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Taking Back Our Power
Black Power Movement
For as long as I can remember when it came to black political movements, women were always depicted either on the side lines, in the shadows of their male counterparts or seen as sexual objects of desire. Unlike the suffragist movement where we see kick-ass white women demanding their power and having control of their…
Community Anti-racism Education (C.A.r.e)
Black Power Movement
Imagine that you are in your first semester in college and you are asked to attend an outside activity that is required for a class. At first you are not sure if you will be interested in any events and are nervous to meet new people. However, after attending the event you realized you have…
Malala Yousafzai’s Sspeech Review
Malala
Malala explains how much so many people has helped her learn and been so inspiring. She refused to sit and watch education be stripped from women and is going to fight what she believes in. In Yousafzai’s speech she used patho, for example when she said, ¨When I was in Swat, which was a place…
Civil War Current Event Assignment
Harriet Tubman
Kanye West is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer. I was confused when I found out that he wanted to meet Donald Trump. I also heard that he supported Trump’s choices and actions. Then he said he said “slavery was a choice.” To me, Donald Trump’s slogan, “Make America Great…
Angela and Assata: Black Radicals
Black Power Movement
Life
“Radical simply means ‘grasping things at the root’.” – Angela Davis Assata Shakur and Angela Davis are two women that were very monumental in the Civil Rights Movement. These women fought and worked beside the men of the Black Panthers and other organizations to make a change. Angela Davis is best known for her radical…
Equality: Malala and Rosa Parks
Malala
Rosa Parks
Equality for me means that every human is equal and deserve to be treated equally. That opportunities, prospects and respect, are evenly distributed amongst each and every one of us. That it matters not where you come from but what your gone accomplish and achieve. For some equality means equal rights between the sexes, for…
The Dark History of America’s Success
Harriet Tubman
The US had a huge break and economic boom, from the time of the revolution through the time of the reconstruction, however the great success which mainly emerged from cotton and tobacco plantations in the 1700s has dark history behind it, written in death, blood and tears. For it was on account of brutal acts…
“I Am Malala” Literature Review
Malala
The book is about Malala Yousafzai, a teenage Muslim girl who is from Pakistan. Malala’s hometown had recently changed in past ten years due to the Taliban, a radical Islamic terrorist group, who are against education and women’s rights. Malala begins her book by describing her Pashtun culture and the inequality women face daily in…
“I am Malala” Summary
Malala
The story I am Malala, written by Christian Lamb and Malala Yousafazi, starts with Malala telling us about her unique childhood in her hometown of Swat Valley, Pakistan. With Malala’s father, Ziauddin being the principle of a school, education was always a major priority in their family. Malala’s father’s school was doing very well and…
“I am Malala” Novel Analysis
Malala
In the novel I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai tells the story of how the Taliban slowly began to take over her small valley, Swat, in Pakistan. The story begins with Malala recalling where she was and what was happening before she was…