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In Bell Hooks’ Eating the Other: Desire and Resistance, she first describes “eating the other”. As a history of spiritual beliefs when discussing the film, Heart Condition. “In ancient religious practices among so called ‘primitive’ people. The heart of a person may be ripped out and eaten so that one can embody that person’s spirit…

Sojourner Truth, originally known as Isabelle, was a courageous woman who fearlessly expressed her beliefs. Born into slavery around 1797 in Ulster County, New York, Isabella married Thomas and had five children: Diana, Peter, Elizabeth, Sophia, and possibly another child who may have died during infancy. After relocating to New York City in 1843 and…

August 16, 2017 at 8:24pm, 17 year-old Kian Loyd Delos Santos was last seen being dragged by two men. Four witnesses later said that he was given a gun and told to run. Delos Santos was later found dead with three gunshot wounds to the back of the head. This incident comes after a drug…

Of the numerous American Problems in today+s society, abortion is, without a doubt, one of the most culturally significant and opinion-forming. it is a topic that has the American public diVided by values and ethics. Some believe it is immoral and murderous to abort a potential human being: others that it a necessity in today+s…

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Injustice, violence, hate, anger, rage, racism, unlawful, innocence, murder, and color are a just a few things that invokes police brutality and the terror that takes place within this world. The ethical dilemma that faces lack of accountability of police in America is…

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, ivory is the ‘hard creamy-white modified dentine that composes the tusks of a tusked mammal’ (‘Ivory’). Yet, elephant ivory also has many other meanings to different groups of individuals. For example, to some people in Africa ivory may signify ‘livelihood’, to some individuals in China it may relate to ‘tradition’,…

Why drugs should not be legalize We ask ourselves what are these great risks on us consuming illegalized drugs. We are constantly exposed to all sorts of illegal drugs especially young adults at school, parties and even on the local beaches. Were surrounded by it all through out of lives, being pressured to consume them…

            There are many critical thinkers who have delved into the concept of justice.  Among them are Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and John Stuart Mill.  Another prominent intellectual known for his discourse on justice is John Rawls.  It is he who has created a concept of social justice called “justice as fairness.”  While I agree…

Introduction Immigration is the process by which individuals from a certain geographical location move to another part and become nationals. Immigration to Canada is therefore the process by which individuals from other countries over the world, move to Canada and hence become nationals. This process has existed since time immemorial with people migrating having various…

The short story “One Friday Morning” is a short story by Langston Hughes and it’s one of the stories found in “The Short Stories of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes. The main theme of the short story is undoubtedly discrimination because the text is focusing on racism when the high school student Nancy Lee Johnson…