describe when you make snap decisions and to come to conclusions in a very small amount of time. Decisions made extremely quickly can be just as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately, and our unconscious influences our intuition . Gladwell argues that “ there can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in moths of rational analysis.” One has better judgment when exposed to little information, and our decisions made quickly can be…