...Chapter thirteen in Ronald Takaki's A Different Mirror pertains to the African American communities migrating northward in the early twentieth century. Many attempted to escape Southern Sharecropping and seek jobs in the prospering urban north. In addition, the growing strength of prejudice pushed young African Americans away from the south. As one migrant put it, "They're Jim Crowin' us down here too much; there's no chance for a colored man who has any self-respect"(Takaki 316). Not to mention incidents of racial violence, which "...a score of colored people leave...for the city" according to Booker T. Washington in 1903 (Takaki 316). Meanwhile, trekking African Americans had trouble finding housing in big cities dominated by white...
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...In chapter 15 of the book, A Different Mirror, written by Ronald Takaki, he discusses the treatment of African Americans from the white population in the south. Takkaki the freedom riders and how they were unfairly beaten and even killed for their non-violent protests. In chapter 16 in our book, Takkaki discusses how difficult it was for workers who were born outside the country to get a job. He also discussed how the Irish immigrants were treated better than the Mexican immigrants because they were white. In the first lecture of this unit, we discussed new film key terms and we were introduced to the next film we were to watch. In the second lecture of this unit, we learned more film studies, discussed chapter 16 and Avalon, and we wrote down our questions about writing. In the last lecture of the unit, we discussed the upcoming due dates and events and learned about the next film we were to watch, Come See The Paradise. The first film we viewed this unit, Avalon, is about immigrants who settle in Baltimore who hope to follow the American...
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...A Different Mirror: The Making of Multicultural America, written by Ronald Takaki, starts with a conversation between an Asian American passenger and a white American driver. The driver asks the passenger where he is from, meaning what country he is from. The passenger explains that he is from the United States and that his grandfather came to the US in the 1880s. Immediately when starting to read this passage, it is notable that this piece of work would shed light on the racism or lack of knowledge that some American citizens have. The passage states that there are missing pieces in history classes, "Increasingly aware of this ignorance, educators everywhere have begun to recognize the need to recover the missing chapters of American History"...
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...taught to believe that this country was found and colonized by European immigrants. Historical and mainstream America is ignorantly taught, that anyone who does not have European features is not considered American. Whites are the Americans. Any person who is not of European descent is categorized as “other” or ethnic. This is a filter of the master narrative Ronald Takaki focuses on, on dismantling in his book A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America. He challenges this history by including the stories of the true diverse America. America fails to teach that this country is built upon the bones of Native, African, Irish, German, and Mexican American ancestry. Takaki’s motive on writing his book is to confront and explain...
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...Ronald Takaki’s, A Different Mirror, sets off a voyage of retelling American history, however, the difference is that he includes the many minorities that took part of it. He does so by including pictures, songs, and firsthand account stories of people that lived in that era. Takaki talks about the great importance these races have in American history and how they, in fact, are part of it. He mentions that most Americans see America as a white country and view people who are not white through the “Master Narrative” filter. He defines the Master Narrative to be the teaching of American history from a white perspective, therefore enforcing the idea that Americans are only white people. Takaki challenges this idea by telling the history of a multicultural America in his book; he does so by telling a history that is inclusive of minorities, such as Mexican Americans. Therefore, teaching a more inclusive history vanishes the social distinction that separates white people and people of color. According to Takaki it is easy to misunderstand why many immigrants are not considered American; it is why he states that the master narrative is at fault. Many Americans see Mexican Americans as “aliens” and very foreign to this country. However, one...
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...In chapter 5 of the book, A Different Mirror, written by Ronald Takaki, it talks about slavery and many different slavery stereotypes. In chapter 6, Takaki talks about women in the work force and the factory and house servant jobs, and he also touches up on Irish immigrant. To continue, Takaki talks about the Mexicans control over California in chapter 7. Furthermore, in chapter 8 Takaki discusses the experiences of Chinese immigrants during the late 1800’s. In one lecture, we discussed some key terms and we also went over the Privilege Score Index. In the following lecture, we discussed more key terms such as: Mise-en-scène, ethnicity, and epistemology. The film, Dances With Wolves, is about a man by the name of John Dunbar, who is sent an outpost in the west and eventually befriends an Indian tribe and becomes...
