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Community Context Matters In the six levels of Spectrums of Prevention, each level is connected to the other levels and reinforces each other. Therefore, my interventions are specifically tailored to the Latino students at Fairfield High community. Prior to implement any intervention, the most important thing is to educate students about the consequences of obesity. Once students fully understand the risks and consequences of obesity and maintaining unhealthy body, they will be motivated to…

Cyclists Lives Matter One second of looking away or at the time was distracted caused a toddler to fall. One second of looking away or at the time was distracted shattered a biker to pieces. Consider bikers as babies and toddlers. In a similar fashion, a toddler roams around freely but the second of looking away, this toddler is injured. Bikers are very enthusiastic and eager and desire to share the roads with other vehicles. Remember the time your father or perhaps your mother taught you how…

In this society whiteness is considered to be the norm, and everyone else second. Throughout history the white race has been put before any other group of people. In a article titled “ The matter of whiteness ” by Richard Dyer he states, “As long as race is something only applied to non white people, as long as white people are not racially seen and named, they / we function as a human norm” (p.10). For example, whites consider themselves as humans and see people of color as raced humans. One…

Black Lives Matter is a movement I strongly support. This is an activist movement fighting against violence and systematic racism towards black people. Yes, all lives do matter, but all lives are not being targeted and singled out like us Black Americans. We are being harassed and humiliated. Innocent men are being thrown in cages for crimes they did not commit. Everyday we walk out our house in fear of what could potentially happen to us because we are Black. And for these reasons I want to…

public and the media. Black Lives Matter, an activist movement that seeks to end violence and racism towards black people, has adopted an idea which the majority of the United States should be able to get behind. For the most part, people tend to agree that nobody should die because of the color of their skin; however, when certain protests and rallies are covered in a negative light, public support for Black Lives Matter becomes deeply divided. Black Lives Matter is an interesting activist…

part of black American lives. As our nation progresses, we should not continue in racism or the racial acts our country was once enslaved in. America needs to outgrow this behavior and appreciate when movements like Black Lives Matter is brought forth. The Black Lives Matter movement was created to make known that America faces a serious issue concerning the lives of black Americans. Movements like this educated people around the country of the ongoing negativity that blacks are experiencing.…

at Truman, I did not realize how my race impacted me on both a personal and global level. I believed we lived in a post-racial society where race and ethnicity did not matter. However, on Monday, November 24th, 2014, when officer Darren Wilson was not indicted for the killing of Michael Brown, I experienced an epiphany: race matters. This stark realization was converted into research and self-containment. I needed to establish a connection with my black identity to achieve inner peace. While…

Hashtag (#) Black Lives Matter The first time I ever even seen or heard of the powerful movement of black lives matter was through my social media twitter account. Shortly after the traumatic incident of Travon Martin is when I was awaken to the police brutality that been continuing on for years and years. The Black Lives Matter hashtag was inspiring to many young adults through social media’s influence and help. According to an article titled, Social Media Usage 2005-2015 stated “Among all…

but there is also white-on-white. Most murders are between our own races. Black Lives Matter focuses on the crime problem too. But it does not show that black people are more violent or dangerous than any other race. Most of it is because blacks are prone to be poorer, a lot more likely to go to a non-affluent school in a bad area, and is more attracted by police ("11 Major Misconceptions about the Black Lives Matter Movement."). Being colored put a target on our back. Another myth they have is…

Black Lives Matter is a black liberation movement that has spurred controversy throughout the country because of their numerous protests and has caused many news sources to write articles arguing for or against their protests by use of ethos, pathos, and logos. The articles that will compared are from The Star Tribune and Black Lives Matter’s website (blacklivesmatter.com) and are titled “Milwaukee violence detracts from goals of shooting protests” and “A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter…