The story is told from the perspectives of the sisters, Claudia and Frieda MacTeer, Morrison's goes through four seasons and traces the Pecola's descent into madness. ... Throughout time, black males have always been at a disadvantage in whatever they wanted to do. ... "There was no place for Cholly's eyes to go. ... (Bluest Eye, 148) As you well know Cholly then left to go to Macon so he could find his father. ... (Bluest Eye, 123) Toni Morrison shows the pain and struggle that Cholly goes through. ...

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It generated a sort of power because he did not stutter or pause he just begin to let it go. ... In high school he was one of the most favored football players but could not go to a major college. ... When he put the children to bed he would go to the kitchen to read his law book and finally received his degree from what he called "Kitchen U." ... He kind of persuaded me to be more focus in the classroom so I can turn my education into skill and do whatever it is that I was put here to do. ...

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During this time in history racism was acceptable; as a matter of fact if you were not racist to blacks they would call you names such as "nigger lover" so in a way people were forced to do whatever society did or you would be socially shunned. ... When Jem and Scout go to the black church a woman comes out and says, "You Ain't got no business bringin" white chillun here - they got their church, we out ours." ... Confident that you gentlemen, would go along with them on one assumption, the evil assumption, that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are immoral beings, that all Negroes are not...

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The driver told her to go to the back of the bus to make more room for the white people. She said no so she had to go to jail. ... I really relate to Martin because he did whatever it took to make his people free!...

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Now I"m not saying that violence is terrible because lets be honest we all crave a little violence in our lives, but there was just something about Ras and his men going out and hurting people of their own race who are trying to further promote equality that didn't sit right with me. ... In that situation either way it's only going to take the littlest thing to set it off. Maybe it's a stare a gesture or whatever but when the signal is given fist will start flying. ...

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For example, Black people are portrayed to go to church every Sunday but often sin every other day. ... My religion is something I do take seriously and I don't have to go to church every Sunday to show that. Stereotypes tend to over exaggerate the religion for my culture and make it seem like African Americans have to go all out to praise who they worship and that isn't true. ... However, my family and I go by whatever we practice and try our absolute best to live by the rules of the book. When it comes to music; I listen to whatever I like. ...

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There were some really twisted stories going on in there. ... The story was really interesting and following the life of Milkman was fun to read about however I did not feel much of a message that spoke out to me from the book other than just whatever was written on the pages. ...

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Though the reader is quick to note that Octavia realizes how harsh reality is and that she only wants her boy to be mentally and physically prepared for whatever trials and tribulations he must endure during his lifetime. ... Gaines writes: "She don"t worry too much if she leaves me there with the smaller ones, cause she knows I"m go"n to look after them and look after everything else" (476). This shows James" acknowledgement of his responsibilities, which include taking care of his younger siblings and doing whatever other household duties need to be done for the fami...

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She goes on to suggest that the civil rights era allowed for proud identification, and the consciousness of racial difference. ... Throughout history black women have been the backbone of survival for most African-Americans, doing whatever they can to help their children survive through a fatherless environment. ... Hooks goes on to say that, "until men are taught how to parent using the same model of effective parenting that has been taught to women, they will not participate equally in child care. ... Collins says that, "othermothers c...

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Going through something traumatic can be hard to deal with, let alone discuss, so people often find their own ways to get through it. ... Thought you had forgotten to come to my going away party" when she arrives late (243). When he uses the metaphor about his "going away party", he tries to make his wife feel that this should be a celebration. ... Joe wanted to make a statement that black men can do whatever the whites can, and that they all have a job to do. ...

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For example, before, you could rarely find a family of African-American people living in the same neighborhood with white people, or using the same public service, as well as going to the same restaurant. ... But everything has changed now, everybody can go to whatever school they like. ... But America doesn't have to go too far and left itself at risk. ...

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It generated a sort of power because he did not stutter or pause he just begin to let it go. ... In high school he was one of the most favored football players but could not go to a major college. ... When he put the children to bed he would go to the kitchen to read his law book and finally received his degree from what he called "Kitchen U." ... He kind of persuaded me to be more focus in the classroom so I can turn my education into skill and do whatever it is that I was put here to do. ...

