The Crack

Zainab Jafri Mr. Ballinger ENG-101-ML 27 October, 2016 Technologically Dependent Society Michael Moss’s The Extraordinary Science of Junk Food, An Elephant Crackup? by Charles Siebert, and Cathy Davidson’s Project Classroom Makeover all report that as society is progressing in a more innovative direction, we are using technology and advanced research to better our way of living. The Millennial generation is slowly becoming aware of how toxic processed foods truly are, therefore advancement in…

flock to the shores of the Bahamas. However, only a few of these people receive open arms of love and affection like the Americans or other nationalities that visit the Bahamas. In Fredrick Smith’s article “Discrimination is the Bahamian Political Crack!” he speaks about the different forms of discrimination and hatred that occurs in the Bahamas. Smiths’ main point is that “The Bahamas is a nation seeping in a culture of discrimination and human rights abuses”. I agree that Discrimination…

You should not drive around with a crack in your windshield; not only is it unsafe, in many states, it is also against the law. Use this guide to figure out if you need auto glass repair today or if you can wait a few days to get your windshield repaired. Clean The Area The first thing you need to do when you think you spot a chip in your windshield is use a glass cleaning product to clean your windshield. Often times, dirt and debris that gets stuck on your windshield can look like a chip in…

Crack vs Powder Cocaine: Unjust Prison Sentences of Two Races For decades the United States has experienced an imbalance sentencing problem between African Americans and White Americans who use crack cocaine and powder cocaine respectively. Although both of these drugs are similar to one another, African Americans have been incarcerated more often than White Americans. According to the NAACP, from 1980 to 2008, the number of prisoners in America increased from about 500,000 to 2.3 million.…

In consideration of editing techniques, I reviewed the video clip and transcript A Beautiful Mind (4/11) Movie Clip - Nash Cracks the Code (2011) HD, While the main character, Noel, is contemplating the information presented before him, on the wall of numbers, the montage theory of editing is used to show the juggle between his mental thought process and his physical placement in the room. The images flip flop between cut away scenes of the numbers wall, his face, and the faded background of…

As an international college student who grew up in a society where cocaine, crack, and other similar drug are almost unattainable, I was impressed by Dee Watkins’ book, The Cook Up, A Crack Memoir, and had a glimpse of how underrepresented people lived in drug society. The society that I lived in give me a safe and non-violent environment that is so much different from Watkins’. Watkins was born in an society where drugs abuses, people dying on street were fairly common. In his memoir, he…

SHAPING THE INDIVIDUAL In his book In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio, Phillipe Bourgois presents to us several characters which will help him observe life in East Harlem and to proceed with his study. The characters which will be brought forward in this essay, are Ray, Caesar, and Primo. Bourgeois lived for several years among Puerto Ricans in East Harlem in order to render his research accurate. By bonding with the individuals he meets through his research, they open up to him…

In Stepping on the Cracks, by Mary Downing Hahn. The theme is there is always difficulties in life. There is a girl named Margaret that has a friend named Elizabeth. They challenge by the town bully Gordy, and by World War 2. And seeing why the town bully, Gordy, was playing hooky. Throughout the story, Margaret, and Elizabeth has taken care of Stuart which is an AWOL. They would have to make a choice helping an AWOL and getting caught which can cause their own lives or tell that…

“Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?” The poem “The Rose that Grew from Concrete” written by Tupac Shakur, in 1999 was published long after Madam CJ Walker passed, but screams her life story. Many people will be surprised that one of the first American women to become a self-made millionaire was an African American named Madam CJ Walker, also known as Sarah Breedlove. Many will also be uprised that the same person is from a small rural town called, Delta,…

Jonathan Vennard PHIL 313 – Contemporary Ethical Issues Case Study #1 – CRACK: Get Sterilized, Get Cash The Project Prevention: Children Requiring a Caring Kommunity (C.R.A.C.K.) movement would be a morally permissible act from a utilitarian viewpoint because the organization’s motives are set on the principles of reducing the number of careless pregnancies, in order to reduce the number of children born into foster care or unsafe living conditions. The utilitarian perspective would support…