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    White Privilege in America The United States of America is a nation built “by the (white) people for the (white) people” during a time in history when the vast majority of American citizen were white. The very foundations of American society and government are structured specifically to accommodate that, supplying advantages to whites over minorities. This systematic racism deep-rooted in the core of this country hindered the progress of colored people, harbored white superiority and created…

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    The most important character would be Artie, Vladek, and Ana. The relationship between these important characters are that Vladek and Ana are Artie’s parents. Artie is talking with Vladek while he tells his story in the war. He is talking with him because he wants to write about his story. Vladek is the narrator and the protagonist in the story. Ana tried to survive through the story with Vladek, however, she does not make it through the war alive. The protagonist is Vladek and the antagonists…

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    personalities. It 's not really considered polytheism though because the different Gods are just different personalities of one God. Or it can be polytheism. It 's whatever you want. Sacred symbols are the aum symbol, a bindi, linga, lotus flower, pratik, swastika, tilak, trisula and yantra symbol. There are many holy sites, and the main ones are the Seven Holy Towns and Four Holy Dhamas. Hindus believe in, keyly, a form of reincarnation, karma, and…

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    however, been replaced with the Rebel Black Bear and one can still not feel the racism behind that. As the University of Mississippi in 2015 reluctantly let down their flag the truth still stands, “Those rebel flags in every hand might well have been swastikas,” (150) and although the flag no longer waves at Ole Miss its heritage is still strong in. Try as they may, our beloved state continues to fall short, “the human heart in conflict with itself. That’s Mississippi.” (173) “Ahead in…

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    “A youth movement of the late 70’s characterized by anti-establishment slogans and outrageous clothes and hairstyles” , is the definition of punk in the Collins English dictionary. And yet it also defines it as “An inferior, rotten or worthless person or thing” . Which one of these definitions truly defines the punk movement and the people who listened to the music and followed the fashion? The key aspect discussed will be what punk represented, what it stood for alongside who it represented in…

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    Daniel Lee I hadn’t seen food for days. I was starving, homeless, weak and alone. I had been in the ghetto for two years now and surprisingly, I was still alive. I missed my old life. I missed my parents. I missed Warsaw. I could still clearly remember that very day when the Nazis raided our district in the winter of 1940. I was still asleep when I was awoken by the screams of my neighbours down stairs. I could hear plates smashing, Nazis barking orders, thuds and crashes, and a sudden silence…

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    Nazi Medical Experiments

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    Since the ending of World War II, great controversy has arisen regarding the potential use of the Nazi doctors’ medical experiment findings. Nazi leaders instructed the doctors to perform sickening, gruesome, and terrifying experiments on the inmates of the concentration camps all throughout Europe. These unlawful experiments led the German medical community to gain vast amounts of knowledge regarding the physical limits of the human body under severe circumstances. According to Joel Dimsdale,…

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    The well known words “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" were once said by the beloved Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. These words have sent chills down the spines of many generations. As the years passed, Dr. King’s dream had become a reality but there were still ways to go. The fact that decades after Dr. King’s times, one’s skin color or ethnicity is still an issue…

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    Graham Young, also known as the Teacup Poisoner was born Sept. 7th, 1947. At the early age of 14, in 1961, Young started to test poison on his own family. After doing so, Graham’s stepmother would soon pass away. Young was put into a mental hospital for criminals after admitting to poisoning his own family. He was free after nine years. However, being put away was no help for this young man. Graham began to poison again! Early Years: Graham never knew his mother. Three months after giving birth…

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    On September 4, 1957, African American students stepped foot into an all-white high school for their first day of classes for the first time in United States history. These courageous students, known as the Little Rock Nine, put the court case Brown v. Board of Education (1954) into action when they arrived at Central High School. Under the case decision, segregation in public schools would be considered illegal; this resulted in disbelief and upheaval within the white communities. However, for…

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