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Do these things go together? ... A famous director, writer, actor and producer, Spike Lee said, "All I'm going to say is that it's disrespectful to my ancestors. " I agree with him because this movie portrays an ideal/fantasy version of slavery which isn't how it actually happened. ... The KKK would not have had time to fuss over who made masks for their heads before going to kill someone! In reality, the KKK would have gotten to whatever black person they wanted and brutally killed them. ...

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The slaves sang songs of happiness and greatness: "I am going away to Great House Farm! ... They were made to think that they were left to do whatever they wanted, and persuaded to drink themselves to "happiness." ... From that moment, I understood the pathway from slavery to freedom I set out with high hope, and a fixed purpose, at whatever cost of trouble, to learn how to read" (47). ... He also knew that the only way slaves were ever going to stand up for themselves against cruel white masters was to use intellect as their weapon. ...

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The white community got whatever they wanted whenever. ... Moses went to Pharaoh and told him to let God people go. ... King knew he was not going to the promise land also but he knew the people would get there. ... Which make people think whatever they know is right. ...

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As far as beauty goes, there are very few famous black models that are around today and even fewer of other minority groups. ... On the other hand the white majority is generally more respected for whatever field it is that they work in. ...

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As far as beauty goes, there are very few famous black models that are around today and even fewer of other minority groups. ... On the other hand the white majority is generally more respected for whatever field it is that they work in. ...

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Lincoln believed that the slaves should just be sent back to Africa or killed or saved or whatever as long as keeping the union peaceful was the number one priority. ... Length The length of this movie was long enough to provide a good picture of all the occurrences during Douglas's life but it was too short to go into all the details. ...

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In America people have the opportunity to do whatever they want, and in the film Do The Right Thing Spike Lee shows what it means to be an American, but he also shows why opportunity changed his view on oppression in the city of Brooklyn, New York. ... The only thing I don't understand is that these same people calling him lazy were people with no jobs, and this goes back to the opportunity notion. ... Mookie goes to work everyday and he works the hardest while walking up six flights of New York apartment stairs. ... Lee shows a foreshadow when Sal quotes "I think I'm going to k...

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The main character or narrator of the story goes through a dramatic ordeal that will hopefully open his eyes to ways of the world. ... The author uses the blonde white woman, a rug, constant lies by the white man, and other symbols to show the various hardships that the narrator must endure, in his quest to deliver his speech, and all are representative of the many hardships that blacks went through and go through now in a fight for equality. ... The boys find it extremely hard not to reach for the money even though they will go through much pain in doing so. ... Although segregation has be...

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Since these lines are all from Wright's childhood, he has a very naive sense of what goes on in the world. ... If there is a problem in a child's family, whatever it is, children can always make it better by creating their own world to escape to. ... However scaring a child to be brave is not the way to go about it. ... In the line, "There was the bitter amusement of going into town with Granny and watching the baffled stares of white folks who saw an old white woman leading two undeniably Negro boys in and out of stores on Capitol Street" (Wright, 1944). ...

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Whatever steps she took, or if she took none at all, something would be crushed. ... In this situation Irene does not have very many options but she is going to have to make an extremely hard decision between herself, her race and her loyalty to her childhood friend Clare. Irene also knows that no matter what decision she makes, somebody is going to get hurt. ... If Irene were going to make a decision completely for herself she would make the decision to tell Clare's husband that she is a colored woman and ruin her marriage. ...

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The courts, for whatever reason, are allowing these laws to be interpreted so African-Americans are indeed getting jobs because of their race. ... It seems that people can say just about whatever they wish in the movies and in music today. ... The problem comes in when African-Americans can say whatever they please, and the worst thing that the law will do to them is maybe put a parental advisory sticker on their CD, or rate their movie "R". ...

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Whatever goes on between them is never known, "and besides, no one was greatly interested (707). ... He undoubtedly goes insane here, and this proves that Dick's moment of absurdity is sparked by his jealousness of Pansy's husband. ...

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If an individual goes out and kills a black man, he will be viciously targetted by the media and prosecutors as being a racist skinhead, out to kill niggers. ... The list goes on: Colin Ferguson, a black, killed 6 whites and wounded dozens more, all of who were white. ... Everyone deserves to be charged to the maximum for whatever crime they committed. ...

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