American Tongues

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    Yes Boy

    only King George III and the British Parliament to know the American's feelings, but also the entire world. The time had comh emphasis Jefferson placed on providing reasons. But, this list is not only directed at Jefferson, it is a reminder to all Americans and the whole world of what disturbing times have been overcome in the past. Jefferson used two main strategies in convincing his audience. First, as I have already mentioned, he uses factual evidence to support his claim. The list of cruel acts

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    Heartbreak

    If I start acting a certain kind of way towards you. You gonna feel some way. The sad thing is me and you got the same jealous &' sensitive ways. I may have had some wrong in the argument but you took it to another level that it shouldn't have went to if you say you loved me like your "child" . You come off about alot of stuff the wrong way. You stay throwing stuff in my face that gets on my nerves. Like the situation about my mama. Like respect it, that's my mama and when she kick me out, where

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    Stinky Stick

    Stinky Stick Yesterday has passed but the more I see it, the longer it lasts. Whenever I see a stick, I could remember one of the most embarrassing experiences in my life. One day, in grade school, our teacher scolded us with her long stick pointing us. Trying to escape her angriness, I remained silent, imagining if I would be a fairy and would turn her into frog to stop like the one in fairy tales. Later, in the midst of my imagination, she lent me her stick and be the little

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    Asian American

    Why Asian Americans are facing unfair treatment from U.S society? Xuchen Cheng The Ohio State University Why Asian Americans are facing unfair treatment from U.S society? The term, hyphenated American, is initially used to disparage people who came from a foreign region but were born in America. Asian Americans, which occupy about 4.8% of US population (Wikipedia), are often defined as those Americans who emigrated from Far East, such as China, India. In recent years, it has become common

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    Julia"S Food Booth

    After formulating and solving a linear programming model for Julia’s Food Booth, I feel that Julia should lease the food booth at the Tech stadium football games. Yes. Julia should lease the booth because she would potentially make a profit of $1150 ($2250-$1100) each game; this is more than what she needs to run the booth. In addition, because she has cash on hand of $1500 to purchase and prepare the food items for the first game, Julia would not have to use any of the money that she makes to

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    Campus Racism 101

    Virginia tech? In response to that she says “because it’s here and so are black students.” (Giovanni 271) Giovanni states that people need to have a little perspective. “Where an you go and what can you do that frees you from interacting with the white American mentality?” (Giovanni 271) by saying this she meant that no matter where you go or what you do in life you cannot escape the ignorance of some people. So you have two choices, to challenge it with one of Giovanni’s witty responses as outlined in

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    Older African-Americans & Hiv

    Susceptibility, and Risk Behaviors of Older African Americans” Journal of Multicultural Nursing and Health Johnson 3 Age presents a unique challenge for health care providers in that some relatively newer diseases may not be perceived the same in the elderly as it is in the younger population in general. The study produced by Frances Jackson et al. sheds an illuminating light on the perceptions of elderly African Americans as it relates to HIV/Aids. The District of Columbia

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    Ethical Principles Violated in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study

    untreated syphilis in poor, country Black men who thought they were receiving free health care from the U.S. government. They started their studies in 1932, on 600 low-income African American men, out of which 399 who had before contracted syphilis, and 201 without the disease. (Wikipedia, n.d.).According to The American Psychological Association (APA), they violated ethical principles in several ways. Freedom from coercion: Every human being has rights to make choices about their lives and not to

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    Evolution of the Alagator

    Evolution of the Alligator Evolution of the Alligator One of the most highly evolved animals on the Earth today is the alligator. Found mainly in the swamps and warmer climates of the earth, these predators are one of the few animals left that existed when the dinosaurs roamed the planet. Over the millennia, they have evolved into one of the most feared and interesting creatures today. However, the modern alligator is a far cry from its ancestral roots. Today, by looking at the anatomy of

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    Huck Finn

    quote by the great American writer Ernest Hemingway, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn…it’s the best book we’ve had…There has been nothing as good since" (The Green Hills of Africa [Scribner’s. 1953] 22). The controversy behind the novel has been and will always remain the crux of any readers is still truly racism. Twain surely does use the word ‘nigger’ often, both as a referral to the slave Jim and any African-American that Huck comes across

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