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    amount of minorities such as the African Americans can not afford to pay for college because most are not wealthy. Lastly, I made both candidates name a allusion. When one thinks about “Shanique” the name, it automatically connects to the thought of a ratchet black name. While “Betty Crocker” on the other hand alludes to the famous white women cookie and cake brand. The fact that it quickly reminds reader that “Betty Crocker” is a white women is exactly the reason why I use her name compare to…

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    work out there and the editors are just not interested. Last year, I was let go from one online writing site after two years. I was told they no longer have a market audience for my genre of writing. I was blown away! I am sorry I do not write about ratchet T.V. or celebrities. I am too busy trying to uplift those who are hurt and need to see a light at the end of the tunnel. It is very hard to be rejected or looked over for something that you know you are great…

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    Blackness In Pop Culture

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    We asked 13 voices in fashion, including stylists, designers, performers, and academics, to share their opinions on fashion’s appropriation of urban street style. What’s at stake when Miley kicks it in Jordans? When James Franco wears rows that riff on RiFF RAFF? When Brooke Candy is photographed by Terry Richardson with a gold tooth? When Hood By Air becomes a Style.com darling? Or when Rick Owens hires an American step team to model his Paris défilé? Should anybody be allowed to wear anything…

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    Before 1911, China was still under absolute monarchy, which was Qing Dynasty. The economy during that period was agricultural based, not by trading or colonies. Unlike Western countries, there was no industrial revolution happened in China. Due to the closed economy (or self seclusion), China did not receive any new technology to improve the developments in many areas. There are three characteristics of the traditional Chinese economy before 1911. The first characteristic is highly productive…

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    Have you ever wondered why your top-loading washing machine has a large bladed spindle located in the middle of its tub? Simply put, that large cylinder, which is refereed to as an agitator, circulates in multiple directions to push and pull the water in the machine. That rotation dispenses the laundry detergent, keeps the load from clumping up in the washer's tub and removes the dirt from your clothes. Like any part on an appliance, the agitator can malfunction. Often, the main culprit of a…

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    Manipulation is a strong and powerful skill. If it is not addressed, especially in a facility holding the mentally disabled, it can lead to grave consequences. The type of manipulation featured in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Ken Kesey is an example that can be seen prominently throughout history. In the book, Nurse Ratched manipulated the patients of the ward to her benefit. The patients were not properly cared for and were abused physically and mentally. Being a former Army nurse,…

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    that its greatest enemy is its own citizen. Although surveillance might hold some merit, in its present form the mass surveillance is certainly on the wrong track. In Harvard Law School National Security Journal, Austen D. Givens talks about the ratchet effect, He talks about how once an anti terrorism law is made, it is difficult to scale back and the law may get misused or misinterpreted with time, the laws that were designed for a particular use can expand and change into something else…

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    Control is the power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events. Many people believe that control is necessary to bring law and order to people and situations that wouldn't ordinary have it. Excessive use of control and propaganda has a negative effect on those it's being enforced upon. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kessy, has a recurring theme of control over people's lives. Nurse Ratched uses oppressive rules and consistent manipulation, to always get the…

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    because people were giving him death threats. Sadly for Ratchett, Piorot declined the case. The first night on the train, Piorot was suddenly awakened by a cry from Ratchett’s compartment next door. Then he hears the wagon lit conductor come near ratchets and ask what is wrong, then a voice responds in French “It’s nothing I am mistaken.” Piorot couldn’t sleep because he notices an odd silence. He ringed the bell and asked for water which he was then informed the train had stopped in a snowbank.…

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    Psychology in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Jacob P. Brugh Fort Mill High School Psychology in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest the film is based off of a critically acclaimed book by the same name written by Ken Kesey. Kesey intended the novel to explore psychological principles and took psychedelic substances to immerse himself in the world of the patients he characterized (Lehmann-Haupt, 2001). The film reflects this, and psychological principles are…

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