If I had not been born Asian, what would the process of growing up as an African-American be like? In fact, I think my life would be very interesting because I was never fond of having strict Asian parents who do not allow me to have fun at all. ... However, friendship is a very important concept in African American culture. Unlike the Asian community, most blacks cooperate and get things done instead of constantly competing with each other trying to be the greatest. ... By imagining my life in the African American shoes, I learned that my life would be as great-if not, better than my life as ...

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Immigrants from all over the world, especially from Asia, Europe, and South America have migrated to the United States in the last decade. ... It now involves Hispanics, Arabs, and Asians. ... According to Hoberman, a new study from the American Nurses Association, 53% of Asian/Pacific Islander respondents and 46% of Hispanic respondents felt they have been denied a promotion because of their race or ethnicity. Many companies in society commit these racist acts towards Hispanic and Asian minorities, which is considered a form of covert racism because they are favoring the Caucasian minority th...

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Many believe that racism is being cruel to Blacks, however today being racist does not mean only to be cruel to Blacks, it also includes being unfriendly to Hispanics, Asians and even White people today feel discrimination from others. ... Since the beginning of the United States of America, there have been problems with who is better than the rest. ... The heaviest burdens of racism in the country have fallen on Native Americans, Asian Americans, African Americans, Latin Americans, and many other immigrant groups and their descendants. ... When this law was passed not only did it affect Afric...

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During World War II, African Americans were welcomed to serve as soldiers but segregation was apparent. ... When the war ended and African American, Native American, and Hispanic soldiers came back to a home that did not grant them full rights, the Civil Rights Movement was born. ... Asian Americans were also heavily discriminated against in the aftermath of World War II. ... Japanese Americans were immediately viewed as enemies of the State. ... Women, Asian Americans, Hispanics, and others decided to fight the social norms of the time. ...

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For example, back in the 1800's Caucasian people were always considered above other races, and even though in some places is still considered that, many people have gone against not only African-Americans, Asian, Hispanic etc..., but Caucasian people too. ... In some cases, Asian people are stereotyped for being smart, African- Americans are stereotyped as killers and criminals, and Hispanics are stereotyped as gang bangers, dangerous, and low class. ... On the other hand, according to an article written by David Knowles on Daily News, Bank of America was ordered to pay $2.2 million to 1,...

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Race relations in America are very diverse, since America integrates people from all different cultures and ethnic backgrounds it is difficult to define certain aspects of the racial situations occurring in our society. Some Americans still treat, consider, and make decisions based upon peoples group, class and race. Although America has a high amount of immigrants from all over the world, racial discrimination typically affects the Latino and African American races the most. ... Another breakthrough America has overcome is segregation. ... Latinos, African Americans, Asians, Europeans etc al...

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In America the average income for a black man is 61% less than the average white man and that is the same percentage difference as in 1880. ... Who started every war that America has been in? ... They boycotted all French products, pouring bottles of French wine onto the street and deserting all French restaurants in America. ... There are lots of Asian gangs that are racist toward most people. ... This is one day that Americans especially will never forget. ...

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The majority of the worlds people can be separated into four major "race" groups which include white, black, Asian and American Indian. ... The Asian ancestry is much larger than white, including individuals from Polynesia, Hawaii and Chinese descent. ... Medical examiners, attorneys, judges and law enforcement figures want to know if the skeleton found is of white, black or Asian ancestry. ... Complex cranial sutures are common amongst East Asians, American Indians and Polynesians, thereby ruling out this as the single point as a race identifier. ...

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For example, black pupils are seen as disruptive and Asian pupils are seen as passive. ... A simple way to redeem this would be to introduce different cultures and languages into the curriculum instead of just basing it on white-British/American history, language and music. ... Oppositely though, studies have shown that Asian family structures bring benefits, as Asian parents seem to have more positive attitudes towards education and higher expectations for their children's future, which means that the children are being socialised properly and that they are getting the right push and lea...

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Since he is Asian, they could not hire him, because 50% of their employees are Asian. ... We are all Americans and should be treated as so, not what ethnicity we are. ... We should treat everyone as Americans. ... For example, the University of California in Berkeley has a diverse student body with a majority of Asians. ... In the 1980's, American cars were marked with a distinction of poor quality. ...

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Not only has there been racism with Americans and African Americans but with other nationalities also. ... In the movie "Crash" there was a problem with white cops and a black couple, a Mexican with a middle eastern man and Asians also. ...

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The video also had clips of groups of African-American men making stereotypical remarks toward the white-Americans. ... But I never realized that the African-Americans of today still feel now, the way the African-Americans of that time felt towards the white-Americans. ... The LACCHR also reported that the largest number of crimes reported were against African-Americans, Jews, gays, Asians, and Latinos. ... There were also many African-American pioneers of Industrial Revolution in America. ... In education, like "old" immigrants from Europe, the "newest" immigrants from Asia faced seriou...

