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Perspectives within the 1619 Project
Yasir, , Race Relations, Black Lives Matter, Media, Slavery, SLA@Beeber, genderlit, 9The 1619 Project sheds light on how slavery and racial oppression have impacted American society. It recognizes the struggles...
” A Review of Historical Brilliance”
Hudhafa, , Black Lives Matter, Slavery, Spring 2023, SLA@Beeber, genderlit, 11The issues of race, gender, and racism have intersected in complex ways throughout American history. This has had a...
Discover the Impact of 1619
Gianaki, , Spring 2023, Violence, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), Gaming, Call to Action, Slavery, Black Lives Matter At School, Fall 2022, SLA@Beeber, 3My initial thoughts are that this documentary does a good job of showing the struggle and trials of a...
“Uncovering the ‘Black Unfiltered’ Story”
Chris L, , LGBTQ+ Rights, Race Relations, Black Lives Matter, Rape Culture, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Rights, Gender Equity (Women), Slavery, #GenderLit, SLA@Beeber, 2For far too long, the harmful stereotype that black women are immune to pain has circulated within a society....
The 1619 Project is a statement that challenges the lasting impact of slavery and racial oppression on American society...
“I Feel Threatened”
Sabria, , Black Lives Matter, Gender, Politics, History, Books or Plays, Slavery, Writing, Spring 2023, SLA@Beeber, Gender Lit, 3During the first minute of watching the 1619 project, I felt a stronger connection to the content. Hearing the...
Emotional Reactions: Faith In Humanity
Timothy, , Gender Equity (Women), Slavery, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), SLA@Beeber, Gender Lit, 1619 Project, 1Emotional Reactions to The 1619 Project & Why I Had Them I found the entire contents of the 1619...
Remembering Past through Critical Conversations
Amani, , Spring 2023, Showcase, Race Relations, Slavery, Documentary, SLA@Beeber, genderlit, 5The contributors of the 1619 Project have taken a bold and commendable risk in their efforts to raise...
To protect Black women and save America from itself, elect Black women
Arual, , Call to Action, Showcase, Voting, Race Relations, Social Class, Black Lives Matter, Slavery, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Argument, Rights, Decision Making, Gender, Getting Started, Women in Action, Gender Equity (Women), Constitution, Stress, Questioning and posing problems, Politics, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Black Women, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 10America has given women the right to vote through the 19th Amendment, yet there are still many obstacles that...
Black Women: Fight for Equality
Arual, , Race Relations, Black Lives Matter, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Gender, Call to Action, Slavery, Career & Job Readiness, Reduced Inequalities, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, #judgememorial, 0Black women have to work harder to obtain a white man’s monthly salary in just a year. Black women,...
Problem Section: Human Trafficking in South Asia
Paige, , AAPI Heritage, Showcase, Violence, Slavery, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Spring 2021, Human Trafficking, RHS, 3As Jacky Rosen said, “Human trafficking is a communitywide problem, and as such, it requires communitywide solutions.” Human trafficking...
Dana, from Kindred, is determined, forgiving, and resourceful
Kaimea, , Literature Guides, Guides, Character Traits and Relationships, Showcase, History, Books or Plays, Slavery, Fall 2020, Kindred, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Dana, the protagonist in Kindred, has a few traits that influence her relationships with others. Dana tries to do...
Crimes Against Humanity
Gerardo, , Death Penalty, Slavery, History, holocaust, Orange Cove High School, 0Basically during World War 1 there were lots of executions and it was basically Jews being executed. This war...
The Harlem Renaissance
Drew, , Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Raise Your Voice, Rights, Black Lives Matter At School, Getting Started, Politics, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Religion, Media, Music, Slavery, Literature Guides, Violence, Guides, Race Relations, What do I stand for?, Character Traits and Relationships, Black Lives Matter, Community, supportthemovement, blm, Veronica Chambers, The Harlem Renaissance, Harlem, 0(Since this story doesn’t revolve around one person, I thought I would create the protagonist as a whole. Basically...
