"Miss Watson's big nigger, named Jim was setting in the kitchen door- (P.6) The word "nigger" itself offends the majority of people in this country. ... Twain didn't use this word because he is a white supremacist or a racist bigot, but because many people were in his lifetime. ... (P. 59) This event in the book, shows more than just an apology between two people. The fact that a white boy apologized to an older, black slave, was ground- breaking and very controversial for this time period. ... As a child, people are very vulnerable himself. ...

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What if an African American wanted to join a traditionally white fraternity or sorority or vise versa? ... Taking a look, even within the systemthe white fraternities belong to the InterFraternity Council, the white sororities to Panhellenic and the black Greeks to the National Panhellenic Council? ... This definitely reflects on the past, but how much longer will it be before people can truly say that we are all equal. ... and made comments such asWhy did she go through White Rush?? ... Using something so petty as skin color to separate people is only holding us back. ...

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It occurs when a group of people or a person dislikes, judges, or overlooks a person because of the color of his/her skin or cultural background. In the late 1940's racism against blacks by white people was very prominent and active. ... I could not comprehend why someone would choose discrimination in the workplace over trying to better the company by choosing qualified people to lead. ...

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Often in modern day we hear white people say, "they are too sensitive " trying to minimize the problem of racism. ... Through this weeks lectures and readings we can see that white people still have the privileges and that systematically black people are put as inferior to the white race politically, economically and socially. ... I am Mexican and while I was growing up in the states I was discriminated against often and felt that I was less than white people at some point in my life. ... To be totally honest I don't really associate myself with black people and in my neighborhood thei...

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They are persecuted by the white community because they are not white, and part black, and at the same time, persecuted from the black community for the exact opposite. ... Black people are against racism, but in Courtney's story, his black friends are the ones that make him feel awkward about having white friends. This is the same as "discriminating" against his white friends. ... If there were an all white college or school, black people would raise hell, and say that's segregation. ... There's black history month, but what if there were white history month? ...

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This "landmark" case helped open doors to women who wanted to be treated equally at jobs that were made exclusively for men, especially upper-class, white men. ... To help prevent this, people like W.E.B DuBois founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). ... As a result of the development of the NAACP, not only did African-Americans get the recognition that they deserved but the Hispanics and other "non-white" races did as well. ... For instance, many people consider common-law marriages to be very legitimate. ... It isn't something that people are j...

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I do not think affirmative action has affected white males at all, because they are majority. ... I sampled twenty people varying in race, age, and gender. ... None of the people I asked refused to take the survey. ... While in contrast the majority or white male felt the opposite. ... One fabrication of minorities stealing all white men's jobs is false. ...

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Since Maya lived in the black part of stamps for a while, she didn't believe that white people were real. Due to segregation black people were not allowed to go to the white people part of town. When white people entered the store, they were rude and nasty, "People in stamps used to say that the whites in our town were so prejudiced that a Negro couldn't buy vanilla ice cream, except on July Fourth". ... Both black and white were prejudice against each other. Eventually life became better for Maya when she transferred to a white school. ...

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Both texts discuss the racial discrimination which has built up over generations due to the cultural assumptions held by members of both the Aboriginal and white communities and examine the tension which exists between the Aboriginal and white communities. ... The Aborigines live in the back streets, a place where any white man is afraid to venture. ... Also, people like Old Darcy, a man who Blacky respects says things about Aborigines such as "You've got to be careful of these gins now, lad they've all go the clap, every last one of them". ... The poem "Redfern at Night" also presen...

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Thomas Whitecloud, an educated Native American, finds himself distant from his people while he and his people are forced to be "imitation white men" (Whitecloud, 3). ... Just as Macedo had to deal with being treated as inferior, Whitecloud also mentions how Native Americans are continuously treated as inferior to the white man, and that they try, to no avail, to imitate and rise to the white man's standards. "... tries to keep his home up to white men standards. White standards. Funny that my people should be ever falling farther behind" (Whitecloud, 3)" In this regard, bot...

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It is no longer a world of black and white culture. ... It is interesting to know that we the people of the United States are free and to be treated equal. ... If there was a black and a white couple they would be looked at different than a white and white or a black and black couple. ... Discrimination is not only directed to the color of peoples" skin but also the culture. People from India come to the United States with strong cultural beliefs. ...

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The author emphasized the opposing views of many white males used to discredit Affirmative Action. ... Another opposing argument to Affirmative Action is that promotions given to white males employees were based solely on merit and intelligence, reason being that white males score higher on standardized test. However, it is not mention that Asian Americans score higher than white males, but rarely receive the same benefits. ... Affirmative Action has opened the door for many people who would have never been able to go to a top school or get a managerial position. ... White America has limite...

