TEWWG Setting

TEWWG takes place mostly in Eatonville, Florida in the 1920s and 1930s.

-During the 1920s and 1930s, the U.S had plenty of segregation and discrimination against African Americans. 

-The Harlem shake started in the 1920s and ended during the Great Depression in the 1930s. 

-Women voted in a national election for the very first time in 1920.

-The Ku Klux Klan began targeting not only African Americans but also Catholics, Jews, and immigrants in the 1920s.

-The 1920s were a time of mass-huge quantities of manufactured goods were available, and many people had more money to spend them.

-In the 1920s, led by Henry Ford and the automobile industry, mass production and moving assembly line resulted in uniform products produced at lower costs. It mad possible a consumer-oriented economy, one in which more goods were available to more Americans.

-Americans had more leisure times in the 1920s because of a short work week and more paid vacation. Millions of people a week went to the theaters to watch the first movie with sound.

-Regarding sports, the NFL (National Football League) was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.

-The 18th amendment to the U.S Constitution went into affect in January 17,1920. This Amendment prohibited the making, selling, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. Prohibition, the most flouted law in history was repealed in 1933.

American Presidents in 1920-1930s
28th President. Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
29th President. Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)
30th President. Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
31st President. Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
32nd President. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)

Zora Neale Hurston

1.

   The wildly creatively beautiful African American woman named Zora Neale Hurston was a famously noticeable writer on African American Literature in the twentieth-century. She was part of the Harlem Renaissance and she also influenced many other writers. Zora was born in Notasulga, Alabama in January 7, 1891. She was John Hurston, who was a carpenter and Baptist preacher, and Lucy Potts Hurston, a school teacher, fifth child. She completed her high school requirements in Morgan Academy, Baltimore, September 17-June 1918. She became a waitress for summer 1918 then she attended Howard Prep School, Washington D.C from 1918-1919. After all that she finally became one step closer to completing her education in Howard University in 1924, she received her associates degree in 1920. After that she started publishing out short stories and her first story was published in 1921, it was called ,"John Redding Goes to Sea." Later on she went to Barnard College to study anthropology from 1925-1927. After completing her education, she finally began gaining fame because of her brilliant pieces of literature. Eventually she married Herbert Sheen and began climbing her way up to fame.

2.

   "Those that don't got it can't show it. Those that got it can't hide it."

    

      -This means that anyone doesn't have anything, can't show anything. This can imply to anything in life such, it can be physical or spiritual whatever the case this can imply to it. For example, if someone has a lot of money and power, they can show it by the car they drive and the way they dress and act. Power corrupts people so they are bound to show off their wealth. While on the other hand, people who do not have a lot of money can't hide the fact that they are poor because they might always have torn clothes or are always starving. Whatever the case, she is right.

Invictus

Questions:

1. What was the Apartheid?
2. What is an Afrikan?
3. Why was there racial strife in South Africa?
4. What was Nelson Mandela's personal history?  Where/when was he born?  What was his education?  
5. Why was Nelson Mandela put in prison?
6. What kind of prison was it? Where was it located?
7. What happened to his family while he was in prison?
8. How long was he in prison?
9. How did he become President of South Africa?
10. What were his goals as President of South Africa?  How did he accomplish these goals?

Answers:

1. The Apartheid was the racial segregation of white and blacks in South Africa. Blacks were treated unfairly in South Africa, they were looked down upon on and mocked. While the whites in the other hand, were treated normally and with respect.

2. Afrikan is a Western Germanic language spoken in South Africa.

3. There was racial strife in South Africa because the South African Dutch Political party made the apartheid in 1948. The Dutch and British did no get along at all. As South Africa grew under the apartheid, Blacks fell behind the Whites and they were denied citizenship.

4. Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. Mandela went to the University College of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand and later qualified in law in 1942. He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies after 1948. He went on trial for treason in 1956-1961 and was acquitted in 1961. He later went to jail  from 1964-1982.

