about the situation. In this case, is our collective memory of the Civil Rights Movement keeping us from facing this problem? Or in some way, is society willing to sacrifice black lives, which are seen as less important due to America’s history of slavery and segregation that we still subconsciously hold on to, in order to achieve some dubious “greater good” rooted in a slanted, biased view of history? Are blacks, and all underprivileged minorities, the “collateral damage” of American society? These
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The Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints is one of the most ongoing controversial cults in the United States. The main two reasons for this controversy. This group is constantly breaking the sacred canopy that our modern society has created. A major example of breaking through this canopy is through their practice of polygamous marriages. Polygamous marriage is outlawed in the United States. Ironically, this is not where the Mormon sect has run into legal issues. Their leader, Warren Jeffs
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The people of the early exploration and colonization are extremely focused on having the free will to practice their religion in their own ways. This focus on free practice of religion is the main purpose for why people are colonized in North America. Although most creation stories involve very similar purposes, the religions are very different, and there are different ways of worship and study of a religion. Some groups are very violent and disrespectful, to the Native Americans, as they travel
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The goal of this project was to create a space where the community could re-imagine the lyrics of their favorite Regional Mexican song to emphasize why and how are these songs problematic (sexist, racist, violent). This kind of music is traditional and popular in Mexico. People who follow this trend tend to be from rural communities, low-income, and have low educational backgrounds. The Regional Mexican Music industry is primarily dominated by males, resulting in sexist lyrics. Furthermore, since
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They started with 5 ships and hundreds of men. Nine years later, there’s only four men and no ships. One of those men was Cabeza de Vaca. He survived the trek from Florida, to Texas, and finally to Mexico City. With the odd against him, how could Cabeza make it to Mexico City alive? Due to his communication skills, his wilderness skills, and his Shaman status, Cabeza de Vaca was able to make it to Mexico City. One reason why Cabeza de Vaca survived was because of his communication skills. A chart
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah illustrates Beah’s childhood under Sierra Leone's Civil war in the 1990s. The book recounts Beah’s experience as a 12 year old boy struggling to find his family. Although this book mainly follows Beah, it also gives a lot of insight on the instability in African countries like Sierra Leone. Ishmael Beah was a normal child before the Civil war in Sierra Leone, which is what the beginning of the book illustrates. In the early chapters, Beah
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Do you ever wonder how sugar became so popular? The sugar market didn’t just become popular overnight. It went through a series of ups and downs. The sugar trade first started around 1655 and ended around 1833. In the last decades of the century, four-fifths of sugar came from British and French colonies. Many factors contributed to why sugar grew to be what it is today. Some of the factors are high consumer demand, warm climate and work being completed by slaves. Consumer demand drove the Sugar
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During the exploration of the New World the Europeans saw themselves as a dominant race. Disapproving of the Native Americans and viewing them as barbaric, uncivilized, and rude. Europeans questioned whether to conquer or educate the Native Americans towards a more civilized ways. However, not all Europeans had this view of the Native Americans, some believe that they should be treated equal to the Europeans, they did not see the Natives as a threat. This lead to the question whether to conquer or
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A hero is someone who is admired for their courage, has achieved outstanding accomplishments throughout their life or their noble qualities, such as honesty and loyalty. At an early age we were taught that Christopher Columbus was a hero, that he sailed across the Atlantic ocean and found a new world with people who were already living there. He was also considered a hero because he brought back some of the natives, and gold for the King and Queen of Spain, who sponsored his expeditions. The most
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The Powhatan tribe was a misinterpreted powerful group of Indians who persevered by staying together despite their disadvantages in their battles with the new English settlers, and their different way of living life. The Powhatan tribe stayed together throughout most of the 1600s. The English settlers did not have respect for these people and they simply could not understand the Powhatan culture. Sure the Powhatan tribe brutally killed its enemies through torture, but the cruel punishment kept their
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