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The author from the passage Act of Sadness , was given the name Wooden Leg by his tribe as a result of his capability to walk lengthy ways than any other man within his tribe. Wooden Leg is also well known for taking part in the Battle of Little Bighorn where the Natives defeated and vanquished the Americans. He soon went on to become a judge, a Christian priest, and a teacher of American law. In the passage, Wooden Leg asserts how he subsumes American culture yet it’s not uprooting him from his tribe but is a strategy to protect the endowment and legacy within his tribe. Wooden Leg interprets that old Native teachings should not once ever be uprooted or else it will be permanently wrecked. Wooden Leg says that anything growing on earth may be cut but certainly not uprooted from the earth. The demolition of any development or growth can only be done by a dependable Indian when “his act is done in sadness and with a prayer for forgiveness for his necessities.” The metaphor that Wood...

What circulates the world? Power, money, manipulation, and greed. How does one gain it? Targeting submissive, obidient, mild humans. Power and greed is the essence of what took place when the colonists seized the Native Americans. Colonists empathically and forcefully assembled their way into Native grounds. Naturally, the natives rigidly fought back but were ruthlessly exploited and mistreated by the colonists. The struggle of retaining their land and culture exhausted them. Colonists shouldn’t have the right away to dominate one’s land or corrupt and convert one’s culture. Sadly, Natives didn’t have the entitlement to triumph in the never ending battle with the colonists. This fatigue exhaustion was exhibited in Chief Joseph’s surrender speech taken place on October 5th, 1877 and interprets how worn out and fatigued him and his were. He commences his speech with “I’m tired of fighting.” How can four words be this affective? He simply accepts defeat and weariness. This gives the col...

When learning about Native American culture, you instantly know they are collaborative, communal, and family oriented. They endeavor to conserve their traditions and rituals and maintain their culture pristine. They highly respect, cherish, and value their ancestors and sight them superior and as an authority figure. This implies to both the youth and mature individuals within the tribe. As for modern and contemporary Euro-centeric culture, altogether is administered, edified, and dominated. Laws are written to guide and inform us what we can do and what we can’t when as Native Americans who aid, lift, and support each other. John Lame Deer, author of Seeker of Visions discusses on whence the two cultures are amalgamated along with how the European colonists asserted that Native Americans are uncivilized in a mordant, sardonic, and satirical manner. Yet in actuality, the European colonists are the uncivilized, vulgar, and uncultured individuals. Author, John Lame Deer mockingly indic...

I believe that Coates's experience with racism doesn't leave humanity any anticipation that there will ever be any racial equality, ever. His knowledge of living the life of a young black man followed him with the constant fear of death and oppression as well. Death could emerge anywhere whether it's from his own people or the hands or gun of a policeman. The oppression extracts from schools that Coates attended as well as the complex network of the United States which exploits to maintain minorty class, especially Black people under their power and control to demote their role within civilization.  Our civilization lives off of racism and was built upon it. Coates's intentions were to reveal the hopelessness of rectifying this racial matter and he does this by discussing his own experience as a young black man in America. With that being said, this leaves the reader with the reality of racism of the United States and what big of a target it feels like to be black in Am...

The American Dream is the epitome of the pipe dreams that one fantasizes about when coming to the United States of America. These pipe dreams we speak of consists the make-believe aspiration with the capability of progressing into a much higher class. For some, it may be an uphill battle but it simply takes dedication, efficiency, and diligence. Curtis Mayfield, a famous African-American singer established both as a pioneer of soul music and took part as a singular voice in the Civil Rights movement. Mayfield's album cover of There's No Place Like America indirectly hints to a 1936 American billboard. The original billboard was actually propaganda to exhibit The American Dream with a typical ideal family, a mother, father, a son, a daughter, and a dog, all white. They're heading to their destination on a sun-drenched day. This technique was used to display what the real American Dream was at least before the Great Depression. Mayfield purely asserts that the American Dream ...

Hip-pop legend Tupac Shakur was one of the most dynamic, influential, talented, yet troubled soul who left behind his momentous, significant musical legacy behind at age 25. He released four albums between 1991-1996 ultimately selling over 75 million albums worldwide. Shakur embraced the 1990's gangsta-rap aesthetic and was one of the most notable figures in the 1990's East Coast - West Coast Hip-pop rivalry. Sorrowfully, he paid the terminal price and was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, 1996. He was not only a rapper, actor, and producer, and much more but he was also a poet as well. Shakur wrote a book,  The Rose That Grew from Concrete  that consists more than 100 poems where Shakur's most intimate and honest thoughts were revealed. In one of his poems, it resembles The American Dream. In his poem, Shakur summarizes what it's like to be successful from a tough community. He starts off the poem with, "If you walked by a street and you saw a rose g...

On December 15th, 1791 the startling Bill of Rights were written by James Madison earning the nickname, "Father of the Constitution". The Bill of Rights consists 10 amendments to The Constitution in response to calls from various states coveting substantial constitutional protection for discrete civil liberties. In the Burger King Bill of Rights written by Brad Blum, it is evident that it has quite the resemblance of the indigenous Bill of Rights starting with the title itself containing the guarantees of fundamental rights and also has the resemblance of the Declaration of Independence where you have the three rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is shown when Blum starts, "You have the right to have things your way." Once Blum asserts the beginning of his statement he then says, "You have the right to hold the pickles and hold the lettuce. You have the right to mix COKE and SPRITE. You have the right to a WHOPPER sandwich with extra tom...