2262505294005 Essays - Barak, Barack Obama, Slavery,

2262505294005 Essay from slavery to barak obama 2466975173355 310070532956500-34099533972500457209240520 Bodadi Yasmina teacher: MRS Damaso School year : 2016-2017 ]1000000 Bodadi Yasmina teacher: MRS Damaso School year : 2016-2017 ] 1500505-9969500 INTRODUCTION First of all , I' d like to give my impression about the Black community in America. To introduce this big subject, I am going to focus on the most event to the black people and how it was a nightmare for them. Then I'd like to say how I feel about the dream of Martin Luther King. Finally, to deal with the reality, the arrival of Barak Obama . To explain the nightmarish period of the B lack community , I will define the word nightmare. In most cases nightmare is a dream arousing feelings of intense fear, horror and distress. Actually, the Black community has already gone through many painful situations. As it were, they were raped. Moreover, they had of course, no rights, they had been treated like animals , Undoubtedly, one could argue that it was a nightmare for black people. However, Martin Luther King had a dream that these four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colo ur of their skin but the content of their character. In fact, a dream is a series of images, ideas, emotions and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Actually, the dream of Martin Luther King shows great insight into the problem. Indeed, it should not be a dream, I personally think that it should be reality. Actually, all of these dreams were normal and must not be dream s . After all those years , we finally had a black president who was Barak Obama. But, we must bear in mind that it was thanks to the fight of Ma rt in Luther King and many events like the civil war and the abolition of slavery. Slavery was a terrible period to the Black community in the U. S.A . Undoubtedly we can argue that it was a period of nightmare .But to begin with ,I'd like to mention that Slavery has existed since the beginning of human history.People were enslaved for a number of reasons some of which include ;being captured in battle ,owing a debt or being born to slave parents. Besides, we must bear in mind that slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown ,Virginia in 1619 . They were sold to colonists. Apparently, they also forced to work without pay. It is incredible no? They must work without pay! Moreover s lavery was legal in all 13 c olonies . At any rate, What I find striking is that slavery was legal at that time ! 2326005211645500 Furthermore ,i n the early 17th century, European settlers turned to African slaves a cheaper more plentiful labor source than indentured servants.The internal slave trade as well as the transatlantic slave trade carried black people to American where they would work as slaves.6 to 7 million slaves were imported to the New World in the 18th century alone. He makes it quite clear that there was a lot of slaves at that time . In most cases ,s laves were used in order to speed up the process of the production of lucrative products such as tobacco and cotton. Especially throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, the African-American slaves built up the economic foundation of America. . As it w ere they had been considered as slaves and animals . T hey were raped,. Indeed ,this picture is an accurate analysis of the situation .We can see in this picture that white police turn attack the black community with very vi olent dogs because they made a protest in Birmingham,Ala . However , it is interesting to note that slaves didn't just sit back and accept a life of servitude. Slaves resisted in a number of ways including; escaping, slowing down on the job, intentionally doing a job wrong or participating in violent rebellion. Nevertheless o ne of the most famous slave revolts occurred in Virginia . In 1831, Nat Turner led

