Uptown

uptown class system, the socio-economic disparity improved, but standards of beauty and status were still primarily determined by race and geographical location in Kingston. As described by Ulysee, the ICI’s attempt to blur these lines by going to the salon to receive a hairstyle and observe younger women so that they can mimic the look of an uptown lady. “This weekly ritual was important to the ICI’s for several reasons. It…

The Legacy of Slavery in A Lesson Before Dying The novel, A Lesson Before Dying, written by Ernest J. Gaines, is set in Louisiana, America in the late 1940s. After about 300 years of slavery, it finally legally ends. Does it mean slavery is completely over? No, it is way too early to celebrate for that because the presence of the vicious circle and the effects of slavery still remain.If you have experienced or witnessed racism, you may know just how devastating it can be. Racism makes people…

Crime Description London’s gang population expanding over 169 gangs with more than 5000 members (Hanna, 2007), mainly consisting of young males, are being held accountable for the increasing street violence and teenage killings. Gang members of ‘Uptown Boys’ engage in deviant behaviour and activities, like; drinking, smoking, wearing culturally rejected clothing, creating oppressive environments; and engaging in unlawful…

how to accept what they think is right and obey. I’m not down for that. Ultimately I stop going to school. Once my mother found out she was hot! She talked to Uptown mom, Ms. Wathers and they made agreement that she would be taking me to school as well as picking me up from now on. Yet the only thing I really didn’t look forward to was Uptown physics club which was afterschool so that meant I was in the physics club after school.” Most people need to have…

I have grown up in New York City or “Noo York City” my whole life. So naturally I speak English, or New Yorker English to be exact. To be even more specific, the dialect I mostly associate with is Brooklyn accented English, a definite regional dialect. I would say it’s very similar to Staten Island dialect but there are distinctions. Brooklyn dialect is heavily influenced by Italian Americans since back in the day Italians made up majority of the neighborhoods but is seen more as a street/ghetto…

50 years from now if I could only use 5 songs during a 50 minute lecture to describe the 2010s, I would have to have Rihanna’s “We Found Love”, Beyonce’s “Formation”, Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off”, Bruno Mars’s “Uptown Funk” and Lady GaGa’s “Edge of Glory.” These artists have contributed to society in enormous ways with their music and advocacy. Beyonce is widely referred to by her enormous fan base as Queen Bey, sometimes just Queen. Despite being very popular in the 2000s, her staying…

though I said that doesn't matter, but it does). The song is so iconic to everyone and even lasted 14 weeks in no.1 in Billboard top 100. I think it deserves a chance to win even though it's up against Taylor swift and Ed Sheeran. Who should win: Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars) Who will win: Black Space (Taylor Swift) Song of the Year Song of the Year is also awarded for a single or individual track, but the recipient of this award is the songwriter who actually wrote the lyrics…

The Falling Star Edwin Arlington Robinson, even in his youth, was a pessimistic child. Robinson at the age of six wondered why he was even born. Although Robinson was undoubtedly a successful poet, the likes of twenty-sixth president Theodore Roosevelt praised his work. Readers can see Robinson’s bleak sense of like through his poems, (Web 1). While rising to heights in his career, he most certainly kept a dark outlook toward the world. In one of Robinson’s famous works ‘Richard Cory,” he…

In “Violence against Women” by Renzetti and Bergen, they explain how men use their strength and aggressiveness to harass women and other men. They did a study on 53 college males and found out that, 51 percent indicated a likelihood that they themselves, would rape a girl if assured of not being punished. They write, “To prove one’s self as being capable of performing under these circumstances was a substantial challenge and also a source of reward. One gang rapist articulated this feeling very…

founders was Vivian Rothstein. Like many of CWLU’s members, Rothstein had prior experience in community organizing, having been the first organization of Jobs or Income Now (JOIN), which was part of a program that worked to address urban poverty in Uptown Chicago. Rothstein’s also had experience in other activities, such as being part of Chicago’s first women liberation group, the West Side Group, participating…