Comments like the ones Mr. ... Blacks couldn't be in same schools as whites, they couldn't even use the same restrooms. And now, we have come upon president Barrack, Obama who is black. ... But unfortunately having a black president hasn't ended discrimination for whites. ... Although remarks about races being problematic weren't directly made towards me nor the African American accomplishments relate to me, it personally affects me to think that many of us who come to this country to work hard and obtain an education in order to succeed with our lives in this country are ...

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In the same way views shifted over time on things like slavery, and civil rights, I think people eventually just decided that it did not really make sense for the Constitution to give certain rights, yet only have them apply to the federal government, and not the states, because that really does not make a whole lot of sense. ... There is not any singular event one can point to that shapes this change, which leads me to believe that it really was just a general evolution of the country's overall mindset. ... Some of the most famed incorporation "debates, " if they can be called that, happ...

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Just like in previous times, interracial relationships weren't excepted. ... Have you ever liked someone that who not your race? ... I think in New York, you find more Black women that date outside of their race. ... I think Black women need to open up. A lot of Black women still carry a lot of pain when they see Black men with women who aren't Black and that's really unfortunate that that could make us so upset. ...

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The function of this group is to provide an equal opportunity for Blacks across the world to be successful in their communities. ... The organization was founded in 1909 as the NNC in an effort to renew the struggle for political and civil liberty among Blacks in a White America. ... They have also provided a sense of security among Black communities struggling for civil equality as they have been at the head of some of the most significant and effective systems of breaking down racial barriers in history. ... My impression of this group is that they have accomplished some very positive things...

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Many ethnic minorities, such as blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans, wouldn't have been in college if it hadn't been for the affirmative action plan.. ... Affirmative action sounds like a pretty good system, doesn't it? ... This legislation, along with an executive order in 1965, helped blacks by forcing businesses receiving federal funds to stop using aptitude tests and other criteria that tended to discriminate against blacks ("affirmative action"). ... This has given a chance for both inner-city blacks and rural whites to be accepted in colleges that they wouldn't ne...

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The American Dream contradicts its-self when it pretends to be fair to the Black socio-economic phenomenon. Economically, the American Dream is not a reality, not true for the Black cultures. For example, "A lack of economic opportunity among black men meant that black families could not amass any meaningful wealth to bequeath to future generations" (Obama 3). ... This dimmed my dream and woke me up to some harsh realities. ... Even though my dream has been dimmed to me the American Dream has many parts to it, and it can be fact or fiction depending on how much the American people p...

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In a final entry he wrote that "a couple of men who had talked to me before, drove up and questioned my religious and political beliefs and was sure I'd e killed for them."... Lipsitz writes, "I think I know why Bill Moore's murder affected me so deeply in 1963. ... "During colonial times, colonials gave rewards to the Native Americans for the capture of black runaway slaves. The reverse was also a consequence of the investment in whiteness, black slaves were recruited into militias in order to fight the Native Americans (Lipsitz 3). ... Even though the federal government has passed ...

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In a time where blacks had to be escorted into schools to prevent them from being physically harmed, it was an absolute necessity to pass legislation to allow them an equal opportunity at success. ... This ruling allowed the school, and others like it, to operate "in good faith" when determining student eligibility. ...

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In premise, it sure reminds me of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, where a small town in Massachusetts goes stark crazy over what seems to be a huge witch hunt but in this case, it's not the 1600's anymore and it's hard to believe this was the United States in 1954 under the iron-mouthed Senator John McCarthy. ... Black listing, which was a list that had prevented the people on it to acquire jobs because of the potential communist threat, made many artists whom lost their jobs were unable to acquire any more work; lives were ruined. ... McCarthy was then seen as brash and te...

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The article you authored, Ag Funds, troubled me on several levels. ... The American business culture perpetuated discrimination against blacks rather than attempt to desegregate as a whole. ... The enslavement and oppression of blacks over the last few hundred years left them without land. ... A process so ingrained into the business climate would have to be forced into a different behavior to achieve the quick results that a program like affirmative action has received. ...

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Perhaps, however, we will be known as a choppy period in which society has been broken into groups and fractions based on things like: race, religion, culture, gender, age, and sexual orientation. ... Don't ask me why: in 1927 colored asked fewer questions than they do now."" ... In letting a rural black woman with little education tell a story that affirms the value of her heritage, Walker articulates what has since become two central themes in her writing: the importance of the quilt in her work and the creation of African American Southern women as subjects in their own right. "I did s...

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Prior to Title VII, there was an abundance of laws segregating blacks and whites. It is astonishing now to examine that less than 50 years ago in many parts of the country, blacks and whites ate in separate restaurants, were treated in separate hospitals, and were even buried in separate cemeteries. ... If most of the high paying jobs in our country continued to go to white people, then blacks would still be unable to send their children to expensive universities treat themselves in nicer hospitals, eat in nicer restaurants, etc. ... People began to realize that they were deserving of bette...

