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The Holocaust was the fault of Hitler and the leaders of the Nazi Party, the common bystanders, the military, the affluent, and the world. The Holocaust was a genocide: the mass murder of many minority groups, most predominantly the Jewish population, using concentration camps and other methods. Hitler was the leader of Germany from the early 1930’s to the early 1940’s, the man who started it all, backed by the leaders of his party, these men were the instigators. The common bystanders: the…

Flying Sword In this essay I have chosen to compare the Cid Ruy Diaz de Vivar with Superman, a fictional character, a comic book superhero and famous movies. The legend of El Cid sits in the era of the Middle Ages around the twelfth century, when society was divided into fiefs or kingdoms preceded by a King, who dominated a given territory and engaged in the defense and protection of its people. The subjects, in turn, pay taxes to contribute to the King in such objectives. El Cid was not a…

In today’s world we are faced with many problems that end in people losing their life, things such as hunger, poverty and racism. Racism is “the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.” Racism has been around as long as humans have. One race always wants to be superior to the other. Martin Luther King Jr. along with many others have protested and fought…

During my search of the Oxford English Dictionary, I specifically looked for words that were relevant in today’s society, but also held multiple meanings throughout history. My search concluded with the following words, bully, nervous, gay and liberate. Each word has held an alternative meaning at some point in history and when grouped together have a distinct relevance in today’s American culture. Readers will be presented the history of each individual word, while also gaining an understanding…

When one is asked of some of the most significant periods of African American history, two spans of time that are always thought of: The Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement. During the Great Migration, Americans moved to New York to seek a better standard of living and relief from the institutionalized racism in the South. The pouring in of black people into Harlem created the Harlem Renaissance. This brought the debate over racial identity and the future of black America to the…

The civil rights museum is magnificent. I love the fact the museum preserved the outside exactly the way it looked in April, 1968. There were cars parked in front of the motel to give a feel as if we were there on the day of his assassination and a wreath was placed where Dr. King was shot. When we got inside the museum there were posted scenes of slavery from the time it began to the time it ended. The museum was very organized with heavy security. In today’s society, I guess having enough…

concentration camps were severe violations against human rights. The Russian pogroms against the Jews are another example of tragic human right violations. A pogrom is defined as a “Russian word designating an attack, accompanied by destruction, looting of property, murder, and rape, perpetrated by one section of the population against another” (Modern Jewish History: Pogroms). In the Russian pogroms against the Jews, the Russians were guilty of the murder and torture of Jews. The pogroms…

The Aftermath Delving into the ramifications and consequences thrust upon residents in Detroit, the participants and non-participants from the effects of the Rebellion illuminates the racial animus that I have documented through the years in Detroit, and one of the major motivating factors was police hostility, brutality and racial hatred (Fine 233-246, Widick 182-183). Numerous reports of police brutality were reported during and after the rebellion exposing the brutal treatment by police who…

A Reflection on the Recurring Themes of 3 of Dave Eggers Works A wide range of personal experiences to look back on, a curiosity to understand and reveal social injustices; this along with Eggers sophisticated and entertaining writing style has justly made Dave Eggers a national best seller. Through reading three of his many works, I have discovered recurring themes of loss and loss through death, faults with the social justice system and racial profiling, and a misconception of…

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami March 11, 2011 A 9.0 Richter scale earthquake occurred off of the coast of Japan causing a massive tsunami that would hit the eastern coast in the Fukashima District. According to Kapucu, N., & Özerdem, A. (2013) “The damage from the earthquake alone is believed to be limited due to the country’s strong building designs and strict building codes that are followed during construction. However, the thirty five foot wall of sea water that crashed onto the shore…