Orange County, California was the new playground for politics and conservatives back in the 1960s. In the book Suburban Warriors, Lisa McGirr highlights on why this community set the way for new understandings and ideas that lead the nation into new reforms and a new president. She talks about how demographically Orange County progresses as a city. McGirr talks how religious movements’ plays a role in this new political movement, along with Goldwater and the new Right. She uses many stories throughout
In The Death of the Funeral Business, writer Sandy Hingston creates a strong informative article with a purpose to inform and communicate with her audience about the “dying” business of funeral homes. This idea is mostly portrayed through a serious of facts about current day rituals and how modern day deaths are grieved. The interpretation was brought from the specific question that states “‘From mentioning Facebook, to “the Verizon guy,’ to the ‘discreet flat-screen TVs’ in funeral homes, Hingston
This panel session centered on police in the community; who is affected by it, and how can we better relations with them in our community. Among those sitting on the panel were: a Senior Youth Prevention Specialist of Gang Alternatives, the current Public Safety Director for the University, a student who is a distant relative of Michael Brown, an adjunct professor, and a board member of PACT who works with the NRO (neighborhood resource officers) and Miami Gardens Police Department. One specific
Jena McGregor acknowledges that America doesn't cherish diversity. Americans today tend to believe that they do cherish diversity. In discussions of diversity, most of us will readily agree that America has improved considering America's past. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of what really changed from the past? Even though we have improved from the past we still manage to struggle with Americans being bias at schools, jobs, or even public places. Some schools are separated
During the mid-eighteenth century, there was a remarkable diversity of people and different kinds of social organization in North America. The Spanish and English had a diverse view of the rights that provided liberty to their societies. Even though most men enjoyed rights that protected their freedom and liberties, this was not the case for women and servants who were the majority of the population in their colonies and were the ones with the least amount of rights. In British North America, white
In her poem Penelope Dorothy Parker suggests that women are unsatisfied with the role that society has given them. Parker supports her claim by describing what Penelope and Odysseus got to do in their daily lives. She uses tone and conflict in order to illustrate that women of the time did not want to be stuck as housewives. Parker uses man vs. society conflict to demonstrate Penelope’s disdain for society has said her role is as a women. Parker gives the reader examples of what Penelope does on
Many of us have ideas about different races and cultures before we meet anyone from that culture or race. Many of those ideas are shaped from what we see and hear in the media. The media is an easy place to get information so many people take that information, and do not further research the topics discussed. The media has made people believe that African Americans and other minorities are more in involved in violent crime. The problem with media it that it also influences police officer’s opinions
Asian Indian American Culture Have you ever heard Indian music before, seen an Indian work of art, or celebrated an Indian holiday? I have done all of them because I am an Asian Indian American. Asian Indian Americans immigrated in the 1820s from India to America. Asian Indian Americans have contributed to American culture by bringing Indian food to Americans and by introducing a variety of music, arts, and holidays. Indian Americans have many different ways of expressing themselves through arts
Social Media/face book/Twitter. I do not agree with any of these being used whilst in the work place. The employer employs the employee for 8 hour days In this time said employee is required to work with full attention to the task at hand as paid for by employer. If the employee is focussed on social media, this could cause work place accidents due to not being focused which in turn makes this a work place hazard The use of Social media in the work –Place is Counter –Productive in the work Place
What it takes to be a woman in an Islamic society illustrates the totalitarianism of in which the society controls the female population strictly based on the laws of religion. The Islamic religious community has never exhibited an interest in expanding opportunities for women beyond the gender role such as baring children and sacrificing their bodies for men. These communities have refused to allow girls to be educated, and repress women in all linguistic abilities. Reflecting the attitudes and