The Harlem Renaissance By: Veronica Chambers
Drew, , Stories, Youth Activism, Showcase, Research Help, Literary Essay, Race Relations, Slavery, Fall 2020, Black Lives Matter, Argument, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Rights, Read/Write Poems, Family, Politics, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Friendship, Arts & Entertainment, Point of View, book, history, Harlem Renaissance, Harlem, Veronica Chambers, life changing, African American History, Harvest Collegiate High School, 1(Since this story doesn’t revolve around one person, I thought I would create the protagonist as a whole. Basically...
Involuntary Servitude in United States Prisons
Matylda, , Fall 2020, Showcase, Prison, Slavery, #WeneedPrisonReform, prison, slave labor, 0According to the Prison Policy Initiative, about 0.7% of the United States was incarcerated in 2016, this is approximately...
Confederate Monuments, and the History That Should Be Kept
Milo, , Protest, Community, Charlottesville, Fall 2020, Showcase, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Slavery, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 3In a previous post I made, I tried to tackle the question of “what Confederate Monuments really are, and...
Confederate Monuments of America
Milo, , Slavery, Protest, Charlottesville, Fall 2020, Showcase, Race Relations, Black Lives Matter, History, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, confederacy, monuments, 6The removal of Confederate monuments from our cities and gathering spots is necessary for our country to move forward...
China’s Big Secret
Charlie, , Immigration, History, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Violence, War, Dystopia, Quality Education, Fall 2019, Prison, Police, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Refugees, Good Health and Well-Being, Rights, Privacy, Reduced Inequalities, Terrorism, Slavery, No Poverty (Economy), Protest, Politics, Incarceration, Crime, Showcase, Religion, china, justice, communism, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 1For a while now, I’ve always noticed that countries with totalitarian Governments like the Soviet Union and North Korea,...
Jim Crow’s Residue
Beverly, , Showcase, Race Relations, Black Lives Matter, Slavery, Fall 2019, okemoshighschool, 2In novel Dear Martin, by Nic Stone, the story shows that the average black person has to struggle and...
How Music Helps Us Define What it Means to be American
Aidan, , Showcase, Creative Writing, Protest, Social Media, American Creed, War, Writing, Arts & Entertainment, Music, Fall 2019, Slavery, vietnam, pop culture, lizzo, america, frank zappa, music, american, prince, Racism, Okemos High School, American Creed, history, censorship, argument, 6American culture is forever changing and music is the best way to explore this. This is evident through the...
End Child Sex Trafficking
Yasmin, , Showcase, Slavery, Upstander, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Spring 2019, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 1My project was about Child Sex Trafficking and why is it a issue. Which for us and as it...
Black Success in Weeksville: Incline or Decline?
Shaquala, , Community, Weeksville's Legacy, Spring 2018, Showcase, Black Lives Matter, History, American Dream, Slavery, #weeksville, The Nelson Mandela School for Social Justice, 6Recently in Current Events, we´ve been studying Weeksville. At first I thought about the project buildings wondering why we learning...
Human trafficking: Modern Slavery
Lizbeth, , Showcase, Crime, Call to Action, Slavery, Spring 2018, 2My issue that I decided to make a video on was human trafficking. Human trafficking is a form of...
Today: SEXtrade
Rachel, , Call to Action, Showcase, Slavery, Violence, What do I stand for?, Rape Culture, Spring 2018, Gender Equity (Women), Crime, Love, Refugees, Good Health and Well-Being, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, education, #StopTheViolence, change, modern slavery, sex, sextrafficking, forced sex, 3I decided to make an informative video about sex trafficking because I felt that the issue needed to...
Modern Slavery
Elio, , Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Minimum Wage, Politics, Social Class, Slavery, The Fifth Column, Spring 2018, sweatshops, modern slavery, 1Throughout the world many people experience unfair work conditions that are both torturous and inhumane. Shedding light upon this...
Sex Trafficking in Southeast Asia
Lalla-Aicha, , Showcase, Gender Equity (Women), No Poverty (Economy), Slavery, The Fifth Column, Spring 2018, #asia, #southeast asia, women, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, Prostitution, #womenslife, 4My video is about sex trafficking in Southeast Asia. In these areas, young women and girls are forced to...
What Rights Should All People Living In The US Have?
Christine, , Slavery, Race Relations, Black Lives Matter, Rights, History, 0What rights should all people living in the US have? I believe that people should be able to have...
