Rosa Burger in Burger's Daughter by Nadine Gordimer has always seen herself as an extension of her father Lionel's life and politics. ... Her parents are detained for their political beliefs; her father dies in prison and her mother, whose health suffered from her time in jail, eventually dies. ... Burger's daughter did not stay in South Africa in the wake of this political unrest, which her father was a part of; instead she escapes to Britain and France to free herself of exploitation. ... This may only be accomplished through the realization of truths, stepping outside of comm...

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• Grade Level: High School

To be a womanist is to have or express a belief in, or have a respect for women and their talents and abilities beyond the boundaries of race and class. ... A feminist is a belief in social, political, and economic equality of the sexes and in some cases a belief in superiority over the opposing gender In the three shorts stories "What Manner of Woman?...

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• Grade Level: High School

Wells, spoke out about racial discrimination and brought various solutions on how to prosper economically and politically with the white race, but socially remain separate at the same time. ... The disenfranchising of blacks during the 1890's was partly political. ... No boundaries will be broken. ... In America, he replies that, "education should not be merely vocational but should nurture leaders willing to challenge segregation and discrimination through political action" (856). ... These incredibly powerful words give Du Bois stance that the political aspects of finding freedom o...

• Word Count: 1894
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• Grade Level: High School

Baraka commented on the books in a interview with Kimberly Benston, published in Boundary 2: "I was really writing defensively. ... I guess this was not only because of the form it self but of the content which was not my politics."(Amiri Baraka Reader, pg. xxii) A major change in Amiri's thoughts about political activism began when he was invited to go to Cuba with a group of black writers. ... Also the emergence of Malcolm X as a black political leader then the subsequent death of Malcolm caused Baraka to become a Black Nationalist. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

A Time of Change During the years of and following World War Two, there was a colossal shift that occurred in racial politics in the United States. ... It shows the shifting attitude people were acquiring and the changing in boundaries in the workforce and in daily living situations. ... This internal migration was important not only culturally, but also one, because of its encouragement of black assertiveness, as white politicians viewed blacks as a more powerful political presence; and two, because it stimulated a national movement for civil rights. ...

• Word Count: 1898
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• Grade Level: High School

Political opposition to the practice of racial profiling is mounting, President Clinton has it "morally indefensible" and has ordered federal law enforcement officials to collect 8 information on the race and sex of people they stop. ...

• Word Count: 2664
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School