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    African Americans have endured a considerable measure of bigotry and disdain all through society. In "The Passing of Grandison" the slave Grandison outsmarted his masters and his family into achieving his opportunity to freedom. In the story, Grandison is not “passing” in the way others have "passed", which means he is not viewed as white. He passes by faking his allegiance to his master, and by doing this he ends up gaining his freedom, not only for himself, but also his family. The 1934 Version

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    In the case of James Smith, the court has to decide if there was discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Workplace Fairness, 2016) On July 21, 2014 President Obama signed an Executive Order that amended previous executive orders and added sexual orientation and gender identity protections for all federal workers, including contractors and subcontractors of the Federal government. According to the law, Smith’s was discriminated on the basis of his sexual orientation. In relation to the second

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    mystery of his unfortunate bloodline. By this point, Cain has been made aware of the possibility that his abusive father, who threw himself off a cliff to spite Cain, has been alive all this time and is the head of a secret organization called Delilah. Delilah is tied to the occult and serves to torture Cain for his “sin” (as a child born of incest) long after his father’s “death”. The multi-chapter story, called “Butterfly Bones”, in Volume 2 has Cain and Mary, his half-sister, visiting a distant

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    Week 2- Understanding Colonialism and Postcolonialism Colonialism and post colonialism is a demanding understanding with in different indigenous cultures around the world. The ideas of colonialism and imperial are likeminded ideas and can be compatible. As defined in the English dictionary colonialism is defined as ‘a farm or settlement referred to the Romans who had settles on other lands but retain their citizenships’ (Loomba, 2015). Understanding this definition helps form the community as a process

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    Warwick Thornton is an Australian Aboriginal film director that focuses his films on the struggles of Aboriginal people. Thornton was born in Alice Springs and spent most his childhood days living in a small Aboriginal community where he experienced the discrimination against Aboriginal people and the violence that existed in the community. Through experiencing discrimination and violence in his childhood, Thornton decided to learn cinematography to show Australians and people around the world the

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    family, she still knows her place as a servant. In the film The Imitation of Life, Delilah’s role as the mammy was classic. Delilah was very well loved by the family but there were some clear differences. I found it very interesting that Delilah’s secret pancake recipe was so successful, yet she only received a small percentage of the businesses proceeds. In addition to that, Delilah was completely ok with the business arrangement. “Mammy’s offshoot is the aunt jemima, sometimes derogatorily referred

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    “What!?!? No this can’t be true! How did I not think of it before?! How did I not connect the dots?!”. I am Delilah Marie Gonzalez by day, but Cobolt Fire by night. That was me freaking out back there. Let me start from the beginning. I go to Monmouth University. I paid to have a dorm and live on campus. I thought that living on campus would be easier for me so that I do not have to drive from one city to another to get to class. My roommate is Sally Michelle Nimbit. Sally is friendly

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    The artwork I have chosen is ‘Samson Captured by the Philistines” by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known as Guercino. The painting is an oil on canvas and was painted in 1619 in Venice. The dimensions of the painting are 75 ¼ x 93 ¼ inches (191.1x236.9cm). Guercino is an Italian-born painter and mostly associated with Baroque style art. He got the name Guercino from Guercio, which means cross-eyed in Italian. I am going to give a detailed formal and content analysis of the artwork. The formal

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    Women of Homer's Odyssey and the Bible Across all barriers, women have always brought pain, suffering, and aguish to the men as demonstrated in both Homer's Odyssey and the Bible. With their beauty and grace, temptresses like the Sirens and Delilah lure men into their grasps, only to later steer them to their ruin. Other times, they use their cunning abilities and deception, as Circe and Jezebel did, in order to entice men into doing things that they normally would never accede to do. Moreover

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    The artistic style of Mannerism began in Florence and reigned from the early 1520’s until about 1590 where it had been widely spread in Northern Europe. Early Mannerist period art is known for its anti-Renaissance style which over time developed into a more intellectual style designed to appeal to a more sophisticated patron. Artists of this time, such as Correggio, Fiorentino and Parmigianino, were followers of the Renaissance masters. Mannerism was an artistic approach that focused on the human

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