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The Change
Have you ever felt that I am focusing on the By: Syra Nasir
you wanted something to line “But I know a change is
change? The song “A Change Is gonna come, oh yes it will” I
Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke is need to find out what he means
about times in his life and by change. I also need to find
events that he faced like racial what is important about this line
segregation also events other to the author. The tone is sad
people faced or are currently and also kind of informational.
facing. The music video shows The quote
pictures of what he faced and “But I know a change is gonna
what other people faced in their come, oh yes it will” shows that
lives like bring a refugee or a he believes that a change is going
place that is getting attacked. to come in all of these different
This relates to my communities. This shows that
group's thesis statement because Cooke is always hopeful that a
our statement is how U.S. change is going to come. This is
communities would suffer also happening in many
without diversity. This relates communities.
because it shows that there The creator Cooke is
wasn’t any diversity at that time making the statement that a
and still in some places, there is change is going to come. He
still no diversity. means this for all social issues
The creator Cooke like Racism, immigration, etc.
intended to probably tell us that This shows event that happened
there will be change in the around the late 1950s.
world and that there are many “It’s been a long time
things that need to to be coming” This line from the song
changed. I know that in the U.S. shows that Cooke was waiting
there is still segregation and for a long time for change to
hatred in the different happen. He also means that it
communities. has been way too long and
“It's been too hard maybe it might go on when his
living But I'm afraid to die time is up.
Cause I don't know what's up This shows that he has
there Beyond the sky” This line been waiting a long time for
from the song shows that he was change to come. This also
afraid to leave because he didn't shows that these events have
feel safe in his community. been happening for a long time.
There also are many pictures in The song “A Change Is
this video that shows events that Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke
he wants to change. makes many claims like he
This shows that Cooke intended for us to know that one
wants to have change in the day a change will come and
world so everyone would be many more. This relates This song connects to my
happy. He would want everyone because it shows that there thesis in many ways. Just imagine if
to help change things with him. wasn’t any diversity at that time change comes in events that are
Also, he would want everyone and still in some places, there is happening right now and they are the
to be happy and do the things still no diversity. My group's events that Cooke wanted to change.
that would make him happy.“ thesis is how U.S. communities How would Cooke feel?
would suffer without diversity
and this connects to the song.
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Racial Issues
By: Gabriela
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Religion around
the U.S
U.S Communities would suffer especially when some don’t misinformation and distortions
without diversity of religion. even get along. Back then it was about Islam and American
Religions are not always always the Christians and the Muslims” This tells us how the
peaceful and get along with the British who didn’t get along. United States doesn’t really like
people in it. Back then people “Working on common ground is the Islam community. Religions
weren't able to choose their own what the civil rights movement nowadays are dangerous with
religion, so they were forced to of the 1950s and 1960s did so each other because of terrorist
be in it.“When these well, as its participants walked attacks. I know that Muslim is a
participants from diverse hand in hand, and it is what we big problem with that which is
religious, ethnic, and identity are seeing in communities messed up. “how to get the
groups come together and pool across the country today, even religions of the world to stop
their knowledge and as acts of hatred and violence hiding from or fighting with one
intelligence in pragmatic aim to separate” This talks another and recognize they have
problem solving, as occurs now about how back then they had a lot to learn from one another
when communities face threats like a war to end stuff, which and that the world, in general,
and work on safety, a robust shows how serious. would be better off if they did”
diversity bonus emerges, The Islam religion is a really big This is telling us how it would
enabling participants to uncover problem with the United States. be better off without religions
good solutions and develop a Especially because of the 9/11 harming each other.
bolstered sense of being in these attacks which ended up causing Without the religions how they
times together” This tells us the everything to go wrong. “In the are right now our life would be
poor relationships they had back United States, some individuals a big mess. Religions are
then. and groups have attempted to something that should be good
There’s a lot of violence when it conflate all of Islam with because it’s for your god. Next
comes to religion extremist violence by time make sure you actually
disseminating know people in it who are
peaceful and loyal.
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Fighting for Glory
Michael Guarino
“But we've been At the end of the song
You’ve probably heard sweating while you slept so there is a part where it shows an
the song Prayer of The Refugee calm In the safety of your home edit of a bunch of foreign or
by Rise Against, but I doubt you ...We've been pulling out the child workers putting made in
ever noticed what it’s truly nails that hold up … Everything U.S.A stickers on products.
about. This piece is about the you've known.” The song’s tone is very
abuse American companies put This shows that its intense and feels like you can
on foreign workers and child about a foreign worker working really hear what the singer is
labors. In 2007, this song for someone. That someone saying meaning wise.
peaked on the weekly billboard isn’t even involved in the The evidence is found
charts in 7th place. business as he just sleeps while 3 minutes and 4 seconds in the
This relates to my the workers are up late doing music video to the end. Also at
thesis of U.S. Communities their job, while the boss isn’t :53 to 1:00.
would suffer without diversity even there contributing.This A unique part of this
because with refugees and shows that its about a foreign work is at the time when this
foreign Americans there would worker working for someone. song came out no punk/rock
be increased diversity in the That someone isn’t even bands like Rise Against made
community. involved in the business as he songs about things like this
The writer’s intentions of this just sleeps while the workers are topic.
piece were to bring attention up late doing their job, while the This song
and bring to the foreground the boss isn’t even there makes a commentary about the
abuse of foreign workers. I contributing. You can tell by the issue of refugees and foreign
know this because during the actual music video of him/the american workers are treated
music video it shows a product singer kicking things over. As unfairly.
and flashbacks to where it came well as times where it pans to This was special at the
from and it pans around to show the sticker on the time (and still is) as no songs
a foreign worker or a child. product saying made in U.S.A talked about issues like this so
and shows a video backstory of this made commentary about it.
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Video: https://youtu.be/wEBlaMOmKV4
Lyrics: https://genius.com/Sam-cooke-a-change-is-gonna-come-lyrics
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Page 7- Glory by John Legend-Featuring John Legend Produced by John Legend Album Selma (Music from the Motion Picture)
Lyrics: https://genius.com/Common-glory-lyrics
Video: https://youtu.be/HUZOKvYcx_o
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Image: Sergio Hayashi - Fotolia
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Prayer of The Refugee by Rise Against (2006) (The Sufferer & The Witness)
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-SQGOYOjxs
Lyrics : https://genius.com/Rise-against-prayer-of-the-refugee-lyrics
Image : Travis Shinn