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Racism is engrained in the subconsciousness of people and society at large. UCLA School of Public Affairs recognizes that ” The individual racist need not exist to note that institutional racism is pervasive in the dominant culture. This is the analytical lens that Critical Race Theory uses in examining existing power structure” Ian Haney Lopez…

The course has examined many different topics relevant to the pedagogy of culturally responsive teaching. All of the topics discussed so far are directly related to the importance of including culture and cultural differences in the classroom, as they are considered integral to learning. There are a great many aspects to realizing culturally responsive teaching,…

By definition the American Dream is “the ideals of freedom, equality, and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American,” (dictionary.com). The American Dream is something that is real and something that has been written about in many novels, such as Death of a Salesman and the Great Gatsby. The African American Experience is…

Numerous researchers have postulated that abuse of substances has a significant impact on high crime rates. The effect is much felt among the youth who are the highest consumers of drugs. For instance, abuse of marijuana, especially among adolescents, may pose long-term consequences to both the abuser and also the community as a whole since…

Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the…

Sophia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides follows the lives of five young girls- the Lisbon sisters-as they deal with puberty, their parents, and suicide. The movie is told from the perspective of five neighborhood boys who go to school with the Lisbon sisters. They tell the story from their perspective, sharing with us their confusion and…

Blood began to boil and tensions began to rise. Eventually, it happens to everybody; whether it be a family member, friend, or random stranger, tensions rise because of misunderstood, or perhaps very well understood, actions. For most individuals, a primary reaction is to get even. There is a place for every emotion: love has its…

C. Wright Mills tells us in The Sociological Imagination that “the promise of sociology is that it gives us the tools to better understand our own experiences by enabling us to see how those experiences -along with our thoughts, dreams, and aspirations- are shaped by the larger historical moment and by our social location (Mills).”…

Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today at Stone Arch Bridge to commemorate the life of our founding father Alexander Hamilton. Even today, this great man’s ideas hold relevance as a living ideology to help solve our government’s problems. “Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything.” This is the most famous saying…

Founding father Alexander Hamilton was born January 11, 1755, on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies. Hamilton’s parents were Rachel Fawcett Lavien, who was of British and French Huguenot descent, and James Hamilton, a Scottish trader. Orphaned early, Hamilton worked for a merchant on the island of St. Croix. Although Hamilton had…