Red states and blue states

The world we live in today is empowered by technology. Everything people do all around the world is shared socially online with one another. While this has many advantages, it can leave peoples judgement in the wrong direction in certain situations which can lead to racial profiling. Racial profiling is when an individual has accusations of a person who they feel threatened by or have suspicion of committing a crime. From a symbolic interactionist perspective, this is a serious social problem…

Mexican -American novelist, poet, and short story writer, grew up in Chicago during the 1960’s; she was divided between her Mexican and American cultures. Cisneros focuses her literary works on the Latino experience and women’s experience in the United States as well as topics such as oppression, poverty, and feminism. She has won many awards for her accomplishments in literature. Cisneros’ life impacted her works because of her cultural background, her living conditions, and her perspective on…

color or the lack-of-color. Heizer’s works are empty spaces and by default are black or grey, the few art pieces that are actual sculptures are bland in color as they reflect the muted colors of their materials. Alternately, Borofsky uses bright blues, reds, and yellows to give off happiness in his work. This prominent use of color is a result of the type of art he aims to create, art that brings joy and has the ability to elicit healing for all the people that view his…

In the present day, most of the countries visited are filled with all types of races and cultures. The world is a big melting pot, a mixing of cultures, beliefs, backgrounds, and religions. This can be most notably seen in the Unites States and various countries throughout Europe. As the world evolved and nations began to grow, different types of races and cultures were put at the bottom of the social class. History has revealed a nation battled itself, the American Civil War, just for equality,…

The Great Smoky Mountains is where Thomas Wolfe’s play The Mountains takes place. Although Wolfe doesn’t delve deep into the environment of the mountains themselves one can feel the mountains surrounding the play itself. The Great Smoky Mountains is a place full of plant life and animals. Surrounding all this plant life and animals are the mountains themselves and the history they tell. The Great Smoky Mountains at its highest areas is roughly about 6000 feet above sea level (Hadley 1). These…

Growing up in a Hawaiian/white family I have always been surrounded by both cultures; from experiencing what it means to be a local in Hawaii, to experiencing a Haole (or white) culture. I have seen it all in regards to how each culture is different, along with how each culture reacts to one another; however, there is one issue, that when observing both sides of these cultural backgrounds, we see repeated over and over again between the two-that issue is racism. “Prejudice and discrimination…

E. Lee dismissed guerilla warfare as dishonorable and immoral. It was akin to shooting a man in the back, they said. Today, guerilla warfare forms the foundation of modern military strategy. No longer do we march our armies into open fields wearing blue uniforms. Instead, soldiers wear camouflage, guns have silencers, snipers are stationed hundreds of meters from the heart of the battle, and stealth bombers patrol the skies. War evolves, and military strategy evolves with it. The introduction…

time to read this letter. I am writing to send you a proposed amendment on the current system of American government; with this amendment, “The United States will no longer run on a party system of government and all political parties in the United States will be hereby disestablished”. While this amendment may cause a great change in the United States system of government, it will be worth it. Firstly, this amendment will expand the freedom of your constituents. With the removal of the party…

parties want to elect officials who identify and associate themselves with the groups. But generally speaking political parties are basically networks of people who share common political goals. There are many small political parties within the United States such as the Libertarian…

in the United States. The Obama’s victory was celebrated around the world, American people reputation painted a positive picture; the land was admired by leaders around the world over the great decision they made. The victory was recognized by the then outgoing President George Bush, and Bush related the victory to a triumph of the story of America; which Americans can be proud. The announcement or rather report of the victory on media was an automatic alarm of joy across the States that…