Michelle Obama

Barack Obama is the first African American president for the United States and is known for his “change” slogan. Obama was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. When Barack was 4 years old, his mother, Ann Dunham married Lolo Soetoro. Her husband was from Indonesia and studied at the University of Hawaii.…

likely refrain for questioning any other information provided to them. In the text, rhetoric is defined as the means in which one communicates or influences another using methods of persuasion. One might notice this throughout their normal routine on apps such as Spotify, Snapchat, or YouTube. For instance, when watching a friends story on the Snapchat app, advertisements disrupt your browsing, promoting different candidates. “Misogynistic regimes, wall street insiders, corrupt dictators. They…

death penalty targets blacks.” (Rosich) In recent years, the long-felt effects of the criminal justice system’s policies such and Mandatory Sentences, Stop and Frisk, and the 1994 Crime Bill has been at the center of much debate. With authors such as Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow and documentaries such as 13th, an Ava Duvernay film that provides an in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and reveals the nation's history of racial…

In Michelle Alexanders “The New Jim Crow” she discusses the problem the black community faces of not having fathers in kids’ lives. To start off she brings up a speech that President Barrack Obamas gave at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago. Obama brings up the fact that in the African American culture there are way too many fathers missing from their families’ lives and how they are not taking over their responsibilities. Obama is asking for everyone to realize that the problem is real and…

In recent years, musicians have routinely used their voices in efforts to support or protest politicians and their policies. Some artists choose to release public statements in support of or decrying political candidates, while others choose to support or decry candidates by penning or dedicating songs to them. Oftentimes, especially in this past Presidential election cycle, musicians have denied political candidates permission to use their music in campaigning efforts. Some of these artists may…

president. What was most interesting was that Hillary Clinton faced a different type of criticism than her male counterparts while running for president. The dissimilar types of backlash Clinton received as opposed to her then opponent—President Barack Obama—and her male counterparts running for the Republican Party nomination were very interesting and often times very sexist. Though, since 2008 to now the discussion has definitely shifted to one…

Dream Still Possible?”(David Wallechinsky 55) implies that even tho in the 21 century will all the many new innovative ways to be successful with the internet, that it is still hard for many families to survive financially in the United States. “Michelle, 19, is a freshman at the University of California at Merced. She says she is concerned about the financial burden her education is placing on her family”(David Wallechinsky 57), being a student at a prestigious university can be both a positive…

Bryonna Williams Dr. Dubose English Honors 101:04 13 November 2017 Argumentative Essay One The United States has reluctantly adjusted to the new presidency, but what would happen to America if President Trump was impeached? Donald Trump currently possesses the highest executive officer of the modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States. Mark Yarnell said “a leader is someone who demonstrates what’s possible.” According to Sean Stewart Price, “it takes a special kind of person,…

The Obama’s are a dyad structurally, specifically, how they are composed on a personal level; Barack (Father), Michelle (Mother), Malia, and Sasha. Or as America’s First Family where Barack is The President and Michelle is The First Lady, where the roles as Mom and Dad take a secondary role. They adhere to social norms where the “behaviors they comprise are goal-directed, these goals include: to behave effectively, to build and maintain relationships, and to manage self-concept” (Cialdini &…

Thomas Jefferson penned one of the most famous documents in United States History: the Declaration of Independence. Separation from the oppression caused by Great Britain was definitely a relief to the new inhabitants of the New World. Within that document lied a phrase that liberated many people when it came to how the New World was ran: all men are created equal. However, even before the Declaration of Independence was drafted in 1776, that statement failed to be upheld. In 1619, a Dutch man…