Growing up female in American often puts you at a disadvantage. It often seems there are many more opportunities open to men than women in America, even today. Throw in any kind of curve, such as ethnicity or religious background, and the gap between men and women, American and "foreigner," widens. People are not always what they seem on the outside, you know. Take your narrator, for example. A twenty-six-year-old female, born in the United States, and grew up in Forestville, Maryland. This could be anyone in the world. Except, it is not. It is a real person with real ideals and real emotions. Throw in the title "Pakistani Muslim," and the complete package changes. To some people, this person changes simply because of that title. Life is definitely more difficult because of that title. The family neighborhood in Forestville is not what you might think. It is not a middle-class white neighborhood full of green lawns and trees. It is a predominately black neighborhood. You learn a lot about life in a short time in a neighborhood like that, and it will color the rest of your life. Times are tough, and many families live in poverty, or with drug addiction, or mental illness. Yet, the lessons from this neighborhood were long lasting and always positive. Living on the "wrong side of the tracks" makes you appreciate everything you have, rather than wallowing in what you don't have. You see young black men pick themselves up off the streets and get decent jobs. You see neighborhood activists working on cleaning up the neighborhood and creating parks and recreation centers for the kids. You see people struggling to make ends meet who still have time to sit on their front porch and gossip with the neighbors while they watch their kids play stick ball in the street. You see families trying to better themselves, and it gives you hope. There was a lot of hope in that neighborhood, and living there, you couldn't help but feel it rub off on you. It was tough, but many people had it tougher. At least there were schools, parks,...
There were people who cared about each other, and weren't afraid to show it. When you grow up in a neighborhood like that, your experiences carry with you all through your life. They were all positive experiences, and they make you want to give something back to the people who live there when you can. It may be years from now, but you know you'll do it. You'll go back and make a difference for someone, just as they made a difference for you.
Generally, it works by either giving a reward for an encouraged behavior, or taking something away for an undesirable behavior. By doing this, the patient often increases the good behaviors and uses the bad behaviors less often, although this conditioning may take awhile if the rewards and removals are not sufficient to entice the patient into doing better. Existentialism is important to discuss here as well, and is often seen
Asia-Pacific carriers and routes are expected to earn a large profit, Latin America to be the only region to deliver a third consecutive year of profits; while North America, Europe, the Middle East will post far lower than average profits, with Africa likely experiencing a $100 million loss (IATA, 2011). Works Cited American Airlines Receives Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (2006, May 11). Retrieved from Airline Industry Information Service: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CWU/is_2006_May_11/ai_n16359869/ American Airlines.
American Mother's Living In Poverty Welfare reform in the United States has been hailed as a great success, reducing the number of people on the welfare rolls from 4.4 million in 1996 to 2.1 million in 2001. But these figures hide the suffering of the multitude of American women who are living on or below the national poverty line. In this paper we will challenge the argument that the welfare reform
Women who are smart and accomplished feel pressure to be extremely thin, look good in tight clothing, wear high heels, and to constantly create a pleasing visual spectacle -- even when they are just enjoying themselves in a casual and relaxed fashion. Women must always justify their existence with a show of extreme femininity -- they can never simply be themselves. There is a paradox that Asian women can never
Survival of Racist Customs and Mores Into the 21st Century: Analysis of the American Correction and Sentencing Trends Increasing awareness of the US's unsuccessful mass imprisonment experimentation has effected federal and state level modifications aimed at decreasing the nation's detention scale. Experts and policymakers have been suggesting "smart on crime" public safety strategies which support alternatives to imprisonment and decrease re-offense chances[footnoteRef:1]. Despite simultaneous fruitful bipartite dialogues on the subject of
Annotated Bibiliography Courtney, Bailey. "Supersizing America: Fatness and Post-9/11 Cultural Anxieties." Journal of Popular Culture 43, no. 3 (2010): 441-462. Courtney discusses the impact of fast food on the health of Americans focusing on the documentary film "Super-Size Me" that accuses Mcdonald as the major contributor of health effects of American people. According to the author, the obesity is threatening the health of the American society because there is likely to be
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