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    different experiences they both had lasting memories that will stay with them. In the essay “The Color of Love”‚ the writer Danzy Senna tells the story of her grandmother who was also a writer but they were as different as night and day. Her grandmother was Irish but from the country’s Protestant elite who married a lawyer from America fell in love and had a daughter from this union. Her daughter fell in love with a black man and had three children which didn’t sit well with the grandmother who preferred

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    Ayrton Senna

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    Ayrton Senna da Silva (March 21‚ 1960 - May 1‚ 1994)‚ better known as Ayrton Senna‚ was a Brazilian racing driver who won the Formula 1 world championship title three times. His tragic death in 1994 is still mourned by Brazilians and he remains one of the most beloved Formula 1 personalities. Born in S?o Paulo‚ the son of a wealthy Brazilian landowner‚ he quickly developed an interest in motor racing. Encouraged by his father‚ a racing enthusiast‚ young Ayrton got behind the wheel of his first

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    Colors of Love

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    They say in love nothing is impossible. Height‚ weight‚ distance and of course age is just a damn number. To love is a great feeling but to be loved is a much greater feeling. But it’s hard to be hurt‚ that feeling like when your heart’s gonna burst and while in pain‚ you’re just crying and crying and crying. The first time I saw him‚ I was starstrucked! “Wow‚ he’s so tall and kinda handsome. Does he have any talent and is he that smart enough? If he does‚ then he’s already!” When my classmates

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    Love and Color Wheel

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    The Colors of Love Theory Corresponds to the Color Wheel If you’re familiar with the color wheel you’ll know that there are three primary colors - red‚ blue‚ and yellow‚ and these colors mix to create the three secondary colors - purple‚ orange‚ and green. In 1973 John Lee used the color wheel to describe his theory of love‚ in his book‚ The Colors of Love. Primary Love Styles are Eros‚ Ludos and Storge Though they don’t correspond to specific colors‚ Lee’s primary styles of love are: eros

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    Love Has No Color

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    Love Has No Color Written by Stephanie Figueroa Kingsborough Community College Sociology 3100 Partners amongst interracial relationships have been experienced and full of content ever since the 1600s. From laws of abolishment to the percentage of young America whom take part in an interracial romance‚ this particular group of individuals who believe in miscegenation didn’t let anything nor anyone interfere with their right to love. The battle has ended but still raises eyebrows to some

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    Music in Caucasia In Caucasia‚ Danzy Senna tells the tale of two young girls‚ Cole and Birdie. The products of a biracial couple‚ they struggle with the growing racial tensions in 1970’s America. The sisters share an inseparable bond‚ always speaking to each other in their own language‚ Elemeno. “What was the point of surviving if you had to disappear? [Birdie] said it aloud” (8). She soon learns‚ much like the Elemenos‚ that she would have to learn to change form in order to survive. Music is

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    Color Of Color

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    As a young woman of color the main focus of the newly elect president is that women of color of color the main focus for the newly elect president should be encouraging young woman further their education. The goal is to have more access to as many resources that are able in College /University’s to have a role model that leads by example. I encourage woman to go to college to get their Master‚ Bachelors‚ and Associates degree in the field they are going to peruse after graduating from College/University

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    Essay1color Of Love

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    Lyons 1 Essay#1/ Reflective Color Of Love by Danzy Senna The very title of this short story by Senna seemed to me paradoxical. while it’s only my opinion‚ no colors can define love and yet‚ the colors of love can be infinite. Right from the beginning‚ it’s obvious that Senna loves her grandmother. Although it seems Senna spent her childhood trying to understand and seek acceptance from her grandmother‚ she also seems to be seeking her own self-acceptance. Her grandmother

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    Colors

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    world of colors by painting everything it touches. Our plain and soulless furniture gains meaning. Our brown bookshelf‚ gray study table‚ green mug carpets‚ rugs‚ curtains the yellow wheat fields in the harvest picture‚ the blue china vase‚ our favorite brown sweater the striking green of a tree surrounded by concrete buildings‚ the blue sky‚ and the carousel of life that becomes worth living by being embellished with colors. Let’s travel through the wonderful world of colors. Each color conceals

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    Colors

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    COLORS “Ding.” That all too familiar tone plays again‚ signaling all marines that are on base and in uniform to snap to the position of attention. At 0800(8:00AM) every day‚ all marines in uniform that are wearing a cover must stop whatever they are doing‚ get to the position of attention‚ and salute to the raising of the American flag. Morning colors is a very significant part of every marine’s day. It is a custom and courtesy that is also one of our many military traditions. Morning and

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