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How Political Cartoons Influence Immigrant Stereotypes While researching the stereotypes that immigrants deal with on a daily basis, I learned that many of these stereotypes stem from political cartoons from the 19th and 20th centuries. These political cartoons from the past were used as a form of entertainment and most often portrayed immigrants from other countries in a very negative light. According to The Atlantic , the Irish were often portrayed as apes, Italians as street filth, and Chinese as parasitic locusts. At this time, these different races, cultures, and identities were not welcome to become a part of the United States' melting pot and/or mosaic. These political cartoons were originally published in humor magazines, with their sole purpose being to entertain the reader or viewer. They were originally intended to be political satire and commentary on the events at the time, but when viewed now, they seem very much like racist propaganda. Political cartoons abou...

1. Hard Work, Skill, Opportunity, Luck 2. This is the order that I believe that these success factors go in, from most to least important and/or helpful. Hard work is by far the most important factor in achieving what you want in life. Without hard work, the things that you achieve mean much less because you didn't have to do much to accomplish them. Even if you have none of the other things (skill, opportunity, or luck) you can still do mostly anything that you aim to do if you work hard enough. Skill is the second most important thing. Whether you were naturally born with it or used your hard work to gain skills, they play a major part in what you achieve in your life. Someone with skill is obviously much more likely to be successful than someone without it, but in the end skill means nothing unless if you put it to use with hard work. Opportunity is the next most important. Although being very helpful, not everyone has equal access to opportunities, making it unrealistic that ...

Many scientific experiments have been conducted to test the levels of empathy that operate in rats. The first experiment tested to see whether a rat would choose to save another rat, or eat chocolate instead. It had to choose between going through two doors- one with chocolate, and one that had to be pushed through in order to allow the other rat to escape from a small container of water that it was trapped in. It was successful 50 to 80 percent of the time, with the rat choosing to help the other over chocolate. Another experiment was conducted by researchers in Chicago to see if rats see race. Unfortunately, the first test showed that rats most likely would not help rats of another strain. After testing it was revealed that it did not involve race- but familiarity. If rats have spent extended amounts of time together, they will help those of another strain if they have known each other previously. These two experiments prove that rats can be empathetic and are not as "mindless...