Henry Louis Gates 'Know Thyself'

Horatio Lloyd Gates was born January 1st, 1727 in Essex, England to the house keeper and butler to the Duke of Leeds. Horatio joined the British army at age 22 and fought for 24 years until leaving to Virginia. Horatio Gates left England just after the war was finished and when he had his first son, Robert to which he wanted to move to Virginia and buy a plantation. Horatio later leaves to fight in an army once again but this time its the Revolutionary war and he fights for the Patriot cause.

William Henry Gates III was born in Seattle, Washington on October 28, 1955. William was the middle child of William H. Gates II, a very successful lawyer in Seattle, and Mary Gates, his mother, who worked as a teacher before she had kids. William had two siblings, A older sister, Kristi, and a younger sister, Libby. William loved to play games and was pretty competitive at most everything he did. William was a very intelligent child and made outstanding grades in elementary school, especially in math. William got very bored and distracted very easily and tended to get into some trouble. Williams parents kept him occupied by signing him up for activities like boy scouts and reading science fiction books. At the age of thirteen, Williams parents

Now imagine a random passerby stopping you on the street and saying the same thing. Who are you more likely to believe? You will likely believe this statement more if it comes from Mr. Gates. This is because Mr. Gates has credibility, meaning that you will believe what the speaker is saying simply because he is the guru of the computer industry.

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Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Director of the Hutchins Center for African American Research at Harvard University, and an esteemed Alphonse Fletcher University Professor. According to his Harvard University profile he is an “Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, institution builder…and the recipient of fifty-five honorary degrees and numerous prizes.” Professor Gates was also the first African American scholar to be awarded the National Humanities Medal. In 1973 he earned his Bachelors in English Language and Literature from Yale University, and in 1974-1979 he got his Master’s. and Ph.D. in English Literature from Clare College at the University of Cambridge (Department of African and African American Studies). Throughout many of his texts Gates provides examples of the ambiguity of language and identity, and the oppressive role ideology plays in the black community; allowing readers to apply the idea of deconstruction to our own daily experiences

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What really is in a name? Apparently, there is a lot. In Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s story, "What's in a Name," there is a telling story about a young boy learning the powerful pain and humiliation in the racist practices of American society. Gates illustrates how racism can perpetuate prejudice that aims to take away individual identity and put entire groups of people down. Yet, the fact that Skip was willing to never look Mr. Wilson in the yes again shows that Gates himself was not going to just take the racism any longer, but was willing to fight it in his own unique way.

In “Delusions of Grandeur” by Henry Louis Gates Junior, Gates elaborates that Black youths should be given the opportunity to pursue a career that doesn’t involve being drafted into a professional sport. Gates brings to light the mishaps of the schools in the black communities that don 't push for scholarly students for chances at aspiring to go to college. He also speaks upon African Americans should not be seen just as athletes but are able to further in an education as a doctor, lawyer, engineer and much more. Today Black professional athletes should not be more respected than black professionals such as doctors, lawyers and educators.

The approach which Mr. Gates has espoused is founded on the utilitarian code of ethics as advocated by John Stuart Mill. This code of ethics emphasizes that an individual’s ethical behavior must not be founded on which that brings the highest good for the highest number (Mill, 2007). Until now, the philanthropist has committed over $20 billion dollars of his wealth to a range of grounds, consisting of the enhancing the living standards in much of sub-Sharan Africa. The mogul has well persuaded similar billionaires that this approach to altruistic work by far is the most significant approach.

At birth everyone is given a name by their parents. Your name is part of your identity and how you are addressed and recognized by the world. The different verities among the population created other names given to different races. These names are offensive, demeaning and are only used to refer to a person in a disrespectful manner. They can also cause a segregation among a nations people, these names are forced upon people weather they are rich or poor, old or young, male or female and are used to describe the same race of people. In the class reading "What 's in a Name? “by Henry Louis Gates he reminisces about a personal experience of his that he had with his father. In the story he describes his father was a hard worker and, because of this he was in high financial standings and, he was well respected and given privileges that at the time was rare for people of his race but he was still black and his name, his individual identity was not important instead he was given a racial identity, this is the only thing he was known as, this type of negative recognition is something many black Americans can relate to. One’s race is a predominant part of our identity and is what causes discrimination.

William Henry Gates, III was born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He was the middle child of three born to William and Mary Gates. ATrey,@ as he was called because of the III, was sent to a private school by his father, a lawyer, and mother, a former teacher now on several prestigous boards (Moritz, 238). At age 13, Bill had completely taught himself programming after taking a computer studies class. After scoring a perfect 800 on the mathematics half of the SAT, he graduated from Lakeside school and enrolled at Harvard University as a prelaw major. As a student Gates was a wonder. He received an A in an economics class without attending and cramming the night before the final exam. In June 1975, Bill Gates dropped

“People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters,”Bill Gates. The world’s youngest billionaire is the hard working, intelligent Bill Gates. This man independently started his own computer company and built it up to a 230 billion dollar empire. Bill Gates changed the way the world uses computers by building his company, Microsoft, from the ground up,

When people think of a hero they think of Superman, Batman, or Spiderman, but what they should think of are people that make difference. Bill Gates has made a huge difference in today’s world; he is an extremely successful entrepreneur, an active philanthropist, and a very motivated person in general. With this motivation he has and will accomplish anything he puts his mind to. He was CEO of Microsoft and became the richest man in the world. He also created one of the most credible and generous charitable organization in the world. As a positive influence on today’s world, Bill Gates has proven himself as person with his good work ethic, positive attitude, and great accomplishments.

Gates strives to reach his audience in an effective way as well as establish his own credibility. This is shown the moment he begins delivering his speech. Gates opens with various humorous remarks, specifically a few satirical phrases regarding himself. Gates grabs the attention of his audience making the remark, “I’m just happy that the Crimson has called me ‘Harvard’s most successful dropout.” (Gates). As the speech becomes more serious, Gates steers away from humor and replaces it with more of an anecdotal approach. Gates describes going to Davos saying that the global health panel was “so boring I couldn't bear it. What made that experience especially striking was that I had just come from an event where we were introducing version 13 of some piece of software,” (Gates). This anecdote shows Gates’ honesty and common human quality of impatience, and then proves his credibility by reestablishing his success in the field of technology by bringing up the event he attended prior. This