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This article discusses the course of action the author believes will most successfully mobilize the black community further.  Henry discusses the importance of education and identity in achieving social mobility.

· 2,100 entries from 1493 to the present. · Speeches, essays, biographies, landmark court decisions, editorials, and more that bring history to life. · Noted contributors that include Madeleine Albright, Henry Ford, John Hancock, Malcolm X, and Edgar Allan Poe. · Photos and multimedia that engage students.

William Harper wrote this passage about the morality of slavery in the 1930s. 70 years after the abolishment of slavery and in the period where IM starts college, the were still radicals who believed that African Americans were so inferioir that they deserved to be enslaved. In his article, Harper brings up the point that it is a part of human nature for the superior to conquer the inferior.

This article from corporate welfare discusses corruption in America and cites some incidents that demonstrate how money affects American politics. Some of the occurrences are typical of the corruption described in "Fast Food Nation", however there is also other stunning information. The excerpt above tells of how Texaco receives money from the government when it files taxes. Texaco receives money that is in the tens of millions of dollars while the lower class typically pays thousands of dollars in overall taxes per household. This article is helpful in an essay citing how big businesses benefit from corruption.

· 2,100 entries from 1493 to the present. · Speeches, essays, biographies, landmark court decisions, editorials, and more that bring history to life. · Noted contributors that include Madeleine Albright, Henry Ford, John Hancock, Malcolm X, and Edgar Allan Poe. · Photos and multimedia that engage students.

This article views the dust bowl from an unbiased point of view. The text says that the federal government was quite involved with the aid of those suffering in the dust bowl for not the sake of the people, but for the sake of the economic dependency of the united states

This quote shows that the economic system in America in unjust and provides poor condtions for the worker. The women of Grapes of Wrath are seen as symbols of the poor and demonstrate the theme of economic injustice

"More than 750,000 children each year in America are abused or neglected, one every 42 seconds."

This article, published by the Children's Defense Fund, describes child abuse and neglect in America and the effects it has. The child welfare system does everything it can in helping neglected children, but it is common for them to turn to crime and end up in prison as adults.

· 2,100 entries from 1493 to the present. · Speeches, essays, biographies, landmark court decisions, editorials, and more that bring history to life. · Noted contributors that include Madeleine Albright, Henry Ford, John Hancock, Malcolm X, and Edgar Allan Poe. · Photos and multimedia that engage students.

President Truman's speech is actually in favor of eliminating discrimination in the 1960s. It shows that there are positive efforts from the white man's perspective. IM is sometimes too cynical with his outlook of Caucasions.

Like the pre-Mecca Malcolm, this guy rages against whites, calling us the devils, just like Malcolm X! He brings up valid points regarding the mind control enforced by whites upon other minorities. Whites rule the education systems of America, as well as most of the media, so it is easy for them to decide what to teach to other races. Also, as blacks and other minorities acclimate and Americanize, they lose the sense of their own culture, and are 'whited out' so to speak.

Not all of "us" are white!

Fewer Than 1 in 5 Express Favorable View Of The Religion

A poll that was taken a little less than two years ago shows that 45% of Americans are unfavorable of the religion of Islam, and Muslim people in generally. This number jumped from 33% in 2002, generally due to terrorist acts being blamed on the religion as a whole. Malcolm X was one of the first outspoken supporters of the religion in America, one in which many Americans generally do not have much knowledge about. He spoke about Islam and its role in America in a time when people disliked it because it seemed strange. Today, Americans are more knowledgeable about the religion, but obviously still highly ignorant and deluded into thinking that it is the cause of actions performed by terrorists.

This is a touchy subject, and there are no quotes, HOWEVER this site was really neat because it provides a lot of modern statistics regarding those who favor laws AGAINST interracial marriage, based on race, religion, age, etc. In the same way that Malcolm and Shorty were arrested for being with white girls, rather than for the theft at hand, many modern people in America favor bans on interracial marriage.

"Sexism commonly describes attitudes, statements, acts, strategies, or methods that lead to the discrimination, marginalization, or oppression of individuals or groups based on their sex. "

This article describes the occurrence of sexism in society. The oppression of women based upon their sex consistently occurs throughout the history of America. In Invisible Man, the whites oppress the blacks, and the blacks oppress the women. In America, groups oppress each other in order to maintain their position in top or above others. This article would support an essay dealing with oppression, and the occurrence of oppression to promote certain groups over others.

