The white people of South Africa kept control in many different ways. ... Passbooks were also an integral part of the white's control over the blacks. ... In addition to this, his father was arrested for being unemployed, even though he was in the process of trying to get a permit to find another job after being laid off. ... Blacks would spend days standing in long lines only to be sent home again, and in the process they would lose their jobs because they missed work. ... "Lifting my head up as I came up the steps, I saw that I was in a "white" bus. ...

• Word Count: 1571
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Affirmative Action: Pros and Cons Affirmative Action is defined as positive steps to enhance the diversity of some group, often to remedy the cumulative effect of subtle as well as gross expression of prejudice. ... Diversity is desirable and won't always occur if left to chance, meaning, part of the education process is learning to interact with other races and nationalities. ... Students starting at a disadvantage need a boost, minority students start out at a disadvantage in their college or job application process. ... However, an applicant's race is not a legitimate factor t...

• Word Count: 1530
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The steps from the hill lead down into Harlem through a park, then I cross St. ... "(3) With a hint of sarcasm in this line our character has always known that just because of the color of his skin isn't the reason for the racial barriers, but because of ignorance in the world around him (united States) controlled by the white man, it does make all the difference, so no matter his beliefs or thoughts he will be held down by society merely because of his skin tone. ... at every corner in life will I be reminded of my color and will be punished for something that can not be contr...

• Word Count: 1440
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

I think it takes the control of the word back to the people it was used against. ... Less comforting is the slow process that we as a country have made in those seventy years. ... In the seventy years since the fictional scenes in To Kill a Mockingbird took place small steps in the improvement of the race relations might have taken place, but it's not even close to enough. ...

• Word Count: 1892
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Irwin's book seeks to examine how America has used its jail system as a new, under examined form of social control. ... In short, the black man has always since the birth of this nation, in some shape or form, been controlled by the white man. ... White former slave owners still believed that blacks, although free, needed to be controlled. ... The purpose of these amendments was to provide citizenship, the right to due process, and protecting the right to vote for all (Alexander, 29). ... Literacy tests and poll tax were two steps included in voting registration that contributed to preven...

• Word Count: 6384
• Approx Pages: 26