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On the first day, Elliott told her students that blue-eyed people were all around better than brown-eyed people. One brown-eyed student stated that blue-eyed people were not better than brown-eyed and Elliott gave reasoning as to why blue-eyed people were, in fact, better than brown-eyed people. ... If black people go to an all white school, they are going to feel out of place because of the, sometimes unintentional, vibe from white people. ... There is no law stating white skin is superior. ... If upcoming parents don't fill their children's minds with "it's because you'r...

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Another relative advantage is that my hometown is predominantly white by a huge margin. As this is a good example of white privilege, people of color are suffering just as much as we are benefiting. ... This is mainly due to the fact that most people don't even realize that unearned advantages actually occur. ... Racism is described as a beneficiary system of advantages for white people. This definition describes the reason why racism still exists, as white people see no need to change a system that works to there advantage. ...

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Most people would imagine all minorities love affirmative action and strongly voted for it and that's why it passed. ... Yes, a group of white men! ... Well, we too are angry white males. ... They believe that the passage of this proposition will encourage a healthy competition for jobs, and that it will cause people to strive harder to do their best. ... Is it only the white man that su...

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"The Little Black Boy" As soon as I started to read the title of the poem, I felt that this poem was about a discriminatory treatment to the black people. ... After I read this poem first time, I felt like that: There is a black boy who can not mix with the white children in England because of the social classes (The black and slave). ... He was sent to England through the slave trade and so He is living among the white children with neglected and discriminated by people. I think the boy unknowingly has a racial prejudice, because he says that my soul is white' ...

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By singling out minorities as the only people that affirmative action applies to, you are discriminating against them from the start. ... People should be considered as individuals and not members of a different race. ... Another counter argument to the abolition of affirmative action is that minorities for the most part are brought up in poor neighborhoods and therefore their education is not as good as most of the white people whose income level is higher and subsequently have better schools. ... The percentage of white students accepted by Berkeley totaled 36.8 percent. ... People thr...

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Although people that are of the minority benefit from the Affirmative Action program, people of the majority do nothing but suffer because of it. Innocent white males who have done nothing in the past to promote racial inequality are left unemployed. ... However, "programs to simply help backs win jobs or gain access to higher education have a much higher level of support- by roughly 70 percent of the white public" (Kleugel 797). ... This is not only unfair to employers and the white males who are not given deserved positions, but it also not beneficial to the economic status of the United ...

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Although the Japanese were valued pearlers and therefore assets to the economy of Broome, they were viewed as lesser people than the white Australians. "They were marked people now, aliens in our midst." With the war against Japan happening at these times, white Australia categorised any person remotely Japanese as the enemy, even if these people had lived in Australia all their lives. ... The Japanese are divided from white Australians. ... This was a register or list that kept track of foreign people. ...

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After spending three years in prison for allegedly killing 3 black people one night, Derek is released and comes out as a new person. ... While in prison his brother Danny (Edward furlong), joins the white power movement in his hometown. ... The movie also shows how discrimination was done and the way white were treating the blacks. ... This can be seen when Derek's hate for ethnic minorities was not always existent, but was created by his father once when they were having lunch, where he (Derek's father) was explaining how he had two black guys working for him and that he would h...

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Racism People see racism everyday across America. ... Many people think the jokes are funny. ... Even when the basketball team that they coach is all white. ... All because they didn't like types of people. ... They wear all white, ghost looking outfits. ...

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It might have been necessary in the beginning to make everything fair and equal for everyone, but now it has became a tool to "get even," especially against white males. ... By allowing this bill to be law, the government is saying that discriminating for everyone is ok except basically for white males. They are saying that it is alright to discriminate against qualified white males in the work force, promotions, and universities. The government is finally seeing that the people will have no more of this. ... What next - white males? ...

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Robinson is falsely accused of having raped a white man's daughter. ... After being accused of rape, most of the people see Tom as an evil man. ... But because this story takes place in the south where many people are racist he was accused of the crime. ... Dubose's white azaleas. ... Later on, he starts to become more aware of how people act, and that their views are much different from his own. ...

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Tom Robinson is assumed guilty just because a white person accused him of a crime. ... The majority of prejudicing and stereotyping is focused on racism towards black people. ... The novel takes place during the great depression, and a black man, Tom Robinson, is accused of raping and abusing a white woman. After a long, emotional trial, everyone in the courtroom , whether black or white, came to realize that Mr. ... However, he is found guilty by an all white jury, solely because of his colour. ...

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You"re sure you have the new job not because you are a white male, but that you know you've had more experience in this field and are more qualified for the job. ... So in conclusion, you couldn't get a job just because you are a white man and not a minority. ... Not only does it use race to decide who will get the better job, but it is based on an assumption that minorities cannot be as successful as white students and employees without government intervention. Imagine that two people have finished college, and each wants to go to the same medical school. ... Recall that Martin Lut...

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