On 21 February 1965, Malcolm X was gunned down in broad daylight at a political rally at the Audobon Ballroom in Harlem, New York. The very embodiment of black power, Malcolm X gave his life for his cause. A freedom fighter, he was determined to achieve his aims - "by any means necessary," as he put it.

Malcolm X truly was misunderstood. The influences in his life shaped who he was at certain moments in time, and I don't think the world really got to see the true Malcolm until after her returned from Mecca with a different mindset about whites.

This article by PBS chronicles the evolution of the workers in the meat packing industry. The article tells of the meat packing industry revealed by Sinclair to present conditions. The average hourly wage for meat packing workers has fallen since the 1970's. The article also tells of the poor working conditions "Fast Food Nation" describes and how meat packing is one of the most dangerous jobs in America.

Schlosser says in his book how he feels that little has changed since the times of the chicago meat packing trusts, and this pbs article speaks in support of that claim. It gives examples of how conditions in 2005 are "that the working conditions in America's meat packing plants were so bad they violated basic human and worker rights"

Meatpacking industry through the years. This article highlights the way that the meatpacking industry and its ethics/conditions have changed (or not) throughout the years. It argues that things are pretty much as bad as the times of The Jungle.

Connects The Jungle, and the Eastern European immigrant labor force used by the Chicago meatpacking industry to the present day use of Mexican immigrant labor in today's industries. Provides concrete details on the legality of the workforce used by modern corporations, as well as the questionable conditions in which they work. Bridges The Jungle and FFN without actually mentioning FFN

"In the 1870s, several large packing firms with headquarters at Chicago came to dominate the U.S. meatpacking industry, namely Armour and Company, Swift and Company, and Libby, McNeill and Libby."

This article tells the history of the meatpacking industry. The source gives fantastic historical background information for "The Jungle". The history goes from the beginning of meatpacking in America to the late 1900's. This source can also relate to the current horrible conditions of the workers in the meatpacking factories.

"By the end of the twentieth century, meatpacking work was done mostly by an immigrant and impoverished workforce laboring in dirty, dangerous surroundings, as the decline of organized labor and the rise of government deregulation pushed the industry into a state not so different from the days of Sinclair's The Jungle."

Nine Food and Drug Administration scientists have written a letter to President-elect Barack Obama asking him to fix the "broken" organization.

The FDA was created when Theodore Roosevelt was sickened after reading The Jungle. The meat industry was a sickening one in the late 1800s, but conditons have not gotten much better. Scientists writing to Obama about the failures of the FDA have cited that most of the money and resources goes into drug safety, while "the food side of the agency has lurched from one crisis to the next." This article shows that while Sinclair made food safety a relevant topic in America, the fight for clean meat is still not over.

A lawsuit occured involving the trafficing and poor treatment of migrant workers. Many of these workers paid agents to come to the states to get a job, only to find themselves living in crowded, infested conditions. This relates to the Jungle and the struggles and conditions of the migrant workers then.

"The math just doesn't work. The average woman coming off of welfare since 1996 earns $7/hour, that's $280/week before taxes, and you can't support children on that, or even one person"

This is actual commentary from the author on the book, and it highlights how the working class cannot live a healthy and safe lifestyle in today's society with the wages that they earn. Ehrenreich truly believes that a change must be made to help the poor working class of our country.

I partially agree with this as it is extremely difficult for the low-wage workers to live on their salaries but with the help of welfare, medicare, and social security, I feel like it is possible, however change should be made

"Ehrenreich quickly finds that she'll need a second job to support herself. This seems to startle her, as if holding down two jobs is something new to America." This is startling, most people complain about having one job when some people are thankful for the $12 they make at the 2 or more jobs they have. Most shocking is the Ehrenreich, who is such a poor advocate, didn't know that she might have to work 2 jobs.

I also found this source too and was tempted to use it, but when i read the rest of it it turned out to actually be criticizing her for not fully trying her experiment.

Notice the diction the author uses: the American dream... stereotype. For ages it has been the hope for many and reality for some that people can live the American dream. Presidents have used it for slogans, it is a catchphrase that glistens in everyone's eye-- but now it is nothing but a stereotype, a goal not-so-true anymore.