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I always like to look at the synonyms Word offers for words; for prejudice it offers narrow-mindedness, intolerance, bigotry, and chauvinism (a few have been left out). This is interesting to me because the connotation of the word brings racism immediately to mind. ... Until then, we must see ourselves as American, not black, white, woman, man, gay, straight, etc. ...

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Long, streaming black hair, tan skin, and colorful leather clothing made with fringes and beads are what I think about when I imagine an American Indian. ... It seemed as though the programs purposely chose their guests to fit our cultures' clichéd image of what Native Americans look like. ... My perceptions of Native American cultures are riddled with stereotypes taught to me through television, movies and textbooks. ...

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Long before marijuana was even known to most of the American Society, hostility towards it became evident within the next two decades because of reports that offensive minorities were using the drug; Mexicans in the Southwest, Hindus in San Francisco, Syrians in New York, urban blacks, and jazz musicians (Berendt 21). ... For one thing "giving a pill to someone with extreme nausea is like giving a suppository to someone with diarrhea," says Lester Grinspoon, Harvard psychiatrist. Another thing that Grinspoon points out is that these synthetic drugs like Marinol cause some people to be anxious,...

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How Overpopulation Causes Social Problems How Overpopulation Causes Social Problems Introduction The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how overpopulation causes social problems. To do so you must take many things into consideration, such as different views of racial problems and conflicting definitions of a social problem. Social problems can be defined in many different ways. They effect everyone and some of us encounter problems everyday as a result of our race, religion, gender, or low income. Others experience problems from technological change or declining neighborhoods, others a...

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Big earrings that look much heavier that they really were, seemed like they were pulling down too hard and adding that extra weight on her head. Hair tied up and half of it hidden under a piece of red and blue fabric, made it looked like she was trying to hide herself in it. ... (Korhonen 339) So who shapes the images of how attractiveness looks like and why are they so important to the people and their societies? ... With all beauty industries raising up and changes in the cultural and social aspects, for black people in nineteenth and early twentieth century in the urban upper south skin ...

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Once many wars were concluded the United States tried to put in a strict set of laws much like our own, the ideal behind Democracy are not bad, but what is bad is forcing countries to adapt rules without a choice, or severe consequences will take place. ... I interpret this pact much like the proverbial bully and the milk money fiasco were the bully hits kid for milk money and then the bully is punished but we all know the whiny kid will get his for telling on the bully. ... That seems like a prime example of some Orwellian terms to me. ... Once again it is ok for Democracy to spread but not...

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The positions of the early government were only attainable by the elite and wealthy, but one must keep in mind that there was not a National Party that mandated strict rules of campaign contributions for members of political office like there is today. ... It is also possible that my liberal bias prevents me from being convinced by Hammond and Pessen arguments or it could be that the excerpts were carefully assembled with a left wing pull so that a student of early American history could ascertain their own view of Jackson. ... Even if the founding fathers could not see the necessity of wome...

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I remember my grandmother informing me about the days when she said. "black folks couldn't afford to go to the hospitals child, we nurtured ourselves by nature." ... This is because of the new required advantages in all arrangements, which prompts the second con; you can't keep your arrangement on the off chance that you like it. ...

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Marijuana Prohibition is a Violation of First Amendment Rights "Let me ask you something if you had a choice, what would it be: Marijuana or Martinis?" ... This prohibition led to a rise in a black market trade of narcotics and alcohol. ... Much like the money spent on maintaining the prohibition of alcohol, since 1981, $150 million tax dollars have been spent in the attempt to prevent Colombian cocaine, Burmese heroine and Jamaican marijuana from entering U.S. borders. ...

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The Definition of Israel Before we begin, let me remind you of the definition of Israel. ... Should Israel be left alone, like the region's so-called "Arab states"? ... The Life of a Palestinian So what's it like to be a Palestinian in the so-called "Occupied Territories"? ... Luckily, since you are impoverished, you probably won't be able to access the Internet and read Usenet and bulletin-board posts from Americans who casually dismiss it with lines like "yeah, well, the kid probably provoked it. ...

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For the past thirty years in the State of California, bilingual education has been undertaken by all the public schools of the state. Under such system, children of non-American ethnic have had a special treatment in their early academic career. Children of minority groups have been thought various ...

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Much like Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson had a rigid interpretation of the US Constitution which encouraged the guardianship of his followers, the Jacksonian Democrats. ... On July 10, 1832, in his veto message, he stated, "I sincerely regret that in the act before me, I can perceive none of those modifications of the bank charter which are necessary, in my opinion, to make it compatible with justice, with sound policy, or with the Constitution of our country" (Doc B). ... In a riot in Philadelphia on August 22, 1834, Philip Hone, a New York City businessman and Whig politician, wrote, ...

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The Louisiana Purchase and national health care legislation were two historic events in the history of the United States. Both were huge steps forward for the county in different ways and both raised questions and controversy about the authority of the President of the United States or Congress. For...

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