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In Advertisements R Us by Melissa Rubin, she analyzes how advertisements appeal to its audience and how it reflects our society. Rubin describes a specific Coca-Cola ad from the 1950’s that contains a “Sprite Boy”, a large -Cola Coca vending machine, a variety of men, ranging from the working class to members of the army, and the occasional female. She states that this advertisement was very stereotypical of society during that decade and targeted the same demographic: white, working-class males- the same demographic that the Coca-Cola factories employed.
In Charles Smith’s “Free Man of Color” dilemmas between John Newton Templeton and the philosophies of “training” versus “education are ever prevalent throughout the play. As Robert Wilson prepares John to become the Governor of Liberia, John personally takes into account these concepts as he continues at Ohio University, and continues on with Robert’s plans. When John first arrives at the Wilson household, it doesn’t take long before he questions the concepts of education versus training. Throughout the stay Robert convinces John that he is to attend Ohio University to gain an education, yet when John and Jane Wilson are alone she reveals that the true reason behind John’s attendance is merely a training to become Governor of Liberia.
In “Kenneth Cole Gets Schooled” the short essay by David Sirota, Sirota who is a journalist particularly in politics and has worked on other political campaigns such as this one, which is from the Kenneth Cole clothing company. The essay “Kenneth Cole Gets Schooled” is about Teacher’s Rights VS Student’s Rights and that is the statement that Kenneth Cole clothing is trying to portray within their new advertisement campaign. Though David Sirota believes that Kenneth Cole is trying to insult teachers and or unions. Kenneth Cole’s campaign primarily focuses on teachers, and says that they are the reason for low-test scores and academic standards. Cole also states that private education is much better than public education.
In his essay “Kenneth Cole Gets Schooled,” which appeared in Salon on 30 April 2012, David Sirota, a political journalist argues over Kenneth Cole’s clothing advertisement campaign regarding “Teachers’ Rights vs. Students’ Rights.” According to Sirota, Cole is developing a “straw man,” one that has served throughout the years to imagine that open representative unions in widespread and teachers’ unions particularly are about simply ensuring awful workers get the opportunity to keep their occupations. Sirota asserts the most serious issue with Cole's campaign, believed, is the way it advances the "us-versus-them" idea that teachers' rights to due procedure in the work environment are naturally inconsistent with their students' fascination. In summary, Cole's campaign somewhat covered ideological propaganda and it accompanies various issues including: risk to "underperforming teachers" and responsibility of the country's greatest teachers’ union. Sirota’s essay is well written because it convinces the audience of the issue at hand by utilizing critical thinking questions, ethos, logos, and pathos.
What is the purpose and mission of universal schooling? Why are philanthropic white Northern reformers’ supportive of African-Americans’ goals of literacy and universal education? How can historians reconcile the educational advancement of African-Americans with their status as second-class citizens throughout the Eras of Reconstruction and Jim Crow? In The Education of Blacks in the South (1988), James Anderson explores the race, labor, and education questions through the lens of black educational philosophy. Anderson challenges the prevailing narrative that universal public education emerged from white Northern missionaries dedicated to civilizing newly emancipated Negroes in the South.
James Anderson’s The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935 discusses the creation and black devotion to education. Anderson argues that contrary to popular belief, blacks laid the foundation for their education, and even though others sought to control the system, blacks still fought for their own education the way they saw fit. He also argues that there has been pivotal relationship between education and oppressed groups—American education has always funded education for all (Anderson, 1988, p.5). I believe Anderson argues this through opposition, emancipation, and fighting low standards. Anderson begins the monograph with discussion of the postwar South and how they were hostile to the idea of black schooling.
Achieving African American Equality Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois were two of the most influential advocates for African American equality during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Blatty, 1). Although both men ultimately had the same goal, their methods for achieving African American equality were remarkably different. To begin, the men had conflicting ideas about what constituted as African American equality. Booker T. Washington argued that the accumulation of wealth and the ability to prove that Blacks were productive members of society would be the mark of true equality for African Americans (Painter, 155).
