Notice the spelling of the word Nigga; the word ends with the letter "A" rather than "ER". ... The word nigger is traced back to 1786 with the same denotation as it has now. ... In the Oxford English Dictionary, all the examples the author provides for the reader reflect a negative meaning of that word. For example, in the dictionary it states to work like a nigger, is to work exceptionally hard. This example, regardless of the good outcome (work exceptionally hard), is still negative because of the word nigger. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The public eye is hammered with stories of murder, rape, and robbery, that they never hear the stories of racism. ... Dictionaries and legislators cannot entirely comprehend the understanding and definition of what is meant by the word itself. ... Although, the dictionary definition does give some insight to the understanding of what people really do mean. ... If African Americans, for example are equal to whites what accounts for their high numbers of poverty and criminality. ... Failure and misbehavior by non- whites is proof enough that white society is riddled with hatred and bigotry. ...

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In Bamboozled, Lee starts off the movie with a dictionary definition of the word satire, so as to make sure the audience knows exactly how he is delivering this message. ... I will give pertinent examples and quotes from the movie, from interviews, and from articles to show how Lee develops his satirical approach to the painful history of racial stereotyping in America. Lee starts the movie with Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) reciting from the dictionary the definition of the word satire. ... Basically Wayans" character is a television writer that has to come up with a hit show. ... Basical...

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• Grade Level: High School

According to Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, discrimination is defined as the act, practice, or an instance of distinguishing categorically rather than individually. ... Let us not confuse this with racism, which is, according to Dictionary.com, the belief that one race is superior to the others. ... Ascribed characteristics are features that one is born with. ... Hardwick (1986), one man was convicted of participating in sexual acts with another man. ... It isn't something that people are just born with. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Webster's dictionary defines discrimination as a social, economical, political or legal distinction made between individuals or groups that makes one have the power to treat the others unfavorably. ... Along with the racism come the stereotypes. ... For example, people always refer to Tiger Woods as a "black golfer" or "the greatest black golfer". There are clear examples of white athletes making racial remarks in pro golf. ... Rockers mind set is another example of all that is wrong with discriminating against people. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

For example, in the movie Where the Spirit Lives, we learned that Native-Americans were looked upon as being savages and very illiterate in the past. ... For example, from Alice Walker's book, The Color Purple, Alice writes about the pain and experiences that she has faced or has witnessed. ... For example the "old ways" were the traditions that indigenous cultures practiced compared to the beliefs of which the Europeans had, know as the "new ways". ... For example Alice uses the word "spose" which would mean to people from the North "suppose" (66). ... But when that exact word is look...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Along with the research that I have collected, I will prove that there are many different aspects that contribute to magazine production. ... The Merriam-Webster Dictionary's definition of culture is "The integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon man's capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations" (www.Webster.com).  Throughout the world today, there are an indefinite amount of cultures to which people belong. ... For example, let's take an African American based magazine company and compare it to a &#...

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When looked up in the dictionary, the word identity refers to the distinguishing character or personality of an individual that is marked by psychological, social, and cultural factors. ... Seamus Heaney's poem, Mid-Term Break, is a great example of how society's expectations can impact identity because the poem is about a young man who is away at school to obtain an education and establish his identity when he is called back home to deal with the death of his younger brother. ... In other passages, the woman further enhances her infatuation with her cat's life with phrases like...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When someone describes America the first thing most would say is that it is the land of opportunity where all men are created equal and are endowed with unalienable rights. ... The races of this nation have been stratified into an unequal caste system; According to Webster dictionary the proper definition of a caste system is a division of society based upon differences of wealth, rank or occupation. ... The southern slave owning states made it clear that they did not want the federal government to interfere with their ability to own slaves. ... This approval provided white slave owners with ...

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