The McMansion Is the Big Mac of Suburbia

The McMansion Is the Big Mac of Suburbia McMansion is a derogatory term for a large, showy neo-eclectic architectural style home, usually built by a developer without the guidance of an architects custom design. The word McMansion was coined in the 1980s by architects and architecture critics in response to the many over-sized, poorly designed, expensive homes being built in American suburbs. The word McMansion is cleverly derived from the name McDonalds, the fast food chain restaurant. Think about what is offered under the golden arches of McDonalds  - big, fast, tasteless food. McDonalds is known for mass producing super-sized everything in huge quantities.  So, a McMansion is the Big Mac hamburger of architecture - mass produced, quickly built, generic, bland, and unnecessarily large. The McMansion is part of the McDonaldization of Society. Features of a McMansion A McMansion has many of these characteristics: (1) over-sized in proportion to the building lot, which is usually a defined space in a suburban neighborhood; (2) poorly proportioned placement of windows, doors, and porches; (3) excessive use of gabled roofs or a bizarre mixture of roof styles; (4) poorly planned mixture of architectural details and ornamentation borrowed from a variety of historical periods; (5) abundant use of vinyl (e.g., siding, windows) and artificial stone; (6) unpleasing combinations of many different siding materials; (7) atria, great rooms, and other grand open spaces that are rarely used; and (8) quickly constructed using mix-and-match details from a builders catalog. McMansion is a snarky word used to describe a certain type of house, for which there is no absolute definition. Some people use the word to describe an entire neighborhood of overly large houses. Other people use the word to describe an individual house of new construction, more than 3,000 square feet, that has replaced a more modest house on the same lot. A very large house in a neighborhood of mid-century modest homes would look disproportional. A Symbol of Economic Status Is the McMansion anything new? Well, yes, sort of. McMansions are unlike the mansions of yesteryear. In the Gilded Age of America, many people became very wealthy and built opulent homes - usually a city dwelling and a country house, or cottage as the Newport, Rhode Island mansions are called. In the early 20th century, large, rambling homes were built in Southern California for people in the movie industry. No doubt, these homes are objects of excess. Generally, however, they are not considered McMansions because they were individually built by people who really could afford them. For example, Biltmore Estate, often called the largest private home in the United States, was never a McMansion because it was designed by a well-known architect and built by moneyed people on many, many acres of land. Hearst Castle,  William Randolph Hearsts estate in  San Simeon, California, and Bill and Melinda Gates 66,000 square foot house, Xanadu 2.0, are not McMansions for similar reasons. These are mansions, plain and simple. McMansions are a type of wannabe mansion, built by upper-middle class people with enough down payment money to show off their economic status. These homes are usually highly mortgaged to people who can afford the monthly interest payment, but who have obvious disregard for architectural aesthetics. They are trophy homes. The leveraged McMansion becomes a status symbol, then - a business tool that depends on property appreciation (i.e., natural price increase) to make money. McMansions are real estate investments instead of architecture. Reaction to McMansions Many people love McMansions. Likewise, many people love McDonalds Big Macs. That doesnt mean theyre good for you, your neighborhood, or society. Historically, Americans have rebuilt their communities every 50 to 60 years. In the book Suburban Nation, Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Jeff Speck tell us that its not too late to untangle the mess.  The authors are pioneers in the rapidly growing movement known as New Urbanism. Duany and Plater-Zyberk launched the groundbreaking Congress for the New Urbanism which strives to promote the creation of pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods. Jeff Speck is the director of town planning at Duany Plater-Zyberk Co. The firm is noted for designing pristine communities such as Seaside, Florida, and Kentlands, Maryland. McMansions are not in their visions for America. Old-fashioned neighborhoods with walkable roads and corner shops may seem idyllic, but New Urbanist philosophies are not universally embraced. Critics say that pretty communities like Kentlands, Maryland, and Seaside, Florida, are as isolated as the suburbs they try to replace. Moreover, many New Urbanist communities are considered pricey and exclusive, even when they arent filled with McMansions. Architect Sarah Susanka, FAIA, became famous by rejecting McMansions and the notion of what she calls starter castles. She has created a cottage industry by preaching that space should be designed to nurture the body and soul and not to impress the neighbors. Her book, The Not So Big House, has become a textbook for 21st-century living. More rooms, bigger spaces, and vaulted ceilings do not necessarily give us what we need in a home, writes Susanka. And when the impulse for big spaces is combined with outdated patterns of home design and building, the result is more often than not a house that doesnt work. Kate Wagner has become the go-to critic of the McMansion form. Her commentary website called McMansion Hell is a clever, snarky personal assessment of the house style. In a local TED talk, Wagner rationalizes her animosity by suggesting that in order to avoid bad design, one must recognize bad design - and McMansions have a plethora of opportunities to hone ones critical thinking skills. Before the economic downturn of 2007, McMansions proliferated like mushrooms in a field. In 2017 Kate Wagner was writing about The Rise of the McModern -  McMansions persist.  Perhaps its a byproduct of a capitalistic society. Perhaps its the notion that you get what you pay for - small houses can cost as much to build as larger houses, so how do we rationalize living in tiny homes?   I believe, concludes Sarah Susanka, that the more people put their money where their hearts are, the more others will realize the validity of building for comfort, and not prestige. Source The Not So Big House by Sarah Susanka with Kira Obolensky, Taunton, 1998, pp. 3, 194