Neighborhood of Make-Believe

or gender will always continue to be wrong and unjust. Discrimination itself is defined as: “the prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex” (Merriam-Webster). Many people believe that discrimination and racism are things of the past, however, they are still very prevalent in today’s society. Every day, more and more people are being discriminated against and not enough individuals are taking action to put a stop to the…

is we must realize what a dwarf planet is not. A planet is defined in three ways, 1. It is in orbit around a star, 2. It is spherical, 3. It is not a satellite, 4. It has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. A dwarf planet must follow steps 1, 2, and 3 however they do not follow number 4. To clear the neighborhood means to clear the area around its orbit. When they were defining a planet this was a major point, which made astronomers determine Pluto to not be a planet. Pluto is not the…

Community policing does not just make the public feel better about the police, but it helps police to feel better about the community they serve. It is easy for the police to get burnt out about the people they serve because most of the time the people they deal with on a regular basis do not appreciate what they do. Nonetheless, when officers develop a better relationship with the community they see that some of the people in the community do appreciate the sacrifice they make and are…

progressed and the amount of blacks that were being cheated grew, so did the amount of awareness surrounding this issue. More and more blacks were beginning to stand up for themselves, by trying to renegotiate their contracts or simply by just ceasing to make their payments. In doing this, they were identifying and legitimating their problem, which was that no mortgages were being offered to blacks. After they were able to get past the public arena and the political realm they were finally able…

lived to the border; that I could walk to the border, and if I kicked my ball over my fence, it would land in the Rio Grande River. Besides growing up very close to the border, I believe I had a normal life. I grew up in a normal house, on a normal street, and had normal neighbors. Besides the normalcy of my neighborhood, my mother and father believed that I still needed to learn about my culture. My parents…

important hard work and dedication truly is, and that nothing worth having comes easy. Self-motivation is one of the many skills that are important to develop. Other skills include helping others, taking initiative, and being a responsible student. I believe that being accepted into National Honors Society would be an overall reflection of my determination to not only work towards these…

can be obtained by force, it cannot be secured and maintained, especially in modern society, without the element of consent.”. (67). Omi and Winant make it clear that tactics of the past, like genocide and segregation, will not be effective, so instead white people have given minorities some say in how they are ruled to give the illusion of control. Toni Cade Bambara may have experienced feelings like this in her own childhood in segregated 1940’s Harlem and chose Sylvia, the narrator and main…

Next, my mom told me we would go into neighborhoods and practice driving around cars. With that, I left for one of the nearby neighborhoods and started driving. Initially, I would drive close to the cars parked on the side of the road until my mom told me to start driving in the middle of the road. This quick fix made it much easier for me to make turns. Then, I decided to practice my braking and accelerating skills whenever I stopped at a stop…

police departments, working hand and hand with surrounding neighborhoods. This is when they shifted there view of “Traditional” crimes and looked toward “Quality of life”…

questions were asked: What do you believe Jamaica Plain needs in regards to hospice? How can Caregroup better impact our community? What is cultural competency to you? (Dimock, n.d.). She stated that regarding hospice “Jamaica Plain needs understanding, care, and cultural competent nurses. It needs more specific outreach programs for hospice, on the same level programs for blood pressure detection and education”. Regarding, how Caregroup can better impact the neighborhood, she stated “…with…