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...In chapter four of Ronald Takaki's A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, the text primarily focuses on the relocation and removal of Native Americans. Initially, Andrew Jackson was instructed to encourage Native Americans to settle down as farmers, only to later take away their land anyway. As president, Jackson twiddled his thumbs as states such as Mississippi and Georgia succeeded Natives with whites. In their book, Voices of a People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove referred to this period of time as "an early example of...ethnic cleansing" (Zinn 133). By 1838, the federal government forced the Cherokee people west of the Mississippi, killing one-fourth of their population in the process...
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...INTRODUCTION A mirror is an object that reflects light or sound in a way that preserves much of its original quality prior to its contact with the mirror. Some mirrors also filter out some wavelengths, while preserving other wavelengths in the reflection. This is different from other light-reflecting objects that do not preserve much of the original wave signal other than color and diffuse reflected light. The most familiar type of mirror is the plane mirror, which has a flat surface. Curved mirrors are also used, to produce magnified or diminished images or focus light or simply distort the reflected image (“Mungan,” 1999). Geometrical optics, or ray optics, describes light propagation in terms of "rays". The "ray" in geometric optics is an abstraction, or "instrument", which can be used to approximately model how light will propagate. Geometrical optics provides rules, which may depend on the color (wavelength) of the ray, for propagating these rays through an optical system. This is a significant simplification of optics that fails to account for optical effects such as diffraction and interference. It is an excellent approximation, however, when the wavelength is very small compared with the size of structures with which the light interacts (“Hecht,” 1987). Glossy surfaces such as mirrors reflect light in a simple, predictable way. This allows for production of reflected images that can be associated with an actual (real) or extrapolated (virtual)...
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...or concave mirror is used? Delanie Wheeler Science Fair 10/24/13 Table of Contents Title Page………………..1 Table of Contents……2 Abstract………………….3 Procedure……………….4 Results……………………5 Work Cited……………..6 Abstract Will the size of the field of view vary depending on whether or not a convex or a concave mirror is used? If an object is viewed through a concave mirror instead of a convex mirror, then the field of view will increase. Convex mirrors will show a larger field of view. The procedure followed was to use two concave and convex mirrors that were the same size and to take a picture of the field of view that they both showed. Then, after the pictures were printed, use them to measure the area of the two fields of view. This was repeated five times and an average was obtained. The results were that the convex mirror’s field of view was larger than the concave mirror’s field of view. The convex mirror’s average field of view at 20 feet away was 35 feet across. The concave mirror’s average field of view at 20 feet away was 10 feet across. The logical conclusion is that convex mirrors make images appear smaller than they are, but this allows you to see more in the mirror. In other words, the field of view is larger when using a convex mirror. Review of Research A convex mirror, fish eye mirror or separating mirror is a curved mirror in which the...
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...Magic mirror is the unique mirror everyone wants to have especially girls and teenagers. How does magic mirror work? It scans your body measures and save it into mirror’s data base and scan your clothes, accessories and also your hair style and save it into the mirror’s data base. it allows the users to step in front of the mirror and see themselves in three hundred and sixty degree you can see all clothes you try it without need to try it again you can also try on multiple outfits, then virtually view and compare previous choices on the mirror itself it saved automatically in the data base of the mirror. What makes the magic mirror apart from the rest? There are a lot of options in this mirror there is a suitable storage and the capacity...
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...kaleidoscope is an optical toy that can be consisted of multiple arts and craft materials like a paper towel tube, mirrors, and colored beads, whose reflections produce changing patterns that are visible through the eyehole when the tube is rotated. The kaleidoscope was invented in 1816 by a Scottish scientist, Sir David Brewster, and patented by him quickly after in 1817. Brewster innovatively named his invention using Greek terms: kalos, eidos, and scopos—which when combined means the beautiful form watcher. The first kaleidoscope was made using old pieces of colored glass and other shiny objects, which are reflected by angled mirrors or glass lenses ultimately creating a pattern that can be viewed at the end of the tube. As time progressed, an American innovationist, Charles Bush took the kaleidoscope improved it immensely and turned it into a popular trend. He obtained patents for these improvements in 1873 and 1874, which were related to the further development of kaleidoscopes, kaleidoscope boxes, objects for kaleidoscopes, and kaleidoscope stands. Charles Bush, thus, became the first man to mass-produce kaleidoscopes in the United States of America. A kaleidoscope is a creation of many wonders but many people, such as my 5-year-old self, wonder how it works. Well, it’s easy! Every kaleidoscope should have four primary elements: the eyepiece, the body, the mirror system, and the chamber. Each of these elements plays a specific role. The eyepiece...
