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Since I began asking people to share their thoughts about race, ethnicity and cultural identity, thousands of submissions have poured in from the web, by mail, by hand and via Twitter. Spend some time scrolling through the Race Card wall. Click through to read some of the stories behind the six-word submissions. Send in your own six-word essay.
The Race Card Project has earned a deep well of trust on a thorny topic as evidenced by the candor and depth of the submissions. The Six Word essays featured on the website, theracecardproject.com, provide a window into America’s private conversations about race and cultural identity.
Write a six-word story about anything you like. It can be humorous, dark, mysterious, and anything else you can think of. Then use that six-word story as a writing prompt. Write for fifteen minutes and lengthen your six-word story into a more-than-six-word-story. Then post both stories as a comment.
Writer Larry Smith likes to tell stories in six words. He devised an easy literary style for non-writers and writers a like to express funny, nuanced, and even meaningful ideas in just six word long sentences. Since 2008 he has been collecting six word stories from people and publishing them in a series of bestselling books. The newest book in Smith’s six-word series is, Best Advice in Six.
The style of music has changed dramatically throughout the ages. For instance, there are six main eras in music history. The Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth Century. The music in these eras reflects the time period. Music has been and always will be a popular form of entertainment for many.
An essay or paper on 4 Short essays on Music. 1 - Music is a mode of human expression that reflects the genius of mankind. It is an ever-changing art form that has found its place among the serious as well as comic. For some it conforms to certain rules and for others it is free of form. It can.
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NPR continues a series of conversations from The Race Card Project, where thousands of people have submitted their thoughts on race and cultural identity in six words.
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INSKEEP: Must we forget our Confederate ancestors. Those six words came to radio reporter Jesse Dukes after a trip to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. He was talking with Civil War reenactors for the.
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Every person who immigrates to the United States has a story and Larry Smith has been asking people to share their stories in just six words. The newest of his Six Word Memoirs series is called Fresh Off The Boat, Stories of Immigration, Identity and Coming to America.He spoke with KUNM's Chris Boros.
Below are all the winners of this week’s contest, their challenge was to write a short story using only six words. Next weeks contest starts at 9 AM on Saturday and runs till 9 AM on Sunday morning. Winner: Runner Up: Editor’s Choice. Heather Baker’s entry nearly tied with Tiffani Atkins (the runner up).
NPR continues a series of conversations from The Race Card Project, in which thousands of people have submitted their thoughts on race and cultural 6 Words: Yes, I'm Tobacco-Pickin' White Trash.