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The news that airs on T.V. usually ran by majority of white representatives, speaking of the crimes minorities have committed seem to be very biased. The numerous times FOX, NBC, ABC and even CNN have a white cast member overpowers the amount of blacks seen on any news program and this issue is nothing new in America. In “A Diversity Problem” written by Elizabeth Mcbride, she talks about the issue with the “overwhelmingly white”…

The number of schools requiring students to wear school uniforms has been on the rise for the past couple of years. At public schools in the US, one out of every five has reported that students are required to wear uniforms from 2013-2014, as compared with one in eight requiring uniforms from 2003-2004. And with the rise in this school policy, so follows the continuation of the debate on whether kids should or should not be required to wear uniforms. Personally, I firmly believe that children…

While there are many conspiracy theories about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy’s death and his assassin, I agree with the majority that Lee Harvey Oswald was indeed set up as a patsy to hide the real truth. The top three conspiracies which support this idea are the CIA theory, FBI/Secret Service theory, and the Soviet Union/Cuba theory. Even though all of the theories have different “why’s and how’s” to how the assassin came to be, they all share one common feature. Which is…

Hispanic Stereotyping Many Hispanics come to America seeking a good life, amazing education, and the “American dream”. Many of these Hispanics are discriminated or assumed they are illegal immigrants that need to be deported. Many Latinos are seen as gang bangers, lazy, criminals, and Drug addicts. But they are so much more than that, and without them the U.S wouldn’t be as successful as it is today. Many people today discriminate Hispanics because of a lot of efforts to remove illegal…

Since television personality and real estate developer, Donald Trump, announced his candidacy for the 2016 Presidential Election on June 16, 2015 at Trump Towers in New York City, using the slogan “Make America Great Again”, he has made racist comments about Asians and African Americans and has expressed an Islamophobic attitude. He even went so far as to mock New York Times reporter, Serge Kovaleski, who suffers from arthrogryposis, which limits the movement of his arms. Trump claimed to have…

For our media literacy project, we decided to focus on social media and its impact on journalism. Social media plays a huge part in modern society, and it has affected many things; be it positive or negative. For journalists it has also had good and bad outcomes. Journalists have had to adapt to our changing culture by understanding the value social media has in regards to today’s news. Social media has changed many aspects of journalism. Now, for the consumer, sharing news has become more…

“Empire Liquor Mart” “Empire Liquor Mart (9127 S. Figueroa St.)” by Gabriel Kahane is a song about how black people have experienced oppression throughout history. The song tells the story of a young girl name Latasha, who was shot and killed in a liquor store in Los Angeles, while trying to purchase some orange juice. The owner accused Latasha of stealing the orange juice even though she had the money to pay for it. After being accused, Latasha and the clerk who was Korean got into…

Hollywood screenwriter Harvey Weinstein and director James Toback have just been accused of sexual harassing over thirty-eight women. The former NBC Today Show host and television journalist Matt Lauer also got fired because he was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women. The former Chief Justice and Senate candidate Roy Moore got accused of sexual misconduct and sexual assaults as well.…

According to NBC and MSNBC, the statistics were disproportionally African-American and Latino. 53% for the prior and 34% for the latter. Now, going back up into details about Kalief’s early life, he was born into the peripheral. A system that many know exists, but choose…

Life is flustered with a mountain of decisions that can shape people’s lives for either the better or the worse. Children are told the importance of standing out from their peers and to be themselves, yet Children tend to assimilate to their peers ideas, customs, and behaviors. Some may argue that assimilation is outgrown as those children reach adulthood, but sadly that is not the case. The 1994 classic film “Quiz Show,” follows the journey of different players deciding to be unlawful and…