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and violence in other types of music. Now they are doing the same with rap music (Roberts, 1994). Rappers have thus been forced to abandon the stated goal of their humble beginning to conform to the marketable aspects of their crafts. (Rebollo-Gil & Moras, 2012). Rappers have adopted all elements of hip-hop as a part of their daily practices claiming that hip-hop artists influence music, fashion, and speech. The portrayal of black men and black women in Hip Hop videos and lyrics serve the interests

was more of a manipulator then leader. A manipulator has trouble making decisions, potentially they can be manipulated if they do make decisions. In 1970 Charles Mora met with Henry Kissinger, John Rockefeller, and the president of Chase Manhattan Bank. Chase help most of the reserves in an account for the Iranian government. Mora was uneasy, “Have you seen what the Shah is doing in terms of policy?”, Kissinger replied in his baritone voice “I have, people are getting uneasy”, “do you think it

In “The New Colossus,” by Emma Lazarus, a hopeful and welcoming perspective of America is portrayed as a beacon of light and hope for all people. It is described as the ‘golden gate’ that opens into endless opportunity. Throughout the conversation America is presented as welcoming and opportunistic; however, immigrants often face challenges and exclusion as they try to assimilate to mainstream society, while concurrently working to maintain their cultural identity and values. Immigrants face different

African Americans. Since population in California today, consist of an average of 60% Asians and Latinos as stated in the book, “Learning English/Learning America” by Juana Mora, Gina Masequesmay, Eunai Shrake, and Ana S. Munoz, it is safe to say that students in classrooms nowadays are mainly those within these ethnic groups (Mora, Masequesmay, Shrake, and Munoz, ix). I will be focusing on three of the many stories APA and Latino students have to share in this book, that I felt related to me most as

The world does not work like a digital clock where a discrete set of numbers is presented and one must accept what is shown. The world is more similar to an analog clock, where all possibilities are present and one can only assume one is correct based on approximation but is never entirely sure of said approximation. For someone who lives in such a world, I have had to learn to embrace the contradictions both society and myself impose upon my different identities as well as my position in respect

million dollars in his recent championship fight McCoy did a “What-If”. Of course he could not compete on that level, but so much money, “What-If” McCoy had no way to know that his big “what-if” moment would arrive sooner then he could expect. The Mora brothers were meeting with the Saudi Minister and other influential allies. The agenda was straightforward, everyone there had the same sense of what needed to be done. Of course there are always certain side bar issues that people have an individual

goblins have. I was desperate, the reason being that if we could not defeat the goblins, they would run over the dwarf city of Minas Mora. Then, I realized that if our dwarf unit retreated, the goblins would not be able to follow us far. We could warn Minas Mora about the danger and do something about it. “Retreat,” I quickly called. Everyone ran back towards Minas Mora like mice escaping cats. I was about to retreat myself, until I saw Gimli being skewered by a

LGBT which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, are people who have their own gender and sexual preference. There is an estimated 3.5% of adults in the United States who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual and an estimated 0.3% of adults who are transgender (Gate, “How many people are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender?”) There are cases such as Freddie Mason, Bernina Mata, and Duanna Johnson, which are some events that embellish a long shadow of criminalization of LGBT people

The spanish ballad, or romancero, is a form of poetry which, closely linked to the medieval epic, is passed down by word of mouth and open to interpretation by the performers and audience. The ballad “Romance de Moraima” (or yo me era mora Moraima) is a romancero fronterizo which is relatively brief, and follows the standard octosyllabic structure. The ballad contains the key feature of assonating units, yet does not strictly rhyme with one vowel, i.e. ‘a’ but varies between ‘a’, ‘o’, and a paragogic

objects but contain a big meaning depending on what you want to represent with a symbol. In the poem titled “Oranges” by Gary Soto the poet uses the chocolate candy bar as a symbol to represent unhappiness.In another poem titled “Same Song” by Pat Mora the poet uses the mirror as a symbol to represent sadness. The meaning of these symbols is similar because both symbols represent something that they can not have. However, the difference of these symbols is that in the poem “Oranges” the meaning