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...Mirror Rosalind Sledge ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Instructor Michelle Pinkard November 5, 2012 Mirror by Sylvia Plath is a poem that focuses on the purpose and existence of a mirror. The mirror is showed to be the speaker of the poem by in the beginning, describing itself and explaining its character as though it is human. One is able to feel emotion by understanding the important qualities it possesses. The mirror also metaphors itself as a lake and tells the important relationship it has with a woman. Women are drawn to mirrors searching for beauty but are often disappointed and turn their backs looking elsewhere. The mirror represents truth and is not intended to hurt or be cruel. This poem is very engaging by way of point of view, language, and imagery which helped to address a common human experience in how a woman sees herself. The point of view in a piece of literature work is very important in that it helps a reader to understand the narrator’s purpose of the story. The poem Mirror is told from a first person’s point of view in which the speaker is a mirror explaining what it reflects. In the first stanza, it states, “I have no preconceptions / Whatever I see, I swallow immediately / Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike” (cited in Clugston, 2010, Poems for Reflection, para. 13). By knowing the thoughts of the narrator, it allows a person to not only understand but to also feel the emotions portrayed within the story. While reading the poem, one...
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...A family secret will always be hidden.A family secret should always be hidden. This story gives off a mystery feeling because it's about a mirror that shows you a different way of seeing today's side of society . This mirror is part of the family for many of years and is the family secret.The mirror is moved in the story and brings the family closer at the table.The author that wrote this book is María Elena llano.The title is "In the Family.”This story is a dark creepy story telling about a family's secret. The secret is an mirror that shows the dead relatives. Sooner or later they would know what the mirror was showing was a reflection or real life. Maria Elena Llano uses symbols in her story “In the Family” to convey the theme of pride sometimes obstructs one’s ability to make wise decisions....
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...brief introduction, as we all know we have a lot of causes like Carelessness, Lack of experience and licensing, Drunkenness …. That produces this phenomenon, ESPECIALLY THE ACCIDENT THAT ARE MADE BY BIG TRUCK 15 M LONG but what is the solution offer a limited end this problem in other way what are the solutions proposed by the Moroccan Minister of Equipment and Transport ? This report should be considered anon-exhaustive study of literature devoted to the problem definition, the different technical solutions, legal requirements which must meet these solutions and their potential effectiveness. Here’s some action plan that should be taken to decrease accidents caused by big trucks: For example 1 Mirrors The various types of mirror (proximity mirror, mirror angle) can eliminate a large Series of blind spots on the right and left front of the vehicle. The wide-angle mirrors can collect angles Dead, right and left sides, at a distance from the vehicle. The Presence of a wide-angle mirror does not exclude the obligation using a...
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...Question: To what extent is literature like a mirror? Inquiry paper In Ovid’s Metamorphosis, Narcissus is a handsome young man who saw the reflection of his face in the waters of the Styx River. He became so captivated by his own reflection, that he sat looking at himself until he died and a small flower grew in his place. After the manufacturing and widespread existence of mirror, human have became obsessed with the reflections of themselves. Literature provided us with a unique type of mirrors. It helps us to discover the perfection of ourselves but at the same time, grab our eyes on the defectiveness as well. Just like Narcissus, we never stop seeking for self-identification and self-conscious through the way we look at our own images. An examination of the books I read, I found literature to be like a mirror to a great extent in many ways. The Secret daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, is a book that compares the treatments of females in two different families - one in India and one in America. The book begins with the unforgettable birth of a baby girl named Usha in a remote Indian village on the eve of monsoon. In a culture where females’ infanticide is rampant, Kavita, the baby’s mother sent her daughter to an orphanage in order to save her life. Dr. Somer, an American woman who adopts Usha (they call her Asha) after the discovering that she can never have children of her own. The two women mirror each other in the sense that they both make difficult decisions to save and...
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