Ken Kasey’s One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a literary classic known not only for its superb style and captivating story, but also for a number of well-publicized attempts to ban the book from school and public libraries dating back to the 1970’s just after the initial publication of the story. In 1974, the board of education in Strongsville, OH was pressured with a lawsuit to ban One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The plaintiff in the case (five residents of Strongsville) presented a long and complicated argument for why the book should be banned from the school system in Stronsville, which was mostly based on violence. In the opinion of the plaintiff, the book, “glorifies criminal activity, has a tendency to corrupt juveniles, and contains
The Hard Spoken Reality At Middlebury College, hundreds protested the speaker Charles Murray because of what they believe to be his racist views on economics. In Murray’s book The Bell Curve, he asserts that the difference in economic standing between races is caused by a difference in intellect and that one race is intellectually inferior to the other. One would expect this blatant racism to cause a backlash and protests, however, over 20 years after the book was written in 1994, there are still rampant protests of Charles Murray; protests which have only intensified in the past year due to the election of Donald J Trump. At Claremont McKenna College, students protested Heather Mac Donald, a strong advocate of a more aggressive stance on crime, including police tactics that opponents say crack down too harshly on black men and perpetuate a war on the police.
Lianne George was a writer for New York magazine and Metro TV, and a reporter on the arts for the National Post. Currently, she is a senior editor for Maclean’s, in which the article, “Why Are We Dressing Our Daughters Like This” was published. Maclean’s is a popular magazine which covers national and worldwide political and social issues concerning families in the United States and Canada. The targeted audience is educated, in the higher middle class, and around forty years old with an equal men and women reader ratio. In the article, George clearly shows how in society younger girls are shifting towards dressing more provocatively from marketers introducing them to sexual trends.
Carter Godwin Woodson remains a legendary figure among black scholars, especially in the field of Afro-American history. He initiated the annual celebration of the Negro history, which marked a stride in an attempt to eliminate racial based discrimination. Woodson’s commitment to scholarly work was formidable. For instance, he pioneered research work on Negro migration, history of nonprofessional’s, the mind of the Negro, and Negro’s orations. His numerous work shed light on the extent of economic exploitation, cultural isolation, and segregation that dominated the society.
Today’s college students are becoming more sensitized to the harshness of the outside world. Instead of learning to be resilient to others’ comments, they are being taught to take offense to any little word that could in some way be connected with a bad experience they might have had, and college administrators and professors are aiding this childish behavior. They are backing this movement to make adults into children. With this new movement to rid college campuses of any speech that may make anyone feel uncomfortable, students are being treated less like adults, and more like elementary children.
This topic was chosen out of the interest in the arts and specifically the arts within America. I aim to explore how art evolved and affected the Civil Rights Movement and changed the attitude of racist and unjust people who lived during the 1960s. The evolution of art throughout the 1960s in America introduced new styles of art into the world and had large political relevance in accordance to the Civil Rights Movement and unjust gender discrimination. The American arts industry is one of the most widely recognized and most successful industries to date and much of its success is owed to the Civil Rights Movement that occurred during the 1960s. During this period of time, African Americans were extremely disadvantaged and oppressed.
The Catcher in the Rye tells the story of Holden Caulfield who is a teenager growing up in the 1950’s in New York, has been expelled from school once again for poor achievement. In order to deal with his failure, Holden decides to leave school a few days before the end of the term and escapes to New York before returning to his home for the punishment. Written entirely in first person, the book describes Holden’s experiences and thoughts over the few days he takes for himself. During these few days Holden describes a nervous breakdown he experiences with symptoms of unexplained depression, impulsive spending, and unpredictable behavior. The strongest theme in The Catcher in the Rye is the main character Holden Caulfield 's fascination
In this book Jamie James discusses Pop Art providing illustrations from various artists of the art movement. In addition James explores Andy Warhol’s artworks linking the printing process to symbolic meanings of mass consumption and consumerism evident in his art. Furthermore, James examines Warhol’s fascination with particular celebrity icons that are frequently depicted in his work. Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Kennedy and Elvis Presley are among the reoccurring subjects studied during Warhol’s career. James highlights the “conceptual equivalence” between celebrity and commercial products, stating the similarities between the concept of ‘celebrity culture’ and Coca Cola.
