The Fast and the Furious

With the illegalization of segregation and the election of a black president, white Americans are quick to say that racism is a thing of the past. It is true that in the U.S., nicknamed appropriately as the great “Melting Pot”, cultural exchange is far from rare. However, in far too many cases, cultural appreciation is used as an excuse for the racist or ignorant to use artifacts or participate in practices sacred to an oppressed culture. White Americans specifically often feel a certain…

The quote “Knowing and living with the knowledge that one must die,”- means that death cannot be avoided. In some cases, we can delay death but eventually the reality is that we will all experience mortality. The director, Mark Romanek of ‘Never Let Me Go’ exhibits his views of individuals who are stripped from their personalities and are named as insignificant duplicates. The futuristic film, set in England in the mid-1990’s, portrays a dreary world where cloning is socially accepted with the…

Runaway Love, Ludacris feat Mary J. Blige [Hook: Mary J. Blige] Runaway love Runaway love Runaway love Runaway love Runaway love Runaway love Runaway love Runaway love [Verse 1: Ludacris] Now little Lisa is only 9 years old She's trying to figure out why the world is so cold Why she's all alone and ain't never met her family Mama's always gone and she never met her daddy Part of her is missing and nobody will listen Mama is on drugs getting high up in the kitchen Bringing home men at…

It was a very cold but normal December day, everyone in town was doing what they usually do, take kids to school, go to work, get coffee and visit one another. Henry Dunkin was an ordinary 13 year old boy who was tall with dark brown hair and blue eyes. He was very liked by the citizens in the town so you wouldn’t expect anyone to harm him, right? Two weeks ago on a Tuesday, this was a day like any other, the sun was shining and there was a chilly breeze just off the east coast. In the bakery up…

be active to understand what is going on. There are a lot of science terms and complex vocabulary that only educated people would be able to appreciate and understand. Also, the director of the show loves to switch the topic and conversations really fast. This implies that the show is made for a certain audience who will be able to sit down 45 minutes and do nothing else but watch the…

“Always kiss the devil at night, and he’ll remember you when it’s your time.” I pondered this as I sat, clicking away at my keyboard at another unreasonable time at night. I preferred the fluid feel of paper, with the drift of my favorite pen, creating the letters that I had learned as a child. It was all more personal to me, knowing that I drew words there with desire, rather than just pressing a lifeless key. However, despite my tendency of being a night owl and having my creativity flow into…

In some cases, when predominantly white neighborhoods start to receive an influx of minorities, many white citizens decide to move away from these areas. This is also known as white flight. White flight started to occur in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. As black families began to move to more suburban areas such as Baltimore, Maryland or Pasadena, California, white families began to leave. This caused many social and economic problems. The social issues that white flight causes…

There used to be a young boy named Alastair who lived on beautiful, purple planet called Pluria. Secured by a delicate air of virtue, Planet Pluria was a standout amongst the most delightful planets in the solar system with its lovely lavender shade of purple. The sound of kids' feet shuffling along the floor and their sharp laughs would fill the air each and every day. There would be the occasional blasts of their laser guns as they would blast their friends and laugh while they waited for…

a tax on the colonies without their consent. This caused many uproar throughout the colonies. The colonist did not like being taxed for something that had always been free. They immediately begin to boycott British goods. This thus made the king furious, King George wasted no time in sending soldiers across the Atlantic to make sure the colonies would behave as the way they should. The colonist decided to revolt. A group of colonist dressed up as American Indians and boarded the ship in the…

Rain is now 15, she attends Bayside High School and comes home to her Genie, that’s normal life for her. Until now, everything is going in a downward spiral. Her grades were down, and Genie was not thrilled. As they argued over a algebra, Rain was furious, and knocked over Genie’s lamp, and as the lamp disappeared, so did Genie. She had to get him back. She waited for hours on end until she received a text message saying i have him. She immediately freaked out and replied with where, as she was…