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For example let us say Cornell takes a student based solely on his merit, not taking into consideration his color, creed, race, or gender, and that it turns out this student is African American and felt no need to check off the box on his application concerning color. ... At Berkeley Asians and Whites must have had at least a 3.7 gpa throughout high school to be considered for acceptance, while minority students with such a record were automatically accepted. Berkeley lowered its standards for acceptance of minorities, knowing that sixty six percent of Asians and Whites graduated, when only t...

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The American people think and agree that these hate groups should not be allowed to exist. ... Many Americans watch and see how hate groups commit a lot of crimes against the people they hate, but they do nothing. ... These hate groups promote violence against Blacks, Hispanics, Homosexuals, Asian people, etc teaching their new and young members that the different people are bad and all kinds of things. ... That is why not only Blacks, Homosexuals, Asians and Hispanics, but also white people think that these hate groups should be banned so they can not commit crimes anymore. ... They are "The ...

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He was also once in love with a Japanese-American woman who later left him for a Japanese man. ... Everything in the community costs more to obtain for the Japanese such as the real estate, in order to keep there culture subordinate to the Americans. ... Because she is of African-American descent she begins to lash out towards other races who may have the opportunity to have a different appearance than her. ... In an example used in class, a man who lost his job to an Asian man feels resentment towards the entire Asian world. In response to this, the man brutally murdered an Asian man j...

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African Americans, Hispanics, Caucasians, and Asian Americans are all primary examples of racial groups. Some of these groups are in the majority, mainly meaning the whites, while others are in the definite minority in the United States, such as African Americans. ... For example, in terms of percentage of total population, in 1990, whites made up 80.3% of the population, while African Americans made up only a mere 12.1%.... Aside from constant sewage backup and tainted water effected the children, the school system is several decades behind your average school in America. ....

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This was the town, which taught me about the other side of town, the side that didnt want Asian Invasions. ... Nizkor (1995) states that from the start, Skins drew public notice for their bigotry and taste for violence, exemplified by their frequent assaults on Asian immigrants, attacks which came to be known as Paki-bashing. ... With unemployment as it is, theyre asking for trouble letting all these Asians into the country. ... (Nizkor 1995) This expression is known as the 14 words and was originally coined by David Lane, an American Neo-Nazi terrorist. ...

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I surveyed five different races: African American, Latino, Caucasian, Asian American, Middle Eastern, and Indian. I surveyed twenty five percent African Americans, twenty five percent Caucasians, fifteen percent Asian Americans, twenty percent Latinos and fifteen percent were of other races. ... Providing equal opportunity and access to minority students at major universities, especially in areas that demand a high level of skill, are a major component of the plan to equalize in America's labor field. ... African Americans have skills just like whites and the ability to further them to...

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Racist" and "racism" are provocative words in American society. ... African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans and Asian Americans (people-of-color) live daily with the effects of both institutional and individual racism. Race issues are so fundamental in American society that they seem almost an integral component. Some Americans believe that race is the primary determinant of human abilities and capacities. Some Americans behave as if racial differences produce inherent superiority in European Americans (whites). ...

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Two wrongs don't make a right. Therefore, affirmative action doesn't make discrimination ok just because it's against whites instead of blacks. When an employer hires anyone because he or she is a minority, instead of being based on one's qualification, it is discrimination. Just because affirmative...

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Some African-American people will never forget the way they and their ancestors were treated by the "white" people. There will always be some sort of resentment in the hearts of some African-Americans. However African Americans are not the only racists. ... Then I notice her staring at the people on the other side and when I turn to look to see what it was I noticed that she was sitting next to African Americans. Where she moved to were only some Asians and Spanish people. ...

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Since the beginning of slavery African Americans have suffered due to their identity. ... Many Black males who didn't receive jobs in America made cheap wages in the prison industry. ... In the mid-1800s, there were more African Americans in prison than any other race. ... This movement was very important to us blacks in America. ... Caucasians, Africans, Asians, Indians, Arabs, and Jews are not different races. ...

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African-American women had been under the racism and sexism of their environment for centuries. ... Even during slavery, African-Americans did indeed still manage to stand tall in the public eye. ... CHAPTER 3 Chapter 3 discusses the prejudice that African-American women faced. ... CHAPTER 5 In discussing prominent African-American icons, the topic once again turned to Ida B. ... The second stanza represents the attitudes to African-Americans over the course of the past few decades, when African-Americans have experienced a relatively significant rise in status. ...

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Lula represent the whites power in America during that time. ... Looking back to American history Whites has treated Blacks very brutally. They use guns to steal land in North America (during 1660 to 1880s) and force blacks to work on it as slaves. ... African-Americans, South Asians, Latin Americans, and other people of color have, for many generations, internalized this Eurocentric standard of attractiveness. ... The question raised up is does discrimination in America actually ended or is it still exist till this day. ...

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Secondly, racism can be seen in racial prejudice against people who are dissimilar to them.Stop and frisk policy is one reflection of this prejudice around the world.African-Americans, Asians and Hispanics living in white societies complain about this racial profiling and inhumanity treatment of police.Another reflection of this prejudice can be realized in the policies of Russia which has a hostile attitude towards Central Asian people.Russia's extreme nationalist policies support both racist actions and also regulate birth rates where Muslims dominate in Caucasus region. ...

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