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In the photo the color schemes are interesting. The colored that is most used is grey/white but for the background and the entire photo but the only colors in the photo is the red from the blood coming from the bag that’s left on the floor and a young dark completed woman’s clothing which makes them stand out from everything else. This image is strong because of how they used the colors to catch the audience attention and to focus on the blood coming from the suitcase and the girl seems to be coming from a vacation out of the country based on her clothing and how she looks tribal. There is also writing in the bottom right but the font and text size is very simple and small by doing this, I think this is also a purpose to not take away the attention of the blood coming from the travel bag. Also the girls position in the photo is very important, she walking across an open floor at the airport with a “bag check in” in the background but she also the only person in the photo again this is so we the audience stay focused just on her while she in the middle of the photo pulling her bag that contains an exotic animal souvenir making sense of the blood in the photo followed by her.

If a white country or city girl was replaced with the tribal woman then it would give the audience the illusion she was not coming from out of the country and that she was coming from another city in America like Chicago or Dallas. The argument that is being made in the photo is to stop people from buying exotic animal souvenirs. The people who are being reached out are the ones who buy all kinds of exotic animal souvenirs and to show them how mournful it is to kill an animal so you could have an extraordinary souvenir from anther country to show off. Examples of these souvenirs are like things made from the rhinos horns, a fur rug of a lion or polar bear. This photo maybe more effective if they would of shown a rhino killed and its horn ripped from its snout to show the joyless of the souvenirs’ people have gotten and to think of how it was made and the process in getting the things it needed and what they have killed to make it. @engl211 

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HIP HOP CULTURE

           In the article "Hip Hop Planet" by James McBride he writes about Hip Hop and the culture of it and also the history and what he thought of Rap/Hip Hop.  In the beginning he talks about his nightmare, his daughter bring home a guy she going to marry and the guy is a perfect image of himself when he was younger.  Then he writes stories about himself when he was younger and experiences with Rap.  He also explains the history in a short history and compared it to a long history of slaves and the journeys they went on and experienced.  Then he talks about how black American has gone white.  Even Hip Hop music attracted white rednecks because in the music is sang talking about expensive cars and women making it a fantasy even for them.  He also mentions on how Rap music became a global thing and all around the world listen to it.

           When Sullivan published her article she wrote about facts and on how the political viewed Hip Hop but in McBride article he gave deceptions on how he grew up in Hip Hop and gave a more in-depth history on it.  In McBride article it was more organized and had a great structured paper than Sullivan.  While in his paper I had a better understanding on what he was writing and proving like a clam peaceful stream.  Also in his paper McBride did not repeat like the other author did in her article.  It seemed like he also did a great amount of in-depth research to be able to write his article and support claims.

           In my field of study which is nursing, they would probably approach this article with an open mind.  I believe they will approach it this way because they have to deal with different types of people each day. By having the knowledge of how the patients is and what they like, you can relate to them more by talking to them and making them feel a little more comfortable in a doctors office.

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Rap Music

   In the article “Rap and Race: It’s Got a Nice Beat, But What About the Message?” By Rachel E. Sullivan She begins writing about how rap started in mid-70’s and grew ever since then and how it was mostly for Blacks and Latinos. She wrote more in detail about the roots and the racisms that went with the growth of rap becoming more noticeable to the world. In the 1980’s rap became even more popular based on the political theme. In rap songs would be about violence, gangs and so on. Then this type of rap became dead in the beginning of the 90’s people viewed rap music in a racist way. Based on the authors evidence people in the higher political area they believe rap music was promoting violence. Even President George W. Bush was against the rap because he was with anti-Blacks.

           In this article the authors argument is based on the audience and how race is affected the opinions on rap music. In the article it talks about methods and hypotheses. In the hypotheses Black would listen to a variety of rap music and white listens to less giving them less knowledge on rap history compared to the black. Also she predicted Whites would think and say rap does influence their thoughts on racism. Sullivan also mentions how White and Black do not differ in the reasons why they listen to rap. When listening the beat is more important, then the message comes second.

           Sullivan had a great amount of evidence that supported what she has written. The evidence she provided came from multiple people or the same authors but different articles. She had evidence that came from journals other articles and books. She also provides different perspectives on the argument and it is mentioned throughout the whole article. Sullivan does provide great evidence on her claims and has a solid argument.

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Does Standardized testing show an accurate measure of a student’s academic abilities?

           In the article talks about the history of the standardized testing, the arguments in favor of standardized testing, and the arguments that are against it.  Standardized testing is one test that is the same for every tester that takes it.  It is given to a large amount of students and they preform multiple choice, true or false, and essay questions.  United States consider this as a way to see the academic achievement of each student.  This test helps determine where a student lies on their academic level and determines if the student needs more special education.  Some people argue between liking this test and not liking it.  The people that favor this test say it give the student a chance to show their potential and show they are intelligent. Also, with these type of testing such as SAT’s and ACT’s colleges can use these scores to compare prospective students. Arguments against standardized testing believe that this test does not actually show a student’s performance.  People who are against it believe because of the test the schools focus more on math and English leaving out other subjects students need to learn such as science and history.

           This argument is structured on showing both sides of it.  On the side that people are with standardized testing do not show as much evidence as the side that’s against it.  In my opinion I think both sides are making a great case but one side is providing a greater amount.  The side that is against provides more information and a better case to convince people to dislike standardize testing.

http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/news/do-standardized-test-show-an-accurate-view-of-students-abilities/

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