Essay - Boyz in the Hood The film “Boyz in the Hood” directed by John Singleton has one key scene, the death of ricky. This scene is important because Ricky is one of the main characters and we as an audience, see him grow up from a young boy to a young teenager. Ricky creates a positive image of black people by getting through his SAT scores. This scene shows the idea of black peoples gangs and their society. Ricky was shot by a local rival gang, we, the audience don't know the name of the person who shot him, this tells us that the person who shot the gun isn't very important, which also tells us that anyone can murder anyone in this society.
3.Following the earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010, Twitter reaffirmed its role as a powerful tool for the DISSEMINATION of information. synonym=communicate I chose the word communicate because i read an article that said twitter was a way to communicate with thousands of people around the globe. 4.Additionally, it became an effective fund-raising PLATFORM, when the Red Cross launched a mobile giving campaign that surpassed all expectations. synonym=stage I chose the word stage because a platform is a raised floor and a stage is also raised off the floor. 5.High-profile users tweeted about the DRIVE to help victims of the earthquake, and many of their followers tweeted and re-tweeted the message, helping the Red Cross raise more than $8 million through text messaging within 48 hours of the quake.
Anthropology Second Film Paper Assignment God Grew Tired Of Us In 1983 the civil war of North and South Sudan broke out because of years of fighting of the Arab North against the Black Christian and Animus South, religion and oil were the main reasons behind the fighting. In 1987, the Muslim government sent out an announcement to kill all male children in the South regardless of age. In order to survive the bloody war, thousands fled from Sudan to Ethiopia. When the Muslim government reached word of those who fled, the 86,000 men fled from Ethiopia to Kenya. The 12,000 men who were able to survive when they reached their destination were referred to as the “Lost Boys of Sudan”.
The Invisible Children organization is an active organization that focuses on LRA conflicts in Africa. The LRA, or Lord’s Resistance Army, is a rebel army of mostly children captured by lead oppressor Joseph Kony for the sole purpose of sustaining his overwhelming power. In order to gain donations and promote awareness about the LRA, the Invisible Children website appeals to the pathos and ethos of teenagers through the use of both frightening and touching videos, and captivating and relatable text like hashtags. The homepage consists of a hashtag “#ZEROLRA” in a bold and big font in the middle of the page. The layout is clean, simple, and easy to navigate.
Martin Luther King Jr.”). This brought in a lot of media attention and it won a lot of sympathy from the public. This event was marked as the most important political issue in the early 1960’s. Dr. King also organized non-violent marches for voting, desegregation, labor rights, and other basic civil rights. Most of these rights were written into the United States Law. When Malcolm X was selected to become the leader of a mosque in Harlem in 1954, he rapidly expanded its membership (Hailey 100-105).
For my research paper I chose to focus on Lil Wayne. I admire him because he is hard working and he has gone through a lot to achieve his American dream and he never gave up on it. Lil Wayne's American dream was to have a better life for himself and move his family out of the ghetto. He had been trying to do that since he was young and then he finally got discovered at the age of 13 by Birdman who was a well-known local producer. He took Lil Wayne to the top and even though he had to drop out of high school it was wroth it because he is now worth over 24 Million dollars.
Like the genocides of the past century, it will be notorious principally for its cost in human life" (Perl 25). The people in Darfur aren't that different from people like us. We have the same body functions/needs, they have faith in a higher diety like we do, etc. But most importantly, something that people seem to forget, they're people just like everyone else in the world. The Darfurians, targeted and attacked by their own neglectful government, entire villages burned and obliterated, men savagely murdered, women visciously raped, and children, unmercifully and sadly, meeting their forced ends as well.
Genocide in Darfur (Region of Sudan) The genocide in Darfur has changed the lives of everyone in Sudan. Discrimination has pushed people out of their homes and put distress on all involved. The United Nations and other groups try to send aid, but certain matters keep interfering. Darfur’s numerous tribes have led to conflicts with in the region, but since 2003 discrimination against the African farmers has occurred; leaving people starving and homeless and the United Nations trying to help. Generally the geography and the background of the people do have an affect on a country.
Since March 5th the video produced by San Diego non-profit Invisible Children has been shared and viewed by more than 100million people worldwide. It has become so renowned so quickly because of the platforms it used to advertise itself. The KONY 2012 campaign is directed at youths, those that viewed the video felt connected to the invisible children. With the large amount of teenagers that have access to a smart phone the video circulated dramatically and within a few days it had 50million views on YouTube. However it gained this large amount of attraction due to the way it spread.
This problem has become more public in the last two years and has drawn a lot of attention, which has resulted in international documentaries trying to raise awareness and support for these majestic creatures. Carte Blanche has featured many documentaries showing the brutal killings of the rhinos, trying to make us more aware of the threat to their existence. The topic of rhino poaching in South Africa is such a sad topic but has increased drastically. Rhino poaching happens all over the world, but recently Southern Africa has suffered dramatically and it has become a greater concern. It needs to be addressed as soon as possible before our rhino becomes extinct, which will be a very sad day for the world.