Even though she carries a beautiful western name, her dark skin cannot betray her to be a black African. ... Beatrice also tries to hide her African identity "her dark skin, by applying a skin-lightening cream called Ambi. She believes that Ambi can help her to rub out her African identity as she thinks that her black skin represents black shame' and ugly sins'. To her, rubbing out the black skin means to get rib of all the shame, which is shared by all black Africans. ... They always went for a girl with an Ambi-lightened skin and head covered with a wig made in imitation of ...

• Word Count: 1952
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• Grade Level: High School

As a baby, we identify our families by their individual scents, we are calmed by their heartbeats, and we learn the feel and pattern of their skin through skin-to-skin contact. Skin-to-skin contact is important for fathers as well as it is mothers. ... Studies suggest that fathers taking paternity leave lighten up the household, increase positive emotions, and are less likely to divorce (Steingrimsdottir and Hardardottir). ...

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"Cutaneous anthrax is transmitted when someone is handling contaminated wool, hides leather, or hair products of infected animals, and the anthrax spores enter through a cut or an abrasion on the skin" (Regush, Carpenter). "The skin infection then turns into a raised itchy bump that is dark in color and resembles an insect bite. ... America should not lighten up on security just because no cases of anthrax or any other type of terrorism have been discovered. ...

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"Cutaneous anthrax is transmitted when someone is handling contaminated wool, hides leather, or hair products of infected animals, and the anthrax spores enter through a cut or an abrasion on the skin" (Regush, Carpenter). "The skin infection then turns into a raised itchy bump that is dark in color and resembles an insect bite. ... America should not lighten up on security just because no cases of anthrax or any other type of terrorism have been discovered. ...

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The sound of the lightening as well as the loud dramatic music also coincides with Iago's evil intentions. ... This portrays clearly the contrast between the different skin colours, but shows that even though they are so different, they have still come together to unite. ...

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They represent a natural black woman instead of a commercialized black woman who has been brainwashed by European ideology that claims that black hair must be straightened, or black skin must be lightened in order to be heard. ...

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Its esthetic characteristics are: 1) the regularity of skeletal structure as an ordering force in a place of axial symmetry; 2) the treatment of exteriors as weightless, non-supporting skins rather than as heavy solids, obedient to gravity; 3) the use of color and structural detail in place of applied ornament (Johnson, 43). 4 Mies began to bring the art of exhibitions to a new level. ... The main points that the international style focus on are giving emphasis to the expression of 6 the structure, the lightening of the masses, and the enclosure of dynamic spaces. ...

• Word Count: 1676
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• Grade Level: High School