Dreams as we see them are our hopes and desires. Doctor Martin Luther king Jr. in his famous speech in Washington on August 28th, 1963 said, "I have a dream". For doctor King that was his hope for equality and justice for all. Today people dream or hope for different things and for differ...

Hip-Hop The Merriam-Webster Colligate dictionary defines Hip-Hop as "a subculture especially of inner-city youths whose amusements include rap music, graffiti, and break dancing; an element or art form prevalent within this subculture." This is a general and to me, a very discriminatory...

Artwork during that Americans did were brought on by the European style of artwork. America eventually warped that style into their own personal style concerning the type of people from different cultures who had settled in America. Spanish and Indian cultures were where folk art came from. Th...

Unfair Treatment for Native Americans Our forefathers forced thousands Native Americans were forced to leave their homes. They faced massacres that caused their population to decrease immensely. Between 1880-1980 half of Native American Children was drove form their home to boarding schools hun...

Fat People versus Skinny People In some countries, it would be a personal offense to be called fat or skinny, but it would also be considered breaking a code of law. In America the vast majority of people very seldom use names to describe fellow citizens; instead, physical characteristics are used....

"Stick 'em up." These are three of the most feared words known to us today. Innocent people, males and females, the elderly, our nation's youth, all of these people must currently live in fear. Walking down the street, taking a Sunday drive, going to the supermarket, the bank, or a gas station...

The American Dream By now the words: "The American Dream" have been used a vast number of times throughout history, ever since James Truslow Adams drilled the term into everybody's heads with the publishing of his book: The Epic of America from 1931. The term was also the original ...

Our modern day society and our way of life is how we developed more from what the puritans were before. The way we live and grow up is also the clear picture of how the puritans live their lives. The education that is taught to our children, their way of life and social beliefs, marriage, the work e...

The President of the United States- this title has come to earn so much honor, as it is considered "the most powerful elected official in the world" (World Book). Some of America's most distinguished men were once presidents, and we recall such great names as George Washington, Ab...

Political correctness, a concept originally meant to protect minorities and the under represented and thus strengthen the country, has in today's America become no more than a necessary evil and catalyst for the cult of ethnicity. In theory political correctness sounds like a very reasona...

"Huckleberry Finn" The way in which a young boy loses his innocence by realizing the truth in life symbolizes how the evolution of Transcendentalism to Realism destroys a nation, as the United States moves towards the Civil War. American transcendentalism began with the formation of the ...

History 53 Spring 2000 Immigration/Migration America and Immigration When reading two articles that are decades apart, one sees that the nation's, as a whole, opinion has changed about immigrants. In an article from 1905 the South wanted immigrants because they were cheap labor. Al...

"Huckleberry Finn" The way in which a young boy loses his innocence by realizing the truth in life symbolizes how the evolution of Transcendentalism to Realism destroys a nation, as the United States moves towards the Civil War. American transcendentalism began with the formation of the...

Scotch-Irish Immigration in America Immigration into America has shaped and molded us into who we are today. Without groups such as the Scotch-Irish, English, Dutch, etc. America would not be the great melting pot that it has now become. Each of these cultures brought with them a sense of ...

The word graffiti comes from the verb "graffiare," which means to engrave or design on solid surfaces. Some people believe that graffiti started in ancient times when pictures on walls represented actions. In the sixties, people tagged their names on building walls, tunnels, and any place where a ...

"Quid pro quo" is a direct money exchange for influence, or in other words bribery. Many have the view that lobbying is not bribery. There are many reasons of why it is not so. The definition of lobbying is the transmission of information of both technical and political views. The technica...

American voter turnout in the past most recent presidential election, in my opinion, was embarrassing. The less than fifty percent of adults that turned out made Americans look like they just do not care. There are many factors that contribute to voter turnout. One of these is the registration re...

How many people in this room like rap or hip-hop music? Does everybody know where rap music originated? Do you believe that rap is more than three hundred years old? The words rhythmically recited, chanted, or sung over music by the likes of Jay-z, Missy Elliot, Jurassic 5, and many more represent ...

Immigration in America According to the United States Census Bureau the population of our country gains a new American every 11 seconds, and 2.5 million a year. Of that total, more than a million were born somewhere else. That is not a small amount of immigrant. This large number of immigrant ...

Commentary on Langston Hughes Poem: Let America Be America Again According to a poem written by Langston Hughes tilted "Let America Be America Again," he addresses the plight of America. He focuses his attention on the deferred dreams of those who dare to believe in the principles of equ...

"Intolerance in the Business World" Intolerance is a human trait that we all have. Regardless of ones social, economic, or ethnic background there has been a time in all our lives where we have judged a book by its cover without at least reading the synopsis on the back. Intolerance is ...

The Soil A small child stares out the window watching the rainfall to the ground. She stares in amazement as the water soaks in to the freshly tilled earth, and then slowly begins to pool. The longer she sits the pool grows and grows until a small stream begins to flow across the yard. She closes ...

"Body art Once Taboo now art" You've seen them; you've hated them; you've loved them. What are they? Tattoos. Up until a few years ago the only people in society with tattoos were people who were involved with evil cults, the army, or crime. Often people who were ...

In the early American colonies, the south and the north developed into two distinctly different colonies. Although their origins were both from Europe, their customs and living habits became so different that it would play a major role in America's history. There are many reasons why these ...

The time is nearing to cast our votes in America's most popular election: the presidency. Topics ranging from war, economy, and healthcare fill our media and flood into our living rooms. Somehow while all the ideas and opinions are thrown around us, we find a nest and settle down. In other words, w...