5. Nelson Mandela went to prison because he was encouraging black South Africans to go on strike and for illegally leaving South Africa.

6. Nelson went to Robben Island Prison which is located in the west coast of Blouberstand, Cape Town, South Africa. Since the 17th century, Robben Island Prison was mostly used for political prisoners, which explains why Nelson Mandela went there.

7. While Mandela was in prison, most of his kids died. One died at 9 months old and the other died in a car crash at 25 years old.

8.Mandela was in prison for around 27 years.

9. Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa because the ANC of South Africa elected him to be President.

10. Nelson's goal as President was to abolish racism and the apartheid. He wanted racial quality, that is all. 

Thinking Different

When someone steps outside the box of comfortability and normalcy and behave in a way that is considered unconventional and unacceptable, they will be mocked and looked down upon on in today's world. Don Haskins from the movie "Glory Road" decided to think differently than everyone else. He was the first White basketball coach that actually recruited minors into his team for the NCAA, and he did not mind at all. What Don Haskins said was,"I don't see color, I see skill and I see speed." This means that Don Haskins did not care about color at all unlike the other White basketball coaches in that time. Since he actually had minors in his team, he was mocked at and looked down upon on by the rest of the basketball teams in the NCAA. It was important for Don Haskins to think different in this time because in the NCAA, it was time for a change. Don recruited minors around the same time the Civil Rights movement was happening. He did not care about segregation, all he cared about was about the player's skill. Just like Don said,"I don't see color." This clarifies that he does not care about the person's race. This reminds of a quote that said,"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." Don Haskins changed the way people think about minors in the NCAA. He proved to everyone that minors are not inferior to others in basically anything. He decided to think differently than everyone else and now, thanks to him race does not matter in sports.

Race and Racism Expository Essay

Race and racism are real issues that we face today in society. Today, young people are not as racist as the previous generation but they still feel more comfortable with their own race. This means that racism is slowly fading away as newer generations come by. There is also a difference on how genders experience race and racism as well. People nowadays feel more comfortable with their own race rather than other races, mostly because of stereotypical thoughts, not racism thoughts.

In this generation, most parents do not like it when their kids are involved in an interracial relationship. They tend to want their kids to date someone their own race. A lot of young people nowadays now about this, so they stick with their own race. Though, this seems to be more stricter towards daughters rather than sons. Some parents believe that everyone one in a race will act somewhat the same or will do the same actions, they will have stereotypical thoughts. This does get annoying at times but it is what our world has come to right now. Talking about interracial relationships, this reminds me of a scene in the movie Holes. There was this scene where a white teacher named Katherine rejected the town's richest man named Trout because she kind of liked a black man named Sam. When someone saw Sam kiss Katherine, the school was burned down and Sam was chased down until he was shot all because he was black and Katherine was white. Even though this does not include parents in it, it is still something today's young people do not have to worry about anymore.

Furthermore, young people today feel more comfortable with their own race rather than with other races. In a school cafeteria, there are always groups of students of the same race such as, Hispanic people sitting with the Hispanic people and African American people sitting with African American people. Though, this is not always the case, it still happens. This probably mainly happens because today, young people are very stereotypical, and they are very naive. We young people today were not around when the Civil Rights Movement happened so we have no idea what racism actually is, thanks to the Civil Rights Movements that is. All that is left now is stereotypical thoughts rather than racism thoughts in today's generation of young people.

All in all, racism seems to be slowly fading away as newer generations come by but stereo typical people will always stick around. Also, young people feel more comfortable with their own race rather than with other races because they are somewhat naive and sometimes stereotypes. Additionally, there is also a difference on how genders experience race and racism, problems with parents and kids, mainly daughters, with interracial dating is an example. We young people today have yet to know what racism really is, we are still naive. It is just how our world has come to now.

