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The movie Fruitvale Station is a strong movie that emphasizes the struggle of the poor-minority community, shows the prejudice that the police in our everyday society have, and walks through the life of Oscar Grant III, 24 hours before his murder. The ethnophaulism that is used is both derogatory and uncalled for; As well, the prejudice that someone encounters on a daily basis is unbelievably sad. The struggles of minority people in the United States often disregarded, and the outcome of hate…

LAPD captured Rodney King and as he came out from his taxi that he was driving, he was welcomed with a severe brutal beating and clubbed by the police about sixty times. After he had been captured, he was confined in jail by the police for four days in the pretense of conducting investigations. After the four days, the prosecutors alleged that they found no sufficient evidence to try him. However, this was just an excuse or mask to try to evade the three Los Angeles police officers who were…

Broken windows in other terms are known to be neglected communities which involves crimes. In 1969, Philip Zimbardo, a psychologist from Stanford University, ran a field study. Zimbardo abandoned two cars in two very different places: one in a mostly poor, crime-ridden section of New York City, and the other in a fairly affluent neighborhood of Palo Alto, California. Both cars were left without license plates and parked with their hoods up. After just 10 minutes, passersby in New York City began…

first two. Rodney first begins by saying that the burden of the black intellectual is to combat the onslaught of “white cultural imperialism.” (Rodney 62) Here, Rodney is essentially saying that the black intellectual is responsible for the dissolution of social myths and ideologies that exist within society that befall those who are of African descent. Secondly, Rodney advocates that black intellectuals be “connected to the happenings of the black masses.” (Rodney 63) In this, Rodney is saying…

RODNEY AND THE PEOPLE VS. LAPD Let's take it back to about 24 years ago. The year of 1992 to be exact. Rodney Glen King III was one of the first known victims of police brutality and his story lives on till this very day. It all started in Los Angeles , California on March 3,1991. King was severely beaten by 4 LAPD officers suffering the extreme injuries of a fractured facial bone, broken right ankle, multiple bruises,lacerations, and permanent brain damage. The incident was filmed by witness…

Born on February 18, 1965 Dr. Dre, Andre Romelle Young, is a real example of starting from the bottom. Growing up in a family where both of his parents were musicians he grew a large interest in the music industry. Dr. Dre began as a DJ, working only in nightclubs and parties, but this all changed when he, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Yella, MC Ren, the Arabian Prince and the D.O.C. created N.W.A, a hip-hop group. This group is what changed his life forever, he was able to release hard hitting albums…

On April 29, 1992 began a riot later called The Rodney king riots. This riot began because the four white police officers who brutally beat Rodney King, a black man, didn’t get convicted for the crime. The “not guilty” verdict was carried live , which made the people’s anger escape and minutes later that day the riots started through South Central on Florence & Normandie and ended with everything getting burned. Many people got injured like Reginald Denny who got caught in the streets by Damian…

Madaleno Rodney King Case The Rodney King case is an event in history that created mass hysteria in the city of Los Angeles in the town of south central. In 1991 Mr. King was in a high speed chase that took place on a highway in Los Angeles. When Rodney King was finally stopped he was brutally beat by four police officers. The results of the police officers sentencings created riots in L.A. Rodney king was 25 years old, and an unemployed construction worker with two children. Rodney King was…

We all know Jim Carrey as a laugh out loud zany comic who’s brought us some of the highest grossing comedies of all time as The Mask and Dumb And Dumber. The first example of Jim Carrey that shows perseverance comes when he was a child. Jim grew up in a lower income family with a father who struggled to keep jobs . His family was so poor that he had to drop out of highschool when he was fifteen and get a job as a janitor to help his family. “Jim explains when he was fifteen he went to a comedy…

and theater. Seinfeld started his career after having such a great time (with great reactions) in college doing comedy. His first time doing stand-up comedy was in Catch a Rising Star Comedy Club. After performing he was offered a role in Rodney Dangerfield HBO special. Later, he was a reoccurring character in Benson but he was fired for being too creative. By 1981 he was on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman. Jerry Seinfeld developed The Seinfeld…