The Arrogance of The Lie The Lie, written by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., is a story that stands as a mirror to reflect the ugly image of a condescending faction obsessed with grades and numbers, not actual learning. Even though it took place years ago, the sickening mind frames still exist in some of today’s people. They are namely the “elite group” or middle to upper class families. In the story, Doctor Remenzel is obsessed with Eli having a high standard of excellence, Eli getting special treatment
Howard Zinn - The Intimately Oppressed In the article “The Intimately Oppressed” Howard Zinn follows the historical backdrop of women's roles from the colonial period to the Civil War, contending that women were one of many in the United States, along with whites, African-Americans, and Native Americans, that endured oppression during this period. Zinn claims that women were appointed a "special status...something akin to that of a house slave in the matter of intimacy and oppression, and yet
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Ada & Grace: Practical Visionaries Imagine a computer programmer who still programs in bits and bytes and has never heard of the terms "bug" or "de-bugging." Then, stretch your mind much further, and try to imagine a world without computers. Most of us, no matter what age, don't have such powerful imaginations. But without the contributions of women like Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, who developed the first compiler, and Lady Augusta Ada Byron Lovelace, who made the idea of an Analytical Engine
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Throughout history there have been many white collar crimes. These crimes are defined as non-violent and financial-based crimes that are full ranges of fraud committed by business and government professionals. These crimes are not victimless nor unnoticed. A single scandal can destroy a company and can lose investors millions of dollars. Today, fraud schemes are more sophisticated than ever, and through studying: Enron, LIBOR, Albert Wiggan and Chase National Bank, Lehman Brothers and Madoff, we
---I can love the sinner, but hate the sin. ---Homosexuality is an abomination. ---To be gay goes against nature. ---If we were supposed to be homosexual, God would have created Adam and Steve, not Adam and Eve. ---I don’t mind gay people, but why do they have to be so vocal and pushy about their rights? ---Homosexuality is a White thing. ---Africa did not have homosexuals before Europeans went there. ---Homosexuality is detrimental to the Black family. ~Kelly Brown Douglas As a Black male born