The 10th Kingdom

My mother had to put me in school, find a job, living situation wasn’t so great she had to find a house, it was just an abundant of work that she had to get done and on top of that she is trying to learn a new language. There are many Multilanguage organizations for people who are in my mother’s situation since my mother had not mastered the English language, she needed a helping hand, having someone to translate important documents, give suggestions on where are the finest places to stay, eat,…

There have been countless television shows that focus on black people and black cultural issues; for instance Family Matters and Fresh Prince of Bel Air more recently Everybody hates Chris and Black-ish. Although each show focuses on black families and certain cultural issues and stereotypes, there is always the underlying presence/influence of white culture whether it be the fact that the show was produced by a white person or a white character. This essay will analyze how rapper childish…

During the time that Great Britain occupied India, there was a push for the English to hand over the power to the Indian people, one of the main leaders of this movement was Mahatma Gandhi. He protested against the British occupying Indian and stripping it of its resources all while demeaning the people who lived there and not adapting to the way of life in India. In the article titled “ Indian Home Rule,” Gandhi speaks of what would happen if the British left completely, and what they should…

Whether we are Hispanics, African, or other ethnicities, our mother tongue is different than the English language. When pronouncing our name in English the accent of our name changes it is no longer our name, When English becomes our second language, our mother tongue stays with us because it is our language from culture. However, when English is our second language it is more likely to become less fluent than our first language. In Manuel Munoz essay, "Leave Your Name at the Border", Munoz…

The English language has so many variations all over the world, a handful just within the United States. The west coast or more specifically California has the typical "valley girl" vernacular. While on the far east coast of Massachusetts there is the Boston accent. In the south where there are majority people of color the vernacular starts to mostly generalize to form a “southern accent”. This southern accent is what people generalize as “ghetto” and the way majority of black people talk. "you…

The interviewee is a 28 year old medical student at the University of Pittsburgh, who recently earned his PHD. He was born Ghana and traveled to the states at the age of four. He has lived in London and New Jersey for the majority of his childhood life. He speaks French, Twi and English. he speaks to his mother in his native tongue Twi but when speaking to his brother and sister he speaks English. He is very fluent in English and it is easy to understand what he is saying. During the time of…

Jared Diamond went to New Guinea to originally research birds that lived there. Along his travels he met a man named Yali who he spent some time talking to, who then asked Jared the question Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own? Jared at the time had no answer to Yali’s question, so he decided to do research on the question and wrote a book about it. His theory to Yali’s question was it’s not the…

Language can either bring people together or divide them by gender, upbringing, or culture. Based on the fact that an individual is male or female, gender plays a role in how well they communicate. Men and women have different views on how to cooperate. Likewise, depending on how a person was raised by their parents, this influence affects them tremendously. Someone’s upbringing determines their future. In addition, it determines whether society views or denounces their intelligence. Our status…

At the interlude between “pray you catch me” and “hold up” Beyoncé uses a spoken word written by Warsan Shire which states “I tried to change/Closed my mouth more/Tried to be softer, prettier – less awake”. The significance of this excerpt is the fact that it ties in well with her over-all struggle with being a black celebrity in a world that expects her to be a form of black that is acceptable. It is also a reflection of what a black woman must do in order to be accepted and fit into this…

My most memorable vacation was a trip to Florida with two of my best friends a few years ago. They were both moving halfway across the country soon, so we decided to splurge on one last trip together. We drove all the way to Florida from New York. It took nearly 24 hours of driving, but we finally made it. We visited Disney World, Universal Studios, and the beach because we had never been to any of those places before. Our vacation was filled with thrills, some disappointment, and ended on a…