The American Embassy

It is widely known that many people from other countries want to go to the United States, but what is not so widely known is that there is a lottery called the Diversity Visa Lotter run by the US government. Between eight to fifteen million people apply and only over 100 thousand people win. This information isn’t common because in the United States we are privileged enough to not have to worry about it, but for people like Abdi it’s there ticket to a better life in America. In the story, “Abdi and the Golden Ticket”, a Somalia refugee living in Kenya wins the Golden Ticket, giving him a spot on the short list for an American Visa. The problem is that before Abdi can cash his prize the police start raiding, specifically targeting Somalian refugees. With much excitement and suspense, the tail of Abdi incorporates…

The Brixton Riot was an act of protest; young african americans including their friends and family in the youth community vs. Metropolitan Police of Brixton which took place on the 11th and 12th of April, 1981. During the mid 70’s the unemployment rate was a upbringing of a crisis, this occasion was particularly with the black youth of Brixton. Therefore the black youth have endless amounts of free time causing them to roam the streets. This was their way of expressing their boredom, this…

An inquiry into the press in Britain had been done six times in less than 70 years before being requested again in 2011 by, then Prime Minister, David Cameron. This particular inquiry, called The Leveson Inquiry due to it being chaired by Lord Justice Leveson, was requested due to a multitude of press related events that caused both public and political upset. One of these particular events was the phone hacking of Milly Dowler. Milly Dowler was a 13-year-old girl who went missing and was then…

they decided to get involve to end the mass massacres. WWII begins against the US, and shortly after he commits suicide in 1945. Osama Bin Laden was born in Saudi Arabia to a billionaire construction company owner. Bin Laden moved to Afghanistan where he started the Jihadi group known as Al Qaeda. His followers would focus on symbolic acts of terrorism instead of military campaigns. Bin Laden framed America, noting that the American people are sinful and disgraceful. He preached to his people…

Balcita goes over similar issues, though on a less broad scale. Using her father’s experiences of immigrating from the Philippines to the United States, Balcita creates an engaging and relatable picture of the subtle moments of integration, while also illustrating how the great American hypocrisy affects this transition. A great example of this comes from two paragraphs discussing her father’s first job at a blood bank. The job is temporary, as he’s trying to get official certification to be a…

Colombiana, directed by Oliver Megaton and written Luc Besson, is an action-packed movie that was released on August 26, 2011. The movie is about a young Colombian woman named Cataleya, who witnessed her parents get murdered as a child, who then grows up to be an assassin to take revenge on the people who murdered her parents. The movie has a sexy touch due to its lead being Zoe Saldana, an American actress that has appeared in many great movies such as Avatar, Star Trek, and Drumline. Although,…

On August 28th 1963 a turning point in the Civil rights movement. This is where Martin Luther King's famous speech “ I have a dream” was read. The organizers had an essential job of keeping the March on Washington orderly due to the fact that other races joined them, chaos was expected, and MLK wanted peace. As racial tension between whites and African Americans were still high seeing other races join in on the march pulled the two races closer together, and joined together to fight for…

Dudziak seems to argue that some of the Cold War concerns have convinced the American government to be in support of the civil rights reforms now than they might have been before. It seems, that the problem is in regardance to racial inequality. Dudziak portrays this as the central idea going into international thoughts of the United States negatively. The Soviets (of the Soviet Union) have also contributed to the problem, as a whole, by showcasing America's bad record in regards to their…

The Cons of Being a Football Player In 2015, Super Bowl XLIX became the most-watched show in U.S. history with a whopping 114.4 million viewers. Based on these data found in a press release made by NBC Sports Pressbox, there is no denying that American football is currently one of the biggest sports in the world and it shows no signs of slowing down. Many parents, huge football fans themselves, have taken to sending their sons to play football at the tender age of seven or younger, in hopes…

The author, Flores-Galbis, in the novel, 90 Miles to Havana, hints at a theme, all throughout the book. That theme would be, independence. That you need to be able to fend for yourself, in order to be successful in the real world. Everything cannot be handled by older friends or guardians, you need to do things yourself sometimes. Four examples are going to be shown Independence is an important part of our American society, and author Flores-Galbis is trying to show that in the novel: 90…