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Adichie. Ifemelu is a young, educated Nigerian woman who satisfies her yearning to travel, abandons her childhood sweetheart Obinze and goes to America without a Green Card to attend college. The story skips between her point of view and Obinze's, yet we are mostly with Ifemelu as she explores her new life in the States. In Nigeria, everybody is dark. There is no separation over race. What she encounters in the US – and after that archives in her blog – is the way racism makes due in the…

rights to the states with little connection to federal authority. It was deemed that people focus their love of country by their state. The state is the sovereign power. Article 2 of the Articles of Confederation states “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.” Every state is still in control of its fate. Individual states could…

While laws and public opinion regarding slavery differed from state to state, and person to person, one thing is certain. It was ever a controversy, stirs up emotion in people lives even today, and we are still suffering from its impacts. Duvall Young“Racial Profiling; African American History”December 15, 2014 These practices…

technology based item if they do not already. The biggest possible television, the newest computer, MP3 players, and, especially, the newest gaming console. These are all things that are to be considered luxury “must-haves” by a vast majority of the United States. Video games have become a big part of everyday life for some. Although video games make up a great deal of today’s entertainment market, there are people who argue that violence in video games is having a negative effect on the…

socioeconomic, religious, and geographic were united in marriage. One was a middle-class family from the island of Grand Bahama. The patriarch, my maternal grandfather, was an executive with the Grand Bahama Power Company. His wife was a secretary for a construction firm. They were by no means wealthy, but they were able to send all three of their children, plus my grandfather’s younger brother Sean, to multiple private schools and universities. The other family is a poorer family from Macon,…

Introduction 3, 4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine is more commonly known as MDMA or its street names Ecstasy or “Molly.” In 1912, it was initially developed as an appetite suppressant and used in the 1960s for psychotherapy medication (CJASN). The drug transitioned into being used recreationally for parties and music festivals that caused feelings of euphoria, heightened emotions, and amplified energy. The drug was banned in 1985 when people became concerned about its safeness. Most of the…

older sisters. The older sisters could already read. Mary taught herself how to read before she went to Primary School. At Primary School, she wrote plays that her sisters and friends performed. After Mary passed year eleven, she attended the independent girls’ school in Dulwich. During that time in England, it was a culture shock to attend an all-girl school. After she finished at the school in Dulwich, Mary attended that Newham…

philosophy did not overtly reflect my background in a manner they expected. “The Hood” is associated with all forms of disenfranchisement: poverty, violence, low employment, lack of public funds, and poor education systems. In the cafeteria of my middle school my peers and I were labeled as “hoodrats”, “ghetto”, or “at-risk”. However, once the bell rang and I returned to my honors classes…

farmer family at Mehsana, North Gujarat in 1945. He completed B.Sc. in Chemistry at the age of 21. First Karsanbhai joined New Cotton Mills, Ahmedabad of the Lalbhai group as lab technician. Then he joined the Geology and Mining Department of the state Government…

In 1701, Hyacinthe Rigaud painted an oil portrait of King Louis XIV. This portrait would soon become one of the most famous portraits of the sun king. All elements of the portrait are meant to show the king’s power and wealth, like the coronation robes, the scepter, and the crown. However, aspects of the portrait ambiguously reflect on Louis XIV’ influence in the fashion industry during the late 17th century. A few examples of this are his wig, his sword and its sheath, and his shoes and…