Regarding my professional experience, after college I went straight into politics, becoming an attorney. Currently, I am New York’s Senator and am part of the Democratic Party. At the beginning of my political career, in 1974, I was a member of the New York State Assembly. I spent six years in the Assembly and in 1980 I was elected to represent the 9th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. In 1998, I ran from the United State’s Senate and won. After Senator Daniel
Stick Knife Gun reflects the life of Geoffrey Canada at a time of high crime and violence. He would later learn the only way to be heard was by the use of your firsts. Geoffrey hardly stood a chance. Along with his four brothers, his alcoholic father abandoned them leaving his mother to raise them by herself. Geoffrey wasn’t your typical boy from the Bronx. He was one of the smart kids and even was placed in “the
A political issue of importance that is relevant to our government today is Texas open carry law. There are two different sides to this current issue, pro- open carry and anti-open carry. Pro- open carry advocates to this law want to be able to carry their weapons in public without having to conceal it. Although on the other side, anti- open carry proponents believe that it would be a bad idea to have guns visible in public and that it would cause more problems. Of these two sides, I am on the
weakness and must be strong at all times. Whether that may be through mannerisms, or physical actions such as partaking in acts of gangerism or violence of any sort. Black masculinity spoken about in the hood genre is associated with the description of black men who; lack a form of education, aggressive in verbal language to one another, always within violence and possibly belonging to a violent gang squad in the hood. As perceived in the media, black men are constantly painted and made to seem as if
A history of racism and a culture of violence in the United States creates the recipe for racial tension, which eventually boils over into violent hate crimes. Though the specific context may be different between the 60’s, 90’s and recent hate crimes, many of the perpetrators share the same white-supremacist views. This is not to say that all of these hate crimes were committed by whites, though they do hold the majority share. So where and why did these hate crimes begin? Let’s start in Birmingham
The Public Enemy (1931) is one of the earliest of the gangster films in the 30’s. The Public Enemy was directed by William Wellman and is a production of the Warner Brothers Studio. It is also a sound film, which was released, in the early sound and gangster era, 1931. A sound film is a moving image/motion picture sequence with synchronized sound. “The creation, recording and reproduction of sound is an integral aspect of film production and exhibition” (Kuhn and Westwell, 2012, p.385). “Sound is
would be the Ferguson vs Darren Wilson. Throughout the trail Wilson kept saying how he felt that his life was in danger. Wilson said in his testimony “At this point I’m like why isn’t this working, this guy is going to kill me if he gets ahold of this gun. I pulled it a third time, it goes off.” While in the moment the police officers think they are making the right decisions at the time, incidences similar
Although Gail Collins is an informative and interesting writer, her articles too often employ a tone that belittles the topics she covers. After following a political columnist, I have learned the importance of being educated on current events, but I have also seen the problems that can come with seeking information simply to strengthen your existing beliefs. For these reasons, I believe that this project is valuable, but could lend more influence if the students read columnists with different views
the onset that things always end badly in the ghetto. In this brand of ghetto film, the filmmakers “infiltrate” the communities they depict and acquire an insider’s views of marginality, gang life, and violence. Narrative emplotment is such that death is usually portrayed as inevitable and violence framed as virtually impossible to escape. Key examples of this variant are La Sierra: Urban Warfare in the Barrios of Medellín, Colombia (2005), by Margarita Martínez (1970-) and Scott Dalton (1969-), and
within the government. Political parties hold many roles of importance in our society. These include, selecting candidates for political office, inform their members of their opinions, mobilize members to vote, bring order to the process of policymaking, and monitor the opposing party. The two prominent parties in the United States