Post #8 (Third Blog Post)
Sophia, , Showcase, Race Relations, Rape Culture, Rights, Social Class, Slavery, Spring 2018, 0I read three articles: The End of Corporate Imperialism, Corporate Imperialism for the Poor, and Policy Entrepreneurs and the...
What it Means to be American?
Julieanna, , Violence, American Dream, Black Lives Matter, Slavery, Rights, Argument, Drugs, This I Believe, No Poverty (Economy), What do I stand for?, Crime, Protest, History, Community, Books or Plays, Decision Making, Bullying, American Creed, Point of View, Reduced Inequalities, Immigration, Call to Action, 0I believe what it means to be American is not to be so ignorant. We’ve been ignorant our...
History passed, but discrimination hasn’t
Lexi, , Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, History, Call to Action, American Dream, LGBTQ+ Rights, Slavery, Quality Education, Goals, Race Relations, Black Lives Matter, Discrimination, education, history, ignorance, 0Recently, I have noticed that certain parts of society still have a hesitancy to accept people that are “different”...
The National Anthem Is Racist
Taniya, , History, Police, Slavery, Argument, Protest, Taking a Knee, Showcase, Race Relations, Black Lives Matter, Sports, 0The National Anthem is racist, people shouldn’t stand for it. The National Anthem we sing today is edited. It...
My Opinion on Racism
Naya, , Showcase, Race Relations, Black Lives Matter, Police, Call to Action, Slavery, 3For me, racism is something that makes me uncomfortable to talk about. It saddens me to know that there...
My Media: Slavery Today
Mireya, , Media and Message, Showcase, Art, Slavery, Spring 2017, Raise Your Voice, 1I painted this acknowledging the prisoners who work on those hard days doing harsh labor. The background yellows and...
No More Slavery
Mireya, , Slavery, Spring 2017, Raise Your Voice, Critical Courageous Conversations, 0Under the 13th amendment is states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the...
Prison Labor Protest, a Fight for Humanity
Mireya, , Slavery, Spring 2017, Incarceration, Raise Your Voice, 0“‘It’s just dressed up slavery’: America’s shadow workforce rises up against prison labor” written by Carimah Townes who is a...
Slavery Still Exists
Mireya, , What do I stand for?, Raise Your Voice, Slavery, Spring 2017, cheap labor, hypocrisy, prison, USA, Slavery, 0Does slavery still exists? Why? How is it still in society today? Where is it happening? And why isn’t...
Huckleberry Finn: To Follow Society or Your Own Beliefs
Abinaov, , Social Class, Slavery, Huck Finn, 1Abinaov Ms. Free American Lit., 2nd hour 14 May 2017 Huckleberry Finn: To Follow Society or Your Own Beliefs...
The Malevolence of Leather
Shantanu, , Rights, Life on Land, Slavery, Spring 2017, This I Believe, animal slavery, cruelty, injustice, clothing, animal abuse, Animals, abuse, 3“Leather” is another word for skin. Imagine this: you were separated from your parents at birth, and spent your entire...
Dialectic Journal for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Naomi, , Books or Plays, Stories, Slavery, dialectic journal, american literature, Huckleberry Finn, 0The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough...
Dialectic journal from “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”
Thomas, , Slavery, Huck Finn, Slavery, Huckleberry Finn, 4From reading: Pg. 4: “Say,, who is you? Whar is you? Dog my cats efs didn’ hear sumf’n. Well,...
Child Labor in Our World
Hannah, , Good Health and Well-Being, Showcase, No Poverty (Economy), Slavery, Spring 2017, farming, children, United States of America, child development, child labor, tobacco, 3According to Mexico: Child labour and the perils of a lost education.” by Al Jazeera America, 2.5 million kids...
Change the way you Think
Fernando, , Slavery, Summer 2016, Rights, Gender Equity (Women), Politics, War, Point of View, Stories, Social Class, women LGBT People, 2Hello, I have been reading 1984 by George Orwell in my english class and wanted to share my thoughts...
Child Labor
Hannah, , Slavery, Family, Good Health and Well-Being, Psychology, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Crime, Happiness, Call to Action, Showcase, Rights, child labor, psychology, child development, mental illness, 3Child labor in our world today incorporates 250 million children worldwide. Child labor occurs when “people under fifteen years...