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    operating in Algeria in the period between 1969 and 1972, (Meghelli, 2009). The party was incepted on October 15, 1966, with its core activity of arming citizens' patrols to monitor the behavior of police officers and challenge police brutality in Oakland, California United States. The Black Panther Party was created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. The party was originally referred to as the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. In 1969, the party took the community social programs as the…

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    One of the founders Bobby Seale of The Black Panther Party just turned 80 old, and they show how the Black community of West Oakland, California came out to celebrate his life. Mr. Seale spoke on how The Black Panther Party is continuing what had started by in 1960. Moreover, he said they don’t carry guns now they carry their cell phone to take pictures and record any injustice…

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    Season long fantasy football is a game played by millions across the United States, and recently a new form of it has become popular too, daily fantasy football. In this format you draft a new team every single week. Because fantasy football is a game of skill, the government does not consider it gambling, therefor making it legal to place wagers on your teams on sites like Fanduel. In reality, luck is involved, but if you look at some advanced statistics you can eliminate a lot of the gamble. I…

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    In the novel as stated earlier the Oakland Athletics were one of MLB’s lowest payroll teams, yet they were one of the best teams in baseball. So how did they do that? Having not enough money to sign all the best players, Billy Beane, the general manager of the team, had to find other ways…

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    University of California, Berkeley, a prestigious world’s leading institution which is renowned for the scope of publication and research, has become the dream of many passionate young people. What have brought me here is not just my academic performance in college, but also the cultural capital that was passed from my parents and the opportunities that the community and schools have provided to me. Emile Durkheim argues that education is “the image and reflection of society”(Durkheim).…

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    Despite being an incredibly profitable $10 billion dollar enterprise, MLB baseball certainly has its share of issues. And no one associated with the game on that level will tell you any different. There is one dispute, however, that it doesn’t have as its annual spring training comes to a close – at the core of the game – it’s all about hope. Like spring itself; the advent of the baseball season, akin to the Lenten season it always coincides with, symbolizes a much needed renewal. Baseball…

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    Panther Party. Newton was born in Louisiana on February 17, 1942 and then his family moved to Oakland in hope of having a better life. He similar to many other Black children faced discrimination at school, teachers made him believed that white people were “smart,” while Black people were “dumb.” Since he believed in that stereotype he began to adapt a rebellious attitude. Newton began attending Oakland City College where he entered Afro-American Association, which’s main goal was to create…

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    was a part of it. I began to think of the collective group and what was happening around me. We started to move, and the next thing I know we had walked all the way to Downtown Oakland, four miles from where we began. On our way, a group stormed the freeway and someone was hit by a car and was sent to urgent care. In Oakland tensions were even higher than they were on Sproul Plaza as people began to set literal fire to the street. I participated with the chants “No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist…

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    Observation In Detroit

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    Subsequent to watching the video, I was exceptionally stunned and I couldn't get over the feeling for some time. The video demonstrates to us the truth and current states of two states: Oakland and Detroit. I was shocked in light of the fact that I contemplated the issues that they are confronting at this moment; notwithstanding, the truth was much more regrettable than I suspected. Despite the fact that we are living in a similar day and age, I could discover that each place has its own…

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    Orange's portrayal of a powwow at the Oakland Coliseum, a structure akin to those I may design, prompts reflection on the dual nature of built environments. While the coliseum serves as a gathering place for Indigenous communities, it also becomes a site of violence in the novel. This juxtaposition…

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