The "Free Exercise" Clause of the United States Constitution The Free Exercise Clause of the Constitution of the United States of America states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." ... Among these are drug use, polygamy, and homicide in the name of religion. ... Some of the worst atrocities ever committed were done in the name of religion/race factors. ... They are taught by their leaders that Afro-Americans form an inferior race. ... The two defendants were members of the Native American Church, a...

• Word Count: 1219
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Who started every war that America has been in? ... The genocide of native people in countries ruled by whites? ... Most of the racism in Australia is directed towards the aboriginals, just the same as when white man first came Australia and slaughter thousands of natives of Aboriginals who had no chance. ... This is a different type of racism because it is about religion and what people believe in. ... This is one day that Americans especially will never forget. ...

• Word Count: 725
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In Richard Wright's Native Son, Bigger Thomas, the main character, attempts to attain personal freedom in a racist prohibiting society. Richard Wright's "Native Son" demonstrates how the racist white society oppresses personal freedom and perpetuates evil. ... Throughout his book, Wright depicts religion as something Digger views as suppression against African Americans. ... Bigger goes on to exclaim the cross is nothing but a lie, implying that he has lost all faith in religion, seeing it as only another tool of white society to control African Americans. ... In Native Son, Bigge...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the novel, there are a lot of sexual references that are not allowed in many houses and religions. ... There are many religions and parents that don't allow pre-marital sex and masturbation which leads them to not having their kid read the book. ... This type of language is used to show what people think of Native Americans. ... Though some of the things in the novel can be inappropriate, they are there for real life connections and to give a realistic view of what a Native American goes through. ...

• Word Count: 823
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

People were divided based on class, status, religion and language. ... One's ethnicity may be determined by his or her birthplace, religion, or beliefs. ... Anglo-saxon and the Spanish-latin which were now Anglo American and Latin Americans. ... The fact that she is dark-skinned could be the product of the mixing of European and Meso-American (mestizo) religions and people. ... Priests accompanied each military expedition for the purpose of Christianizing the natives. ...

• Word Count: 2288
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The first quatrain draws upon her new self as an American. ... She uses religion in her argument, writing that it was through God's own "mercy," that she was saved from her "pagan" land and allowed her to seek redemption. ... As an African American woman slave, Wheatley had to read only what was thoughtfully handed down to her by white Americans. ... Wheatley's skillfully chose to write in a level that was at her audience's caliber; "and it must be borne in mind that she was neither reading, nor writing, nor speaking to her audience in her native language," (Kafka 46). ... ...

• Word Count: 2218
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Situation of African-Americans in America In their motherland Africa, black people lived together in tribes with the families staying together in the village and leading a live according to strong morals and rites. ... When America was discovered in 1492, Europeans soon realised that Africans were more able to work in the hot sun than native Americans and were also easier to identify as slaves than white prisoners because of their skin-colour. ... They lived in a world where, even their religion told them that everything white was good whereas everything black was bad or evil. ... A ...

• Word Count: 3965
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

During the 1920's the KKK helped impose their views on a large number of American citizens. ... The African Americans then attacked the police officer. ... People were arrested based solely on the color of their skin, their nationality, or their religion. ... They felt immigrants were inferior because they were un-American. They saw them as kniving people who stole jobs from the native born people of the country. ...

• Word Count: 1332
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School