Ryan's Daughter

through the traumatic experience of fracturing my arm. That weekend that it happened was my mom 's weekend to have us kids, but I decided to stay with my dad because we had plans that weekend. On Saturday, our church was hosting a daddy daughter day, where we would…

Introduction Evangelist Latrice Ryan is one of many black women preachers within Pentecostalism, a religious tradition that traces its origins to the Azusa Street Revival of 1906. The Revival is noted for its interracial attendance with dominant narratives suggesting that historically Pentecostalism has valued both racial and gender egalitarianism (Alexander and Young 2009). Thus, scholarship focused on Pentecostalism typically hones in on the egalitarian aspect of this religious tradition,…

Maya was first born the father said that he would be committed to being a part of her life. After the the first year of her life, he quickly vanished from communication. When Kellar moved to the United States he never attempted to participate in his daughter life. Kellar on the other hand grew up in a two parent home. She grew up in concerted cultivation home because her parents mainly focused on her and her big brother. Her parents actively fosters and assesses child talents, opinions, and…

masculine, girls play with dolls and be feminine, or boys take out the trash while girls do the dishes. Also families tend to treat their daughters differently than they do their sons. Girls are given more freedom to step outside of their gender role. The father of a family has stronger expectations for gender conformity for their sons than they would their daughters; this results in boys fearing the disapproval of their fathers and being out casted. Sexual minorities have a hard time deciding…

Introduction Crash combines all types of people and uses society stereotypes to explain the plot of a difficult topic. The setting is in Los Angeles, California showing stereotypes depicting society’s biggest weakness. Discrimination is a topic that most people don’t want to talk about. The movie Crash uses complex characters who engage in all forms of discrimination against all kinds of people. The movie uses irony as a focus method to promote human relationships during times of life and…

Spending days at home with just my babies and my husband was the most amazing thing. We had such an amazing time, we did this for 2 weeks. After two weeks Ryan needed to head back to work and I needed to start back up at school. I decided to finish school online so I could stay home with my babies. A couple of months later, Ryan came home with some news. He was being transferred to Indianapolis police department. So our next step in life was to find a house to live in, in Indy! This was hard…

both emasculated and insulted him, Grant’s level of merit in the eyes of the officer is nonexistent. Traditional Gender Roles are also rather important in this film, as well. Grant’s first reaction upon being shot was concern for his four year old daughter, which, according to Goetz and McGahee is a reaction perpetuated by the traditional view and belief of men as “…both protector and provider” (Goetz and McGahee, 2010). Furthermore, this was also an attempt to appeal to the humanity of the…