Valentines

Not much is known about Valentine's day. All that is known is that Pope Gelasiums marked February 14th as a day to honor St. Valentine's martyrdom  Eventually, St. Valentines became the patron saint of lovers and February 14th became the day of exchanging love. St. Valentines was a Roman holy priest who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He was Martyred in 269 AD and he is the Patron Saint of affianced couples, bee keepers, engaged couples, epilepsy, fainting, greetings, happy marriages, love, lovers, plague, travelers  and young people. There are several other theories about the origin of Valentines but no one knows for sure. Basically in a nutshell, we celebrate Valentines to honor St. Valentines death which some of people don't even know about.

Now, as for relationship advice, it's best to not get into a relationship if you're not ready. It's not okay to mess around with other people's feelings like that, this can end pretty bad. Also, DON'T get into relationships just to feel better about yourself and use that excuse of being happy all of the time, you should be happy with YOURSELF to begin with in order to have a healthy relationship. Don't think that getting into a relationship is like a medicine that will cure any disease known to man. To tell you the truth, the number one goal of being IN a relationship is to be happy, that's it. If you enter in a relationship unhappy and all depressed, then there will be problems. Carrying on, beware of infatuations and lusts. Being attracted to someone just because of their body, which is lust, is ridiculously stupid to me. I've heard of a saying that says,"Looks always fade, however, those with inner beauty always become more beautiful." This means that physical attraction will always fade away but the beauty of someone inside, which is their personality, will always become more beautiful. Relationships that started mainly because of physical appearances usually don't last too long, so always go for someone's PERSONALITY, NOT LOOKS. JUST BE YOURSELF, DON'T TRY TO BE LIKE OTHERS. In the end, it's what's in the inside that counts but honestly, today's generations of teens could care less about this and their going to do whatever the hell they want to do nowadays. It's best to stay single as a teen to avoid drama and problems.

Personification

Personification is basically giving an inaminate object human characteristics.
For Example:
"The car whistled at the crowd"
This quote is saying that the car is honking at a passing crowd but if you add a bit of personification in it you can say the car "whistled"  or you can even say it "yelled" since it's a human characteristic.

If each day of the week were a person, it would be almost EXACTLY like this to me:

Mondays -.-


Face it, nobody likes Monday. Monday is just a grumpy old person that's just yelling at a person in the morning to wake up. Also, during the day, Monday pushes and annoys you and Mondays make to try and squeeze every ounce of energy and confidence out of you. They're just annoying to existence.

Tuesdays :l

Now Tuesdays are another story. Tuesdays are motivational speakers, they start motivating and pushing you even more to go back to work and actually enjoy it. This is where everyone starts enjoying their week thanks to Tuesday.

Wednesday :}

Finally, Wednesday. Wednesdays make you laugh and they make you have a good time. Wednesday also reminds you that the beloved Friday is just around the corner so you just get even happier than you already are. Wednesday is another relief to the week.

Thursday :)

Thursday is the ticking time bomb of enjoyment and extreme relief. Not only is Thursday right before Friday but Thursdays also brings your hopes up and they enlighten your mood by telling everyone that the weekend is right around the corner.

Friday :D

Now Friday seems to be a drug dealer that likes giving everyone free ecstasy drugs. Everyone in school or working enjoys Friday's company because Friday is pulling the weekend towards our direction and everyone enjoys the weekend way more than Friday.

Saturday ヾ（*⌒ヮ⌒*）ゞ 


Saturday enjoys parties. Everyone goes to Saturday's party which seems to be always at nights. Now people are crazier in Saturday's parties than a regular day with Friday. Everyone is hyper and just like having a great time with Saturday.

Sunday = /

Some people hates Sunday because Sunday is dragging the dreadful Monday back towards us, which everyone hates. Other people enjoys Sunday because Sunday is the ultimate relief giver. A lot of people are lazy and just chilled out with Sunday. It's what people do to get ready with dreadful Monday.