According to a critic on affirmative action, "A college board survey, described in Andrew Hacker's Two Nations, in 1992 the average combined SAT score for black students whose parents earn more than $70,000 a year was 854, which was twenty-five points lower than the average SAT for white students whose parents earn less than $20,000 a year." ... If a student is spoiled, and does not realize how important an education is, he will not study as hard as someone who has been brought up with education as their number one goal. Family incomes have less to do with SAT scores than the e...

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After she passed the sixth grade she was sent to Montgomery to finish her studies. ... The one little thing that started the Civil Rights Movement was when Parks sat at the front of the bus. The reason she sat there was because she had a long day at work and was tired so she just sat more towards the front of the bus then she was supposed to. ... The next day Parks and some other black people sat up in the front of the bus. ... She sat at the front of the bus and she ended up proving that everyone is alike. ...

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As I sat and ate my 50 cent cheeseburger I realized that the work ethic of the employees was very poor. ... From doing this ethnographic study, I not only observed the work ethics and style of fast food restaurants, but was able to learn what field research is like. It was very interesting to learn about what actually goes into a study like this one. ...

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Segregation remained the same for many years until one day in 1955 a black woman named Rosa Parks sat down in the front of a bus where all of the white people were sitting. ... Today there is no legal segregation in colleges but a recent study revealed that most southern colleges remain segregated. ... The fight occurred at the Study Hall pub when racial slurs were used against the black students. ... Lawrence, was caught saying that black students do worse on the SAT tests because they are genetically inferior to other students, particularly white ones. ... "Instead of demonstrating...

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Most Dominican's American dream is to be able to come to America and help their families in their country, but many times when they do get the chance to come to America they are slapped in the face by the truth which is that it is not easy to succeed in this country even with the countless opportunities that we all have to study and to become more successful. ... The daily struggle of many people to pay their rent has made me want to study more and more because I don't want to live under those circumstances. ...

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"Martin Luther King and his View of the American Dream" Introduction The reason why I have chosen the topic "Martin Luther King and his view of the American Dream" for my research paper has its roots in my early childhood. My mom was very impressed of King and read picture books about hi...

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