The Bronx

within ghettos. In “Worker City, Company Town” written by Daniel Walkowitz notes that, “the obliteration of over 60,000 homes and city jobs which displaced 60,000 employees greatly affected the African & African Diasporic communities of the South Bronx. With issues with housing, public services, the shrinking job opportunity due to the industrializing city, caused the Artist such as Dj Herc who learned specific trades and vocational skills to develop the means for artistic defiance and ingenuity…

Chase Mitchell Dr. Jagan English August 13, 2017 The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates What would be your thoughts if you found out that there was someone in the world that had your name, was from the same city and state as you, and lived a similar but different lifestyle as you did? For me that would be very odd. Even though my name is a common name, I’m sure there is no one in this world that we share somewhat of the same lifestyle. I find it interesting that it can happen. The author,…

The idea of having this literacy journal was excellent, the fact that the student has the opportunity to show their amazing talents as a writer’s was just perfect Bronx Community and all the people that collaborated for this to happen needs an APPLAUSE, this book made me love writing even more, every single one of the writer’s that were able to put this work together did a marvelous job. From the introduction with the memory of Kalief Brower to the poems and short stories all were well done,…

Mary in chapter one, one of her children live with her and another child live with his father. In chapter two, Mary decided to move to Northwood because she wants to be safe for her and his child Wes. Also, Joy decided to live with her parents in the Bronx because she can’t live alone, and she wanted to protect her children. In chapter three, Joy decided to put her children in private school because she wanted them to study at the school of upscale,…

Her story describes her forced marriage to Heng under the Khmer Rouge regime, her life in the refugee camps, and resettlement in the Bronx in 1986. Crucial to this telling is the concept of “refugee temporality,” Tang’s notion that across all these circumstances there is no turning point, no freedom, but rather a familiar ongoing sense of entrapment that Ra resists through continual movement…

Formal Lab Report: Molar Volume of a Gas at STP Abstract: The purpose of this experiment is to find out how to experimentally determine what the volume of a mole of H₂(g) is at STP by using gas laws. The hypothesis for the experiment is that if H₂(g) is produced at RT and STP, Avogadro’s law can be used to experimentally determine the amount of H₂(g) because equal gases at the same pressure and temperature have the same amount of particles. In order to find the molar volume, hydrogen gas…

"Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind's capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful stewardship. We are called to treat them with kindness, not because they have rights or power or some claim to equality, but in a sense, because they don't; because they all stand unequal and powerless before us."(Scully). How many others out in the world believe, that animals are elegant creatures? If humans are to believe this, then why do we take them from…

Systemic Oppression and Discrimination The mothers in the documentary had to go through the loss of their sons, while fighting for injustice in their community. The oppressive law makers, and police department had on individuals of different color or religion was terrible.The systemic oppression and discrimination impacted each case by dividing trust among the police, and who they are sworn to protect. There are reasons why this has happened, especially in this documentary. The criminal justice…

The word freedom means to be free. Not to have restraint, but to have liberty. Chrystal Eastman wrote an essay called “Now We Can Begin.” Now was this essay successful? Look at where women in America are at today. They have the right to vote, the right to their own body, and even the right to choose their own occupation aside from a man. This essay was a success. She made an exemplary argument about women’s freedom regarding the rights to their own body, freedom of occupation, and independence…

connected to each other in a Guare-esque six degrees of separation way. McCann allows an accurate exploration of the landscape by letting us see it through the eyes of eleven different narrators ranging from a prostitute walking the streets of the Bronx all the way through to the high end judge that prosecutes her for her discretions. By…