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attainment of literacy. The attempt to educate African-American during the time of slavery gained support from various religious groups; however, Caucasian viewed literacy for African-American as a method for instilling subservience and maintaining social, political and economic control. In contrast, African-American viewed literacy as a component of emancipation and participation in societal institutions on an equal basis. Many African-American activists have thought for blacks by creating different

Is there pressure on music artists to be sexual in order to be successful? Introduction The music industry can be an awfully harsh environment for young impressionable music artists. Along with extremely impossible body image standards, some say there is an even bigger pressure to be sexualised or objectified to be successful. There is no doubt that music artists have become more and more sexualised in music videos and in the media in the last decade or so. Originally the research topic was based

Toni Cade Bambara’s Black Female Champions It is well known from historical accounts, novels, poems, movies, and other sources that blacks have been abused, neglected, and mistreated in American society. In addition, a great deal has been written about the lives, hardships, and obstacles of black men. Black women, however, have long been relegated to subordinate societal roles in relation to white men and women and black men. Black women have been viewed as monsters and suffered distortions

wrote HOVA @visualmamli.”(Cable News Networks, 2018). Knowing that Beyonce's family is one of the accomplishments so is her career. “A historical moment for Beyoncé; she earned the title of Songwriter of the Year by ASCAP, a first for an African-American female artist.”(Hooked on everything, 2014) Beyonce Knowles has changed the world of entertainment as we know it. Her early life, career, and life achievements have made a major impact in our

society. Based on the pop music of the 2010’s, a somewhat conservative culture has taken a more provocative turn, especially in the case of women. Women in modern pop music are portrayed as sexual objects, sending a negative message to both male and female youth. One Direction was one of the largest boy bands to hit the stage in the 2010’s. With

of the baddest of the bad west outlaws in the 1800’s. She was originally born as Pearl Taylor of French descendant in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. She was known as the “Bandit Queen,” as some would call her, and she was known as one of the only American female stagecoach robbers, who was very fast and skilled. She was born in the year 1876, and passed away in 1956. Pearl was one of many children and received an exceptional education due to being in a respectable middle-class family. At the young age

reason. Choreographed and starred by Julie Joseph, who shined with her sublime and smooth ballet movements, grace and simplicity. Every aspect captivated the audience’s attention and even more so with a song that perfectly set the mood by the Welsh singer Marina and the Diamonds, “Fear and Loathing.” Through Joseph’s eyes there was a real story playing out. It was an intimate story of struggle and survival that yearned with impacting the

How the trickle-down theory works in China The Trickle-down theory, a well-known theory in fashion industry, has significant meaning in 19th to 20th century Europe. The American economist and sociologist, Veblen, published The theory of the Leisure Class by 1899, in which he discussed the split between the leisure class and the industrial class in the US critically. He concluded that leisure class treats dress as a sign of their status and possessions, furthermore, ‘Dress must not only be conspicuously

Media representations include the ways in which the media portrays particular groups. When gender is viewed through the lens of media representations, the disparity between male and female gender portrayal is evident. Media, technology, and social media are also used to misrepresent and to underrepresent gender identity. To understand the inequality of gender representation as examined through the media today, one must look at the history of the relationship between the forms of mass communication

John Lennon (1940-1980) The 1980s started on a devastating note as John Lennon, who was a songwriter, singer, and co-founder of the Beatles, was assassinated in Manhattan, New York, by a psychotic fan named Mark David Chapman. John Lennon’s albums were very successful as it sought for peace. In his album “Imagine”, he said, “Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.” (“John Lennon