Anthony Ant Character Analysis

That these kids, these young black kids had no dreams of college or jobs all they wanted to do was be like Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, and of course A$AP Rocky. I couldn’t bring myself to tell them their idols were thugs. I just repeatedly throughout the entire week tried to emphasize to them the importance of doing well in school, studying. I told them all about George Washington Carver, and other famous black academics. By the end of the week three out of twelve of my campers wanted to be something other than a

For example, I think all Asians are good at math, eat rice, and watch anime. That is me having racist assumptions. The reason I think that way is because of society’s projection of them, which can come in the form of media or me observing a finite group that fit the assumption. The same racist assumptions can be said about black people as well in the form of us always being violent or good at sports. All in all, you can’t judge a person based on societies projection of them.

In contrast to not making the basketball team for his high school, Jordan worked hard everyday to get better and use the athleticism god had given him. Through blood, sweat, and tears, Michael succeeded in basketball but was a very gifted athlete in many sports. One reporter once reported, “In 1994, he signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox and was assigned to the Birmingham Barons, but his baseball career was dismal” (Johnson). Jordan was a multi sport athlete that succeeded in basketball but wasn’t pleased with that. To follow his dream Michael didn’t give up his dream to play two sports professionally.

This guy’s name was Andrew Barnet and people called in A.B. except for me of course. I took to calling him ABC because, to me that was all he knew in his little peanut head. The reason that we didn’t like each other was that he was supposed to be the person to usurp my position as the top baller of my age. The people who were trying to beat Swinks out in the bets poured a lot of money into getting ABC into the top programs for football, basketball, and they even taught him 8 ball, but the fact of the matter is he doesn’t have my drive.

In the essay I Know why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou discusses the pain of the African American stereotypes. The negativity and discouraging belief of blacks only being good in the athletic field and not in the classroom is closely examined as a big problem during this time period. This essay brings back Maya to her middle school graduation. While her thoughts and emotions build up in excitement, they are quickly destroyed when the unknown white man gives a speech that changes everything. In his speech he talks about the kids from the white schools and their academic achievements, but only thing he mentions about the black kids is the athletic achievements.

Cuban doesn’t believe that the NBA should change the rule. On the other hand, University of Louisville’s head men’s basketball coach, Rick Pitino believes, “ High school athletes should be able to go straight to the NBA. He said that the athletes who go to college go to pass time until they can enter the draft don’t get much from taking online classes for seven months”. Pitino also stated, “ College is not for everybody. So, if a kid doesn’t want to go to college, let him go to the

”I b-brung them for y’all.”... ”The bag was full of nuts”... ”Made it myself”... ”Sanded black wooden flute.”(pg 154-155) Jeremy wants to be friends with the Logan’s even though they are black and black and whites don’t mix. It is even more strange because his family is very the Logan’s and everything they stand for and just black people in general. Trying to be friends with the Logan’s is a very bold move because if anyone in his family found out Jeremy would be in big

Resources such as networking with other cultures, internships, historic tradition, university experience, and being able to study abroad. I will bring the SMU community to my community because many young Hispanic males see SMU as an impossible thing to achieve. When I was in high school I never heard of a Mexican American from Oak Cliff attending SMU. This is an opportunity for me to break barriers for my community because many young males see school as a waste of time. In the end I just I want to compete academically with the best in the SMU community because I know what I can do in the classroom or

When African-American NBA basketball player, Kendall Marshall, wasn’t getting enough playing time according to his father, he tweeted “I always said there was racism in sports. White guys in basketball are getting every chance to succeed even when they aren’t doing sh!t” (Marshall). Although the father quickly apologized, the media took every chance they could to bring this story to headline news to make the controversy more popular and to cause a bigger commotion. Other professional athletes went public about their feelings regarding racism and sports and the results were not as expected. Fellow African-American NFL football player responded to this controversy in an unexpected manner and goes on to said “…ultimately the problem is not a skin problem, but a sin problem.

Thirdly, being able to pass the SAT and TOEFL tests to get into a good university. Eventually, he was accepted into The University of Colorado, where he studied English and business but, realized he didn 't really fit. Even though, Colorado wasn 't the best school for him, he met the love of his life. My father and mother started dating during my father 's freshman year while my mother was a junior. Eventually, my father was able to transfer to NYU to major in business as my mom finished her final year in Colorado.