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one of the Ewells, ma’am,” and I wondered if this explanation would be as unsuccessful as my attempt. “Whole school’s full of ‘em. They come first day every year and then leave. The truant lady gets ’em here ‘cause she threatens ’em with the sheriff, but she’s give up tryin‘ to hold ’em. She reckons she’s carried out the law just gettin‘ their names on the roll and runnin’ ‘em here the first day.” A truant is a student that skips school without explanation. The Ewell children don’t need an explanation

who wanted him to “learn his place”(Joseph 29). This shows how bad Tupac had it because he was African American. Tupac died an early death at 25 because of a brewing rivalry between the East and West Coast rappers. Shakur was a person who would stand up for what he believed in no matter the cost and died fighting for that. He never let anyone win a battle that he was determined to win and always knew what he was fighting for. His mother was the same, as a loyal member of the Black Panther Party, a

artery which is located in the arm, where the forearm and upper-arm connects. This should take up to five seconds and no longer than 10 seconds to locate the pulse. After you have completed this and concluded that there is no pulse you may begin compressions. This is where it gets tricky. You as the rescuer will position yourself at the victim’s side. You must make sure the victim is lying with his torso facing up and his back on the floor. Also make sure he or she is on a flat surface, if not it will

multiple men out of wedlock. For mama no matter what skin color we came to be we all got the same amount of love and the same amount of ass-whooping’s. Racism, I’ve experienced racism from both sides; not so much from black men, but more from black women, and overall from whites who sometimes questioned me being “passable.” I did have some friends that would ask if I felt like an outcast because my looks gave confusion to the people who weren’t used to seeing mixed races. When I was out and about

ain’t company, Cal, he’s just a Cunningham--” (27). Nevertheless, Scout later says, “Don’t take it Jem… This is somebody’s hiding place… Somebody like Walter Cunningham comes down here every recess and hides his things-- and we come along and take ‘em away from him” (66) when Jem tries to take a ball of twine hidden in a tree. Comparing these two instances, the latter shows Scout’s development for she is no longer saying ignorant things, but being thoughtful for those less privileged than her.

on the behind to make 'em behave, but not hard enough to hurt. What you do when you git mad? she ast. I think. I can’t even remember the last time I felt mad, I say. I used to git mad at my mammy cause she put a lot of work on me. Then I see how sick she is. Couldn’t stay mad at her. Couldn’t be mad at my daddy cause he my daddy. Bible say, Honor father and mother no matter what. Then after while every time I got mad, or start to feel mad, I got sick. Felt like throwing up. Terrible feeling. Then

within the African American drawings, is clearly portrayed and they are also compared to the Caucasian guards in the drawing in a very significant way. When it comes to movement, the reason for why individuals had the tendency to migrate ended up adding up to a much bigger result than just simple struggles. The history behind the Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series and the Gullah culture is more than just a basic relation, on the contrary they have an intensified connection that ties them together

from the hip-hop that started it all. Hip-hop has simply evolved to a different type of music than the hip-hop that started it all. Hip-hop started in Brooklyn in 1973 at a block party with DJ Kool Herc, known as the father of hip-hop, mixing the beats. However, hip-hop has changed. There are the advances in technology to help make different sounds for songs. There is the fighting between artists and rappers because of their geographical backgrounds, meaning the areas that they are from. There

Racism and Sexism are something that children observe and grow up learning, kids weren’t born racist or sexist. In the book The Color Purple by Alice Walker, there is a lot of racism throughout the story. There is a lot of discrimination towards black people and the sexism in the novel is overwhelming. Women were beat up constantly and had no rights given to them. In this book, you learn what lives were like back when women had no rights, and their skin color determined how their life was going

long way since 1930. It took constant pressure from good people such as Atticus Finch but of course Atticus Finch is a fictional character to eventually change the law. “ They don’t belong anywhere. Colored folks won’t have ‘em ‘cause they’re half white; white folks won’t have ‘em ‘cause they’re colored, so they’re just in betweens, don’t belong anywhere.” (Lee 215). This is another quote that shows mixed people didn't belong anywhere. They were mistreated and cast out from society. Even a twelve year