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    customers, however, since their work involved alcohol, people presumed that they worked there for sexual reasons. Another occupation that viewed women as hustlers were laundresses, since they were able to enter in areas where man were frequently around or where only men were allowed. Karras also states that another reason why they were seen as hustlers was because they had contact with men’s underclothes. In addition, domestic servants were

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    because he was not on the same level as Bimbi. In Harlem, he was considered to be well spoken when talking to people they gave feedback they were listening, but when he was talking he used "slang" words that few would understand apart from street hustlers. From this he uses claim of value to change his attitude from not being comfertable in prison, to taking

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    personality of a “hustler.” In this case, hustler is defined by someone who will do anything whether illegal, the best for the community, or gamble, just to get a dollar; in addition will stop at nothing to get what they want. Even though this play was written in the 60s, Walter still has the demeanor of many African American males today in their twenties who are trying to create a hustle. The only problem is Walter has the mental of a “hustler” but fails to execute the product of a “hustler” which is money

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    prominent civi right activists at the time. He preached Black Nationalism, where blacks separates themselves from the whites completely. He is often known as the intellectual, charismatic hero. Although, he was not always that faithful. He was a thug. A hustler. He committed crimes. How did a hoodlum, became a historical figure of Malcolm X? There was many events in his life that changed him, and shaped him to be that somebody. If we trace back his footsteps, his life as Malcolm Little, his life as a thug

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    publisher of Hustler magazine. Hustler is sort of the Mad magazine of written pornography which was started in the early 1970’s. The interest for me was seeing how this movie depicts the sexual exploitation of women in the sex industry with a specific look at how the material devalues women. The movie starts out in 1952 with a young Larry Flynt along with his younger brother peddling moonshine somewhere in Kentucky. Twenty years later they own a strip club in Cincinnati, Ohio called Hustler. Larry says

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    experiences many things that many young teenagers would not be able to experience or even understand. Even though in this day and age teens try to accomplish most of the things Malcolm X might have accomplished within a day, there still would never be a hustler like him. Growing up Malcolm experienced many changes with his family and the people around him. In the text Malcolm jumped from being a loner to a very popular young man in the streets around Boston. Malcolm was the type of person that wanted to

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    Hustler Magazine, INC. The court found the defendant’s use of the copyrighted works in their magazine was fair. Hustler Magazine INC did not exploit the value of Haberman’s works in order to sell copies of its magazine. The court also found Hustler established evidence that it made fair use of the copyrighted work because it did not materially impair the marketability or value

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    Ones identity is something greatly important to a person. An identity makes us who we are, combining our nationality, ethnicity, race, class, religion, and gender, a complex mixture that involves many factors. This is whom we are, what we are made of. One tool to show identity or more than just show, the means by which identity is created, is music. We constantly hear musical metaphors such as “find your voice” or “march to the rhythm of your own drum” simple putting music can help us find our identity

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    This unit was exactly the further acceptance Malcolm, and all rejected males, looked for at this time in American history. With Malcolm's imprisonment ended the acceptance of the ghetto hustler and gangster life. In prison Malcolm had to find a new place to turn for acceptance. As his father did, Malcolm turned to religion. The religion he turned to, The Nation of Islam or more commonly known as the Black Muslims, were a group of African

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    experiences many things that many young teenagers would not be able to experience or even understand. Even though in this day and age teens try to accomplish most of the things Malcolm X might have accomplished within a day, there still would never be a hustler like him. Growing up Malcolm experienced many changes with his family and the people around him. In the text Malcolm jumped from being a loner to a very popular young man in the streets around Boston. Malcolm was the type of person that wanted to

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