Oakland

class noticed that Oakland was bustling with activity. Business (stores) was overflowed with customers, local citizens were jogging, animal- life was consuming the mere crumbs on the concrete, and the Oakland Museum of California was occupied by a diverse group of possible tourists. The perpetual activity that transpired in Oakland inspired a symbol of contentment. Outside School As soon as we evacuated the school, we descried many construction workers assembling the new apartment that was being manufactured near…

Oakland Poetry: The Rise of Young Voices of Color Oakland is a community flourishing in the arts, poetry and literature kept alive by Young Artists and Poets. Many of these young poets have been historically ignored by Academia. The body of poetry in Oakland consists of oral/performance poetry and flourishes in communal spaces, spaces that work towards unifying the community and creating a safe environment for underrepresented and marginalized communities.From the beginning of the Black…

Though the Black Panther Party had experienced its most influential years in San Francisco and Oakland between 1967 and 1972, a lack of census data from non-decennial from NHGIS narrowed my quantitative GIS analysis solely to 1970. Despite this small window of information, the metadata I had applied as layers within ArcMap had provided me with a surprising amount of insight to the racial and economic landscape of Panther activities at the height of their potency as well as at the height of…

Logos, or logic, involves looking for arguments that make sense in a piece. Amy Tan’s essay is very logical. It makes complete sense, and is simple to understand. Being that it is a narrative, she uses examples to back up her statements about English. She tells the stories of her mother dealing with the stockbroker and the hospital as means to make her point clearer. Ethos looks at the author’s credibility. Tan is a well-known writer, and does a lot of public speaking. We can trust her…

Victor Rios conducted his own study on treatment of young Latino boys who live in Oakland California. Rios chose Oakland to address the policing that occurs in his home town. The primary argument Rios determines for policing of this minority stems from the process of criminalization “Criminalization and punishment were practiced and perfected on Black populations. By the time a critical mass of poor Latino/as arrived in Oakland, the community and its institutions had a clear system by which to…

My childhood was not easy; it consisted of struggling through a broken home. As a young child I dealt with a drug addicted mother and a life filled with poverty in Oakland, California. My mother was addicted to crack cocaine, and could never keep a steady job due to her addiction. There were times in our lives where my brother and I went without food, water, or electricity. My father and mother divorced when I was still a toddler, and he was rarely present and provided no financial support.…

although many anti-Panther actions around the country appealed to be purely local police initiatives, most were actually coordinated by the FBI’s COINTELPRO operatives in each locality.” Though the effectiveness of state repression programs are difficult to evaluate and measure, in September 1969 alone, police across the nation arrested Panthers on 46 separate occasions, with at least 348 Panthers being arrested during that whole year. Furthermore, by the beginning of 1970, most of the Party’s…

While at Merritt College and San Francisco State College, Newton studied law, even on his own time he went to the North Oakland Service Center Library to read about law. During his readings, he came across California’s gun laws. He learned that the law stated that an individual could carry a loaded gun in public if the weapon was not concealed, that it was illegal to keep loaded rifles in a moving vehicle, that parolees could carry rifles but not handguns, and that citizens had the right to…

The movie Fruitvale Station is a strong movie that emphasizes the struggle of the poor-minority community, shows the prejudice that the police in our everyday society have, and walks through the life of Oscar Grant III, 24 hours before his murder. The ethnophaulism that is used is both derogatory and uncalled for; As well, the prejudice that someone encounters on a daily basis is unbelievably sad. The struggles of minority people in the United States often disregarded, and the outcome of hate…

I have been dedicated towards my studies since childhood thanks to the teachings my father has instilled in me. My career in the nursing field has been guided by two principles: (1) improving access to quality health care services for undeserved populations such as the poor, homeless, and orphans and, (2) teaching and delivering culturally competent and compassionate care. My educational background and volunteer experience has broadened my knowledge and has increased my depth of understanding of…