We live in the land of the free and the home of the brave, right? ... Also, we say we live in the land of the brave and I question this to. In most aspects the American people have earned the right to call themself brave, Americans have been through many struggles to become the super power we are today,but it seems to me that most American people are not brave enough to realize a very obvious problem in this country. ... America was started by people who did not want to be neglected by their country or told what to do in their country, so these people decided to leave their country and begi...

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When you"re a child, it seems like you have not a care in the world. ... They dream all the time using their imaginations to make their world seem and feel pleasant. ... I suppose parents want their children to achieve brave, strong minds so they can deal with other obstacles that come their way. However scaring a child to be brave is not the way to go about it. ... In reality, she is mixed, but Wright doesn't see the difference and it puts a whole new perspective on the way he thinks about the society he lives in. ...

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America, land of the free and home of brave, where equality is shared by all and opportunities for success are ample. It's 2015, and a black man sits proudly in the oval office, commanding the most powerful nation in the world. ... New influential black figures started to take a stand for what was right. ...

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Even though we are not the wealthiest neighborhood in the world, we work together to solve our problems and enjoy ourselves during the process. ... The news on TV would have a completely new meaning to me and my family. ... The result was that President Obama was elected, and as noble Democrats we truly believe that event was the new era of the United States. ... Although some of the brave African Americans were honored and has the leadership to stand up for themselves throughout history, there is only a few socially accepted and significant African American figure in our history. ... On the o...

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For centuries after the first settlement of the New World, Ireland sent large groups of newcomers to the colonies and to the United States (Glazier, 454). But the first settlers in the New World in the mid-seventeenth century did not receive a warm welcome from the English. ... The Irish continued to immigrate to the New World. ... But these immigrants were treated no differently than those that had come to the New World years before them. ... The Civil War began in 1861, just a few short years after the majority of Irish had settled in the New World. ...

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The United States of America has a relatively short-lived history in comparison to the majority of the vast societies of the world. ... When the grip on the throat of the new Americans became too much, a rag tag group of militiamen stood up against the British for what they believed in and defeated one of the most powerful and expansive army's that the world has ever seen. ... Black American's heeded to his campaign slogan of "Yes We Can" and invested all of their time and energy into ensuring that Obama would be instated as the President of the free world. ... According to...

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The kids from the Point only dislike Aborigines because they suffer from a bigoted view of the world, they learn from the stories about "Wild Nungas" told in the front bar. ... "BOONGS PISS OFF had been there for months" shows that prior to Dumby's entrance into Blacky's world, he had no initiative of removing the sign, but now through his changes it has become and urgent priority. ... Gary makes many new friendships with Dumby and his relatives, who help him to understand what it's like to feel rejected. ... Creeping into his father's room to gain possession of the shed ke...

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But in today's world of dual income households that job is looked down upon. ... That would mean that in professional baseball the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves would have to find new names. ...

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Because of this we see that Karlie is very brave and has got a pretty strong personality. ... We can also see that Karlie is not completely comfortable or at ease with all this new information, because he laughs when the white woman speaker offers a black man a cigarette. ... The theme can perhaps also be the cruelty we have in the world and how prejudiced we are; and maybe also how bad the conditions for black people were at that time. ...

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Ever since the discovery of the New World, black people have lived in Canada and have not been treated fairly. ... He arrived in New France in 1628 and was sold to a colonist. ... Most of the new refugees were poor and were not able to find any work. ... Hall was the one that fired the shot to open that wall around the city of Lucknow and because of his bravery he received, the highest British military award for braver and became the first Nova Scotian, the first Canadian and the first Black person to receive the Victoria Cross. After the British took over New France, they split it into ...

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Native Son - Richard Wright #1 Post-Reading After Bigger Thomas, the central character of this novel, has "murdered a white girl and cut her head off and burnt her body,"" he thinks that he has "created a new life for himself. ... It gave Wright an opportunity to express his thoughts and feelings to the world. ... As a result of this exposure to the white world's hostility and aggression towards blacks, most of Wright's books portray both racial discrimination and the black response to that injustice; such as Black Boy and Native Son. ... He wrote Native Son to share his t...

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Resistance among Africans can be traced all the way back to the 1600's in Africa when they were captured and bound together on slave ships to face the harsh realities of The Middle Passage and The New World. ... " (Pg. 173) Trice bravely fought off fifteen men to protect his son. ...

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"The Clearing provides a place for "every man, woman and child who could make it through" to love themselves and each other in a way not sustainable in the e constricted world white Cincinnati and white America. ... Through the worship at The Clearing with the community, she begins to feel integrated into a world that she has never experienced. ...

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"The Clearing provides a place for "every man, woman and child who could make it through" to love themselves and each other in a way not sustainable in the e constricted world white Cincinnati and white America. ... Through the worship at The Clearing with the community, she begins to feel integrated into a world that she has never experienced. ...

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