Alexander Horn, a magician that not only wants us to know the history of magic but the deep dark secrets it holds. "When you think of magicians, it's mustaches, rabbit but it's not that." He says, ”Magic has always been done to entertain and screw people over" includes in his lecture of Maidens, Minstrels, and Magic: A history of magic, sexism, and racism therein. Cody explains many different magic tricks and magicians that show racism and how minorities are not known for magic. "Why do the bugs have to be racist?" he says, explaining how in a childhood movie “Bug’s Life” shows racism. “That one bug was wearing a kimono and coming out of a Chinese takeout box.” While showing us the history of many different magicians being racist, he goes into detail of many minority magicians we probably have never heard about. "I give anyone $50 for anyone that knows an African American or a Female magician at the top of your head" No one in ...
“Don’t wait until…you come face to face with evil to learn this lesson,” Bridges said, “We all have a common enemy and it is evil. I refuse to believe there is more evil out there than good. There’s more good. We just have to stand up.” I love this quote, her hope is still there and has the drive to keep standing up for what is right. My overall opinion of the story is very powerful just looking at her your words, I can feel the tone in the words even if I wasn't physically there.
Although the 2020 election seems real far from now, many candidates are starting to announce and campaign to win the presidency. Former Vice President Joe Biden is running for president in the next year. Many media outlets have been covering what his chances are up against Donald Trump and if he is the best candidate to do so. After news broke out on Thursday, April 25th when Joe Biden launched his campaign and announcement to the world. In the Mercury, the newspaper did a piece with the headline "Joe Biden has the best chance to beat Trump 2020" in a 13 paragraph article in the Other Views section. With statistics from the national polls, it shows that he has the majority of support against all of the other Democratic candidates. The article also explained exactly in detail of what his announcement video entailed, and in the end, the editor was giving their opinion on what Joe Biden should do to win. Business Insider, a news website made an article on what the ...
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