The American Embassy

my desire for an American one. I wanted nothing to do with being Vietnamese or Asian because all that it had brought me was a sense of inferiority and constant bullying. My desire to suppress my Vietnamese identity brings up a point that is brought up by Ms. Mori, the protagonist’s friend with benefits. During one of their conversations, she asks, “So why are we supposed to not forget our culture? Isn’t my culture right here since I was born here?” (73). She is a Japanese American who has…

Horace Julian Bond, but he is known as Julian Bond was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 14, 1940. Later, his parents decided to move to Pennsylvania, his dad Horace Mann Bond became the first African-American president of Lincoln University in 1945. Bond’s dad also became the dean of education at Atlanta University in 1957. His dad directed and lead his son to become a man of prestigious and significance. Julian Bond attended Morehouse College in 1957, where he was able to unite with…

One revolutionary woman that sparked the fight for equality among different races would be Rosa Parks. February is Black History Month and throughout my school years I’ve both personally researched and heard other student’s research projects’ on some historical people of color; without a doubt, the two most commonly celebrated activists were Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (often abbreviated as MLK) and Rosa Parks. There was almost as many MLK projects as there were Rosa Parks projects, so…

three years before his capture in March 16, 1985. He was released on December 4, 1991, as the 16-year Lebanon civil war ended. Anderson, was the last American held hostage in Lebanon. He was held captive for 2,454 days by Islamic Jihad (Holy World). There were 14 other Americans held hostage for times ranging from two months to six years. Four Americans were all killed during captivation. Anderson’s daughter, Sulome Anderson, stated,“Unfortunately, my father’s release was not the happy ending…

day... May 16 Triton Fountain Triton Fountain 1866 – The United States Congress authorized the minting of the country's first copper-nickel five-cent piece, the Shield nickel. 1918 – The Sedition Act was passed in the United States, forbidding Americans from using "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, flag, or armed forces during the ongoing World War I. 1959 – The Triton Fountain (pictured) in Valletta, one of Malta's most important Modernist…

cut down the flag pole in the United States Embassy as a demand for more tribute to keep American ships safe from pirates in the Mediterranean Sea. In response, Jefferson took action and sent a fleet of ships to attack the pirates. After a period of fighting with the Barbary pirates, Jefferson finally signed a treaty and ended the Barbary wars. The Barbary wars was the first way Jefferson acted more like a Federalist that a Republican by protecting American shipping from pirated, which is a…

Some of the greatest speeches in American history have come on right after the greatest tragedies. Lincoln's “Gettysburg Address”, Reagan's speech after the Challenger Shuttle accident, and Wilson's “War Message to Congress” are all examples of how the times molded some of the most powerful speeches in U.S history. Although crises are horrible things that destroy American lives, they often set up for some of the most powerful speeches that change history. Two examples of this concept are…

about their race. This has been an ongoing problem in the African American community in the U.S. There have been incidents that have occurred that have been made internationally known like, the beating of Rodney King in 1991 and more recently the murder of Trayvon Martin. These events cause fear in the African American community when the police are involved. In the Rodney King beating consisted of a videotape of an African American male being beat continuously by four police officers during…

there is a dramatic difference in the risk of incarceration for persons who do not complete high school. Research by Bruce Western and Becky Pettit shows that 68percent of African American male high school dropouts had served time in prison by the age of 34 (Western & Pettit, 2010). Consider this: African Americans make up an estimated 15 percent of drug users, but they account for 37 percent of those arrested on drug charges, 59 percent of those convicted and 74 percent of all drug…

What am I going to eat tonight? How am I going to help my family out? Questions like these often creep into our minds as well. I’m fortunate enough not to have these problems first hand but some of my teammates struggle in eating every night because they just don’t have money to always buy food. Not everyone on the football team is on scholarship, we have a good amount of walk-ons on our team and after practice we eat dinner, but just the guys on scholarship. It sounds really harsh but that is…