Sanford

Kidneys are pretty important, and often an underdog in the grouping of organ systems. Without functioning kidneys, none of us can live for more than about a week, making the kidneys pretty important from a survival standpoint. Seems interesting that a person can literally be brain dead and survive–but without kidneys you can’t. Kidneys often get lumped into the “random organ” category and people often think of them like their gall bladder and appendix. Kidneys are more like lungs if you are…

being followed and ultimately killed by a neighborhood watchman. Is that how neighborhood residents watch over their community to prevent crime? On a rainy evening of February 26, 2012, a black young male was walking back to his father’s house in Sanford, Florida from a 7-Eleven convenient store with a bag of Skittles and a can of Arizona iced tea. This innocent teenager was reported to the local authorities as a “suspicious young black male” walking around with a grey hoodie by a neighborhood…

Sanford case, which would create another reason on why slavery needed to be abolished. This event happened before the start of the Civil War, so it gave the north leverage on why we needed a ratification of the Constitution. Dred Scott was a slave who moved…

Is the Criminal Justice System Racist? Why are people in prisons all over the country overpopulated with people of color? Does the Criminal Justice System treat minorities differently than whites? Is there something that would intentionally or unintentionally make for a disadvantage for the African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans? “About one in 33 black men [were] in prison in 2006, compared with one in 205 white men and one in 79 Hispanic men. Eleven percent of all black males between the…

realization, guns are what people feel that will protect them and their family. The second Amendment states, “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed” (Sanford). That phrase has been around for a long time, telling us how we are able to keep our guns as we please. Even though Guns are able to protect a person and make people feel they are safe in a stressful situation, people are unaware that…

to discuss their formation of the new party. They quickly got their followers in the north and in 1856 their first presidential candidate John C Freemont won 11 of the northern states. Another thing I learned that stuck out to me was Dred Scott v. Sanford also known as the Dred Scott case. This case was one of the events that lead up to the American civil war. It was up to the Supreme Court to make their decision. This case was brought up by Dred Scott he was an African American slave who lived…

The outward, explicit racism that so commonly occurred during the World Wars, the Great Depression, and the following two decades had a lasting effect on today 's racial minorities and is seen in more implicit ways, particularly towards North Americans of African heritage. People of colour were much more frequently found to be the victims of racial profiling and police brutality, especially Blacks protesting for equal rights during the Civil Rights Movement. Coloured people are still more likely…

Smile for the Camera February 26, 2016, Sanford Police received a call to the scene of a crime. A 17-year-old African American boy, Trayvon Martin, was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch captain. Coming home from a convenience store with a can of soda and some candy, Martin was seen as suspicious. George Zimmerman, accused of the murder of Trayvon Martin, later walked out of the courtroom with a "Not Guilty" plea. Zimmerman waived his right to the "Stand Your Ground" law. In the release of…

reduce and prevent shoplifters and improve customer service. From my point of view, the greeter is an essential part of Wal-Mart since the store began to grow. The greeter is an idea proposed and introduced in all stores by Samuel Walton in 1983. (Sanford, 2002) Walton believed the greeters who interact directly with customers at the entrance will give a good impression of a friendly store. Sam Walton also reminded his staff to always serve customers well because there’s their income…

Shayna Berry Professor Albert Faggard Art Appreciation 1301 September 23, 2015 Jackson Pollock Jackson Pollock, or “Jack the Dripper”, born on January 28, 1912, would become one of the world’s most influential American painters. He started his art career when he was only eighteen years old. He studied with countless numbers of well-known artists in his lifetime. From the Public Works Project in which he developed his most famous paintings, to being a part of the abstract expressionism art…