People For the American Way

My Responsibility as an American Everyone has many responsibilities as an American. Nobody should just be able to sit around and let the country shape around them. Everyone wants to complain and talk bad about our country but then don’t want to do anything about it. The least any American can do is show some effort and have some responsibilities as an American. There is endless things that we as Americans can do to have a part in the development of this country. People all have their own…

The fact that the Americans were not able to win the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people was the main reason that the Americans lost the war. However, there were multiple reasons as to why the Americans lost the war and the fact the Americans were unable to win the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people was but one of these reasons. One of the main reasons that the Americans were unable to win the Vietnam War was because they were unable to adapt to the new form of warfare. In all of…

Becoming More Inclusive The American Dream- everyone knows what it is, but who can access it? In the past, the only people who’ve been able to achieve the level of success known as the American Dream was generally limited to white men. These days, however, American society is becoming increasingly inclusive to women and minority groups. While Americans still have a long ways to go until equality is completely achieved, many steps have been taken to ensure that all people, regardless of race or…

question how is equality evaluated? Is it the state of mind of being free and being able to do what other people do or is it the doctrines and laws that state you are equal? These…

in white supremacy and the inferiority of other races to the American race. He praised the agrarian lifestyle and believed that it represented the only true American vocation. Due to this notion, he advocated for the assimilation of other races into a homogeneous society based upon American culture. However, Jefferson did not believe that every race had the inherent capabilities of assimilation. He maintained that the African American race and the whites could never coexist in a society together…

Does an HBCU offer an African American student more than a PWI? An HBCU, “is a Historically Black College or University, that was founded by our ancestors to educate us on our history as African-American descents.” Before HBCUs were a thing, African Americans were free slaves that were not allowed to get an education. This did not stop them from learning a way to read, write, and calculate math. The Philadelphia Quakers founded the Institute of Colored Youth, so the children will have the…

with Rosa Parks' refusal to give up a seat on a city bus, started the Civil Rights Movement and has continued to affect American society today. This influential event has changed the social views of Americans and has shown what they are capable of, while introducing men and women who are now familiarly known across the nation. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was making her way home from the Montgomery Fair Department Store. Parks had been new in town, and had found a job as a seamstress'…

years there has been a large debate over whether the football team: the Washington Redskins should change their name. If you said no, imagine if instead of the Redskins it was the Washington Blackskins or Yellowskins. Would you still feel the same way? The Washington Redskins is the National Football League team that represents the United States capitol. The name Washington Redskins hurts the reputation of the team, the NFL, and the capital of our nation. In the piece, “Words that work”, Frank…

their own way. Several times, cultures differ so much that people tend to see cultural habits as unnatural. Two cultures that differ in several ways include Hispanic and American cultures. Some of these ways include food, language, reputation and stereotyping, and nationalism. All these factors differ within the cultures themselves and the people. When examining and comparing the difference between theses two cultures, it becomes evident that the Hispanic culture is superior than the American…

actually the whole world. There are many ways people are harassed or called out by the color of their skin or their sexual preference. Racism, Sexism, ageism, classism, lookism, ableism, speciesism, heterosexism, anti-semitism and much more. In the 1900’s, racism was unbelievable. As in unbelievable, it was way worse than now. Some examples are, black Americans were not allowed to have the same things or privileges as the white Americans. The black Americans were always brutally hurt by the…