The New Black

Mariam Traore Ms. Cordova Writing 111 – Section 51 7 May 2015 White is the New Black … in Music Vocativ, a media and technology new company, calculated that the 2015 Grammys is the “whitest” Grammys in 35 years. This data composes of the lack of people of color nominations and winners in the top four categories – best song, best album, best new artist, and best record. This is important due to the recent social media points about cultural appropriation of minority cultures by white artist in pop

Orange Is The New Black is a Netflix original series created by Jenji Kohan. The show is set in a women’s federal prison in Litchfield, New York. The story is set on a woman, Piper Chapman, who is sentenced to 15 months in prison for transporting a suitcase of drug money to her former girlfriend Alex Vause, who is an international drug smuggler. This offense happened 10 years preceding the start of the series, although occurring in flashbacks. Before being sentenced to prison time, Chapman lived

Death is all around us. It is as natural as living and occurs in different ways. Death is viewed differently throughout American society. The way it is handled is based on the situation. Using examples from the TV shows Orange is the New Black and Scrubs, I will discuss our society 's understanding of death and dying by looking at how they are viewed in hospitals compared to prisons. I will focus on how often death occurs and how it is handled in each system. These shows portray most events as they

On page 69, and again on page 78 of Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman, Piper talks about the things that were her riches while she was in prison: letters, postcards, books, legal pads, pens, envelopes, and stamps. How do treasures in prison compare to treasures in your own life, and can you relate to the way she feels about her meager possessions? One of the things that struck me about Piper’s time in prison was all the books and letters she received. All I could think was: if I had landed

As soon as we got to the hotel, I saw our classmates all run outside cheerfully. I noticed why, it had started snowing. I put my hand out to catch a snowflake. I grabbed Luke’s hand and pulled him across the street to the group of classmates. “Snow!” I exclaimed. “It might be a white Christmas,” he replied. I looked around. It was already darks so all the streetlights were shining like stars. Our fellow classmates ran around us attempting to make snowballs, or tackling each other to the ground

Bilingual is the New Black Today we live in an increasingly globalized world. In the United States alone over 60 million people speak a language other than English when at home (Speaking in Tongues). While most schools require at least two year of foreign language, this is not really enough to familiarize yourself with a language. It would not only be in the students best interest to do this, but also the schools as it increases academic achievement. It also improves your cognitive functions and

Michael Woodcock Professor Theis Research Paper 8 December, 2014 Cloning is the New Black Cloning could potentially allow advances in science that will benefit society as a whole. Cloning of both humans and animals can help advancements in curing a variety of diseases. Those who oppose this proposition believe it is morally and ethically wrong. Proponents for cloning animals know that it can allow for a healthier lifestyle and help maximize production numbers, while opponents think that the technologies

Black News The article Black News, written by Eula Biss, contains experiences from Biss’s career that led her to have strong views on racism in our country. Biss begins this article by giving some information on the different views the UN had on allowing weapon inspectors to return to Iraq. She then went on to introduce her life in San Diego and how she felt like the beaches were very similar to the community in that they were very white. She uses that analogy to explain how everything isn’t always

The Famous known Netflix Series “Orange is the new Black” is a woman based show that encourages woman brilliance and exemplifies the struggle of How woman are perceived in different aspects of society while it views the daily struggles of men on a day to day basis and has them create a status of their own; although their status differ so greatly they are still dependent on each other. Orange is the new black is a show that basis women's views from a prison who are not terrible people however they

this particular issue. One media example that changed this pattern and addressed gender and sexuality, specifically with women’s experiences in prison, is the Netflix show, Orange is the New Black. Orange